Should I remove Vista Drive Icon?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
9% remove it91% keep it
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #40,417
Reach 0.0024%
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| v2.0 |
100.00% |
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Vista Drive Icon
Overview
Vista Drive Icon is a software program developed by XTreme. During setup, the program creates a startup registration point in Windows in order to automatically start when any user boots the PC. The programs's main executable is vistadrv.exe and has been seen to consume an average CPU of less than one percent, and utilizes about 1.48 MB of memory. The setup package is about 1.8 MB (1,886,750 bytes) when donwloaded. Relative to the overall usage of those who have this installed, most are running it on Windows XP. While about 32% of users of Vista Drive Icon come from UA, it is also popular in the United States and Russia.
Program details
URL: xtreme.ws
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\vistadriveicon
Uninstaller: rundll32.exe advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection C:\WINDOWS\INF\VistaDrv.inf,Uninstall
Estimated size: 1.8 MB
Files installed by Vista Drive Icon
| Program executable: | vistadrv.exe |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\vistadriveicon\vistadrv.exe |
| MD5: | a5565844c914f00dfadbc06d874cf025 |
Behaviors exhibited
Startup File (User Run)
- VistaDrv.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'VistaIcon' and executes as C:\Program Files\VistaDriveIcon\VistaDrv.exe.
Startup File (All Users Run)
- VistaDrv.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'VistaDrv' which loads as "C:\Program Files\VistaDriveIcon\VistaDrv.exe".
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
| vistadrv.exe |
| Memory: | 1.48 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0011883397% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00075473% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00043361% | |
| I/O reads/min: | 6 Bytes | |
How do I remove Vista Drive Icon?
You can uninstall Vista Drive Icon 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 Vista Drive Icon, 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 Vista Drive Icon.
HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 9%
Keep it 91%
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GLOBAL RANK
 #40,417
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Geography
31.58% of installs come from UA
Which countries install it?
| UA |
31.58% |
| United States |
22.81% |
| Russia |
21.05% |
| Germany |
5.26% |
| Kazakstan |
5.26% |
| Sweden |
5.26% |
| Austria |
3.51% |
| Republic Of Moldova |
3.51% |
| United Kingdom |
1.75% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| American Megatrends |
35.90% |
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| GIGABYTE |
12.82% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
12.82% |
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| Intel |
10.26% |
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| Samsung |
7.69% |
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| Lenovo |
5.13% |
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| Acer |
5.13% |
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| Toshiba |
2.56% |
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| Sahara |
2.56% |
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| Dell |
2.56% |
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| Apple |
2.56% |
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Common models |
| INTELR AWRDACPI |
8.82% |
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| HP Compaq 6720s |
5.88% |
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| USTek Computer INC. P5PL2 |
2.94% |
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| Hewlett-Packard Pavilion ... |
2.94% |
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| Samsung R540/R580/R780/SA... |
2.94% |
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| Samsung R518 |
2.94% |
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