84,488,480 programs installed

Should I remove Vittalia Installer?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
84% remove it16% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Bad
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #33,499
United States Rank #29,994
Reach 0.0038%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 23.58 days
695.47 days >
Average installed length: 365.41 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
1.0 100.00%

Vittalia Installer

What is Vittalia Installer?

The Vittalia Installer is a monitization platform that is designed to bundle third party programs, typically toolbars and other potentially unwanted programs. It is included with various Filewon.com downloads and acts as a modified installer (called the Filewon.com Downloader) to distribute such adware-type application when a user attempts to download a file from the web site www.filewon.com.

During installation of any downloaded product the user is presented with options to install any of the following adware toolbars. The actual software 'options' are based on the region to which the user is downloading the software from.

Bundled software may include:
- Iminent toolbar
- Delta toolbar
- Eazel
- Babylon Toolbar
- DealPly
- PC Utilities Optimizer Pro
- JollyWallet
- OfferBox

In addition, the Browser Protect adware is also installed.

From the EULA:
"The downloads are done via the website the author through a mechanism created by this company called downloader. This downloader is never related belong to the author or downloads, the program aims and this at making reliable downloads from our web servers or authors."

About  (from Filewon)

The software you want to download will be downloaded through the Filewon.com Download Manager in order to optimize the general download speed of the file. First, you will download Filewon.com's downloader and then the software you requested will be automatically downloaded. In the meantime we will display some great an...  Read more
Overview
  • Possible malware installed by this program
  • Known to include offers within the setup
  • The experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Vittalia Installer.
uninstall.exe (345c7be9d73ef74ef8811317ad2e3a8c) has been flagged by the following 2 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareVersionDetection
Sophos 4.85 ToolKit Offers
TrendMicro-HouseCall 7.2.340 HV_ZYX_BL1328C9.TOMC
Vittalia Installer has been seen bundling various 3rd party software during the installation process. Make sure to check for and remove unused programs.

Program detailsProgram details

Displayed publisher: www.FILEWON.com
URL: www.filewon.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\vittalia
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Vittalia\uninstall.exe

Program filesFiles installed by Vittalia Installer

  • uninstall.exe

How do I remove Vittalia Installer?

You can uninstall Vittalia Installer 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 Vittalia Installer, 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 Vittalia Installer.
  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) 55%
Win 7 4%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 84%
Keep it 16%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#33,499

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 59.46%
Windows 10 21.62%
Windows Vista 10.81%
Windows XP 8.11%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 45.21%
Windows 8 13.70%
Windows 7 Professional 8.22%
Microsoft Windows XP 8.22%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 6.85%
Windows 7 Ultimate 5.48%

Distribution by countryGeography

50.00% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 50.00%
  Australia 6.67%
  Greece 6.67%
  New Zealand 6.67%
  Ireland 6.67%
  United Kingdom 5.56%
  Norway 2.22%
  AL 2.22%
  BA 2.22%
  Poland 2.22%
  Finland 1.11%
  India 1.11%
  Sweden 1.11%
  OM 1.11%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 35.59%
Acer 16.95%
Toshiba 15.25%
Dell 10.17%
Lenovo 6.78%
GIGABYTE 5.08%
ASUS 3.39%
Samsung 3.39%
Gateway 1.69%
Compaq 1.69%
Common models
TOSHIBA Satellite C660 4.62%
HP Pavilion dv6700 Notebo... 3.08%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 3.08%
TOSHIBA Satellite P850 1.54%
TOSHIBA Satellite L855 1.54%
TOSHIBA Satellite L750-I5... 1.54%

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