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Should I remove Verizon High Speed Internet?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
27% remove it73% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Very good
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #17,735
United States Rank #8,577
Reach 0.0137%

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Verizon High Speed Internet

Overview

Verizon High Speed Internet is a software program developed by Verizon. 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 setup package generally installs about 4 files and is usually about 864.62 KB (885,366 bytes). Relative to the overall usage of users who have this installed on their PCs, most are running Windows 7 (SP1) and Windows Vista (SP2). While about 99% of users of Verizon High Speed Internet come from the United States, it is also popular in Canada and United Kingdom.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.verizon.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Verizon\DSL\
Uninstaller: "C:\WINDOWS\DSL\unins000.exe"
Estimated size: 864.62 KB

Program filesFiles installed by Verizon High Speed Internet

  • restartDSL.exe - Verizon DSL Controls LaunchPad Setup
  • DSL.exe (by SupportSoft) - SupportSoft Container
  • unins000.exe - Setup/Uninstall
  • wificfg.exe (by SupportSoft) - SupportSoft, Inc. wificfg (wificfg)

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task
  • DSL.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{396ACCDB-4573-4BAA-B5CC-A0FEFC0D5D7D}' (runs on registration).

How do I remove Verizon High Speed Internet?

You can uninstall Verizon High Speed Internet 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 Verizon High Speed Internet, 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 Verizon High Speed Internet.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 41%
Win Vista 1%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 27%
Keep it 73%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#17,735

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 44.07%
Windows Vista 40.00%
Windows XP 11.85%
Windows 10 4.07%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 39.62%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 33.21%
Microsoft Windows XP 10.57%
Windows Vista Home Basic 6.04%
Windows 10 Home 3.02%
Windows 7 Professional 3.02%

Distribution by countryGeography

99.36% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 99.36%
  Canada 0.21%
  United Kingdom 0.21%
  Singapore 0.21%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 36.74%
Dell 35.35%
Acer 11.16%
Toshiba 7.91%
Gateway 3.72%
Intel 1.40%
Lenovo 1.40%
Sony 1.40%
American Megatrends 0.93%
Common models
Dell Inspiron 1545 4.79%
Dell Inspiron 530 3.59%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 3.59%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 3.59%
Dell Inspiron 560 2.99%
HP Pavilion dv5 Notebook ... 2.40%

Publisher URL: www.verizon.com

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