Should I remove StrongHold Online Backup?

What percent of users and experts removed it?

57% remove it43% keep it

Overall Sentiment

Bad

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How common is it?

Reach 0.0001%

Versions

Version	Distribution
2.0.1	50.00%
1.00.0000	50.00%

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StrongHold Online Backup

from Stronghold.com, LLC

Remove StrongHold Online Backup

What is StrongHold Online Backup? (from Stronghold.com)

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Overview

StrongHold Online Backup is a program developed by Stronghold.com. The most used version is 2.0.1, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. Upon installation, it defines an auto-start registry entry which allows the program run on each boot for the user which installed it. The main program executable is StrongHold.exe. The software installer includes 26 files and is usually about 4.39 MB (4,608,487 bytes). updater.exe is the automatic update component of the software designed to download and apply new updates should new versions be released. A majority of the PCs this is running on, most OS versions are Windows 7 (SP1). The distribution of this has mostly been seen in the United States.

Automatically starts with Windows

Program details

Displayed publisher: Stronghold

URL: stronghold.com

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Stronghold Online Backup\

Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /X{929FB857-A9C1-4CBB-AD4C-B5DCD83D6224}

(The Windows Installer is used for the installation, maintenance, and removal.)

Estimated size: 4.39 MB

Language: English (United States)

Files installed by StrongHold Online Backup

Program executable:	StrongHold.exe
Name:	Stronghold
Path:	C:\Program Files\Stronghold Online Backup\StrongHold.exe
MD5:	e542cc69a8367208bb26b6e5b4eb4044

Additional files:

Common.dll - Stronghold Online Backup (SOS.Common)
Integration.Scheduler.dll - SOS.Integration.Scheduler
updater.exe - updater 2.0.1 © Stronghold, Inc, 2013
stronghold_ext.exe - Stronghold Free Manager (Stronghold Free Manager Installer)
StrongholdMessenger.exe - Stronghold Messenger (StrongholdMessenger)
ClientMessenger.exe - Client Messaging
BackupLauncher.exe - Backup Launcher
StrongHold.exe - Stronghold
Interop.ADODB.dll - Assembly imported from type library 'ADODB'.
Interop.ADOX.dll - Assembly imported from type library 'ADOX'.
Microsoft.mshtml.dll - Assembly imported from type library MSHTML
BusinessLogic.ApplicationManagement.dll - BusinessLogic.ApplicationManagement
BusinessLogic.StrongholdManagement.dll - BusinessLogic.StrongholdManagement
Environment.Identification.dll - Environment.Identification
Infrastructure.Metadata.dll - Infrastructure.Metadata
Infrastructure.Helpers.dll - Infrastructure.Helpers
Infrastructure.Metrics.dll - Infrastructure.Metrics
Infrastructure.Models.dll - Infrastructure.Models
UI.MainApplication.dll - UI.MainApplication
Data.Repository.dll - Data.Repository
BBV.Framework.dll - BBV.Framework
BusinessLogic.SosManagement.dll - SosManagement
SoftwareLocker.dll (by Hamed JI) - TrialMaker
Stronghold.Interval.dll

Behaviors exhibited

Startup File (User Run)

ClientMessenger.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Messenger' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Stronghold Online Backup\ClientMessenger.exe".

How do I remove StrongHold Online Backup?

You can uninstall StrongHold Online Backup 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 StrongHold Online Backup, 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 StrongHold Online Backup.
If for some reason uninstallation fails, please install Microsoft's uninstall fixer utility which will help fix problems with programs that can't be uninstalled at support.microsoft.com.