Should I remove Sky Go Player?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
4% remove it96% keep it
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #6,189
United States Rank #24,606
Reach 0.0737%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 20.30 days
598.94 days >
Average installed length: 314.70 days
Versions
Version | Distribution |
3.0 |
62.95% |
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2.03 |
28.72% |
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1.21 |
8.33% |
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Sky Go Player
from Sky Italia
What is Sky Go Player? (from Sky Italia)
Live TV and a huge library of On Demand content from Sky at no extra cost in line with your Sky TV subscription. Watch online, on iPhone, iPad or selected Android smartphones with the Sky Go app. Download from the iTunes App Store or Google Play.
Overview
Sky Go Player is a program developed by Sky Italia. The most used version is 3.0, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. Upon installation and setup, it defines an auto-start registry entry which makes this program run on each Windows boot for all user logins. The main program executable is NDSPCShowServer.exe. The software installer includes 40 files and is usually about 26.55 MB (27,836,100 bytes). The program uses the GLib GNOME library. In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 7 (SP1) as well as Windows 10. While about 93% of users of Sky Go Player come from Italy, it is also popular in the United States and Germany.
Program details
Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Sky Italia\Sky Go Player\
Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /X{FEC1DF97-E716-4CD8-A55B-75C373912D35}
(The Windows Installer is used for the installation, maintenance, and removal.)
Estimated size: 26.55 MB
Language: English (United States)
Files installed by Sky Go Player
Program executable: | NDSPCShowServer.exe |
Name: | NDSPCSho Application |
Path: | C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Sky Italia\Sky Go Player\NDSPCShowServer.exe |
MD5: | 544630c698e3ddde80dde304e43f2a36 |
Additional files:
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npPlayerPlugin.dll - Sky Go Player (Sky Italia Player Plugin)
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StatusListenerRepository.dll - StatusListenerRepository Dynamic Link Library
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DrmSingleton.dll - DrmSingleton Dynamic Link Library
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PCShowServerPMWrapper.exe (by NDS Technologies) - PC Show power management wrapper
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ndsLogStore.dll - ndsLogSt Dynamic Link Library
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f_in_box.dll (by Softanics) - F-IN-BOX DLL Edition
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NDSPCShowServer.exe - NDSPCSho Application
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libglib-2.0-0.dll (by The GLib developer community) - GLib
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libgmodule-2.0-0.dll (by The GLib developer community) - GModule
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libgobject-2.0-0.dll - GObject
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libgthread-2.0-0.dll - GThread
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z.dll - zlib (zlib data compression library)
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GstSrcPlugin.dll
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gsttspplugin.dll
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libgstapp.dll
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libgstapp-0.10.dll
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libgstaudio-0.10.dll
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libgstaudioconvert.dll
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libgstaudioresample.dll
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libgstbase-0.10.dll
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libgstcontroller-0.10.dll
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libgstcoreelements.dll
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libgstdirectsound.dll
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libgstdshowvideosink.dll
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libgstinterfaces-0.10.dll
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libgstreamer-0.10.dll
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libgstvideo-0.10.dll
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libgstvolume.dll
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liborc-0.4-0.dll
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libxml2-2.dll
Behaviors exhibited
Google Chrome Plugin
- npPlayerPlugin.dll is loaded in the Google Chrome web browser as 'npPlayerPlugin.dll'.
Mozilla Plugin
- npPlayerPlugin.dll is loaded into Mozilla Firefox under the product name 'NDS.com/PlayerPlugin' with a plugin key of 'NDS.com/PlayerPlugin'.
Startup File (User Run)
- PCShowServerPMWrapper.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'PCShowServer' and executes as C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Sky Italia\Sky Go Player\PCShowServerPMWrapper.exe.
Startup File (All Users Run)
- PCShowServerPMWrapper.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'PCShowServer' which loads as "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Sky Italia\Sky Go Player\PCShowServerPMWrapper.exe".
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
PCShowServerPMWrapper.exe |
Memory: | 1.6 MB | |
Total CPU: | 0.0003964023% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00013404% | |
User CPU: | 0.00026236% | |
NDSPCShowServer.exe |
Memory: | 5.8 MB | |
Total CPU: | 0.0009099327% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00073512% | |
User CPU: | 0.00017481% | |
CPU cycles/sec: | 2,562,373 | |
I/O reads/min: | 412 Bytes | |
I/O writes/min: | 18 Bytes | |
How do I remove Sky Go Player?
You can uninstall Sky Go Player from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
- On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
- Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
- When you find the program Sky Go Player, click it, and then do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
- Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
- Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Sky Go Player.
How do I reset my web browser?
If your web browser homepage and search settings have been modfied by Sky Go Player you can restore them to their previous default settings.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
- Click the Advanced tab, and then click Reset. Select the Delete personal settings check box if you would also like to remove search providers, Accelerators and home pages. When Internet Explorer finishes applying default settings, click Close, and then click OK.
- The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.
Mozilla Firefox
- At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
- To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
- When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.
Google Chrome
- Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
- Select Settings. In the "Search" section, click Manage search engine. Check if (Default) is displayed next to your preferred search engine. If not, mouse over it and click Make default. Mouse over any other suspicious search engine entries that are not familiar and click X to remove them.
- When the "Show Home button" checkbox is selected, a web address appears below it. If you want the Homepage button to open up a different webpage, click Change to enter a link.
- Restart Google Chrome.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 46%
Win 7 0%
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HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 4%
Keep it 96%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 |
48.76% |
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Windows 10 |
38.77% |
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Windows XP |
7.09% |
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Windows Vista |
5.37% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
Windows 7 Home Premium |
30.62% |
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Windows 10 Home |
11.96% |
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Windows 7 Ultimate |
8.57% |
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Windows 7 Professional |
7.88% |
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Microsoft Windows XP |
7.05% |
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Windows 8.1 |
5.87% |
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Geography
93.44% of installs come from Italy
Which countries install it?
Italy |
93.44% |
United States |
4.96% |
Germany |
0.36% |
United Kingdom |
0.29% |
Switzerland |
0.15% |
RS |
0.15% |
Austria |
0.15% |
UA |
0.07% |
France |
0.07% |
Norway |
0.07% |
Australia |
0.07% |
Kuwait |
0.07% |
SM |
0.07% |
Spain |
0.07% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard |
31.93% |
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Acer |
24.77% |
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ASUS |
18.75% |
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Samsung |
8.86% |
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Dell |
5.00% |
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Toshiba |
3.41% |
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GIGABYTE |
1.82% |
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American Megatrends |
1.59% |
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Sony |
1.59% |
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Intel |
1.36% |
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Sahara |
0.91% |
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Common models |
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
14.31% |
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HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
7.89% |
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ASUSTeK K55VD |
3.49% |
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HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
3.12% |
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ASUSTeK K53SV |
2.20% |
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HP G62 Notebook PC |
2.20% |
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