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Should I remove VaudiX?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
88% remove it12% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Bad
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
United States Rank #47,913
Reach 0.0014%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 244.75 days
1049.44 days >
Average installed length: 551.40 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
1.0 100.00%

VaudiX

What is VaudiX?

VaudiX (also known as OptimizerPro) is a potentially unwanted downloader.

About  (from WebPick Internet Holdings)

Enhance user’s experience with audio and video files. It is the missing ingredient that maximizes your website’s utility and user’s interaction with it. With Vuadix streamer, your users will gain access to online video and audio content and benefit from the fast streaming technologies of Windows Media 11 Series providi...  Read more

Overview

VaudiX is a software program developed by WebPick Internet Holdings. During setup, the program registers itself to launch on boot through a Windows Schedule Task in order to automatically start-up (this is typically done to avoid any UAC prompts). A scheduled task is added to Windows Task Scheduler in order to launch the program at various scheduled times (the schedule varies depending on the version). The programs's main executable is VaudiX.exe and has been seen to consume an average CPU of less than one percent, and utilizes about 1.9 MB of memory. A majority of users end up uninstalling this less than a week of it being installed. The setup package is about 582.63 KB (596,614 bytes) when donwloaded. Relative to the overall usage of users who have this installed on their PCs, most are running Windows 7 (SP1) and Windows 7. While about 47% of users of VaudiX come from the United States, it is also popular in United Kingdom and Netherlands.
  • Malware detected in the program
  • Automatically starts with Windows
  • Known to reinstall itself
  • Typically distributed through a pay-per-install bundle
  • The experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in VaudiX.
VaudiX.exe (ca52ab39fc6eb75c519c77ce07104c6f) has been flagged by the following 8 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareVersionDetection
Dr.Web 9.0.0.0143 Adware.BGuard.3
Emsisoft Anti-Malware 8.13.05.23.03 Trojan.Win32.GenUpdater.AMN
eSafe 7.0.17.0 Win32.Trojan
ESET-NOD32 7.8337 Win32/GenUpdater
PC Tools 2013 Downloader.Generic
Symantec 5/23/2013 rev. 5 Downloader
VIPRE Antivirus 17778 Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
ViRobot 2011.4.7.4223 JS.A.Iframe.233472.A
VaudiX has been found to be bundled with 3rd party software. If you have not purposefully installed this, you should be safe uninstalling it.

Program detailsProgram details

Displayed publisher: Premium
URL: allpremiumsoft.com
Installation folder: C:\ProgramData\Premium\VaudiX
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files2\INSTAL~2\VaudiX\Setup.exe /remove /q0
Estimated size: 582.63 KB
Language: English (United States)

Program filesFiles installed by VaudiX

Program executable:VaudiX.exe (Malware detected)
Path:C:\ProgramData\Premium\VaudiX\VaudiX.exe
MD5:ca52ab39fc6eb75c519c77ce07104c6f

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task
  • VaudiX.exe is scheduled as a task named 'C:\WINXP\Tasks\OptimizerPro1UpdaterTask{59E92FD0-7E8F-4741-BCF6-E46FF1D53339}.job'.
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
  • VaudiX.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named OptimizerProUpdaterTask{B7D2880B-C903-4A67-A3BC-53B6E3AF681D}.

Program resource utilizationResource utilization averages

VaudiX.exe
Memory:1.9 MB
21.09 MB average
Total CPU:0.0014196413%
0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:0.00106682%
0.016088% average
User CPU:0.00035282%
0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:51,706
8,062,084 average
I/O reads/min:306 Bytes
435.61 KB average

How do I remove VaudiX?

You can uninstall VaudiX from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
  1. 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.
  2. When you find the program VaudiX, 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).
  3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove VaudiX.
  4. 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.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 71%
Win Vista (SP1) 4%
 
HOW IT STARTS
Scheduled task? Yes
(Runs on Windows boot)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 88%
Keep it 12%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 82.14%
Windows Vista 10.71%
Windows 10 7.14%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 57.14%
Windows 7 Ultimate 17.86%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 7.14%
Windows 8 3.57%
Windows 8 Pro 3.57%
Windows 7 Professional 3.57%

Distribution by countryGeography

47.06% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 47.06%
  United Kingdom 11.76%
  Netherlands 5.88%
  Croatia 5.88%
  TT 2.94%
  MK 2.94%
  Colombia 2.94%
  Australia 2.94%
  Kuwait 2.94%
  Greece 2.94%
  Argentina 2.94%
  Philippines 2.94%
  Germany 2.94%
  United Arab Emirates 2.94%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 32.00%
Dell 20.00%
Acer 12.00%
Toshiba 12.00%
ASUS 8.00%
Samsung 8.00%
Sony 4.00%
Lenovo 4.00%
Common models
TOSHIBA Satellite L655 4.00%
TOSHIBA Satellite L500D 4.00%
TOSHIBA Qosmio F750 4.00%
Sony VPCEA36FA 4.00%
Samsung RV415/RV515 4.00%
Samsung 900X3B/900X4B 4.00%

About (from WebPick Internet Holdings Ltd.)

The InstalleReX pay per install platform will help you promote your applications.
Publisher URL: installerex.com

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