Should I remove e-tax 2012?

Lifespan of installation (until removal)

Versions

Version	Distribution
6.0.577	100.00%

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from Australian Taxation Office

Remove e-tax 2012 by Australian Taxation Office

e-tax 2012 is a program developed by Australian Taxation Office. Upon installation and setup, it defines an auto-start registry entry which makes this program run on each Windows boot for all user logins. It adds a Browser Helper Object (BHO) to Internet Explorer. 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 software is designed to connect to the Internet and adds a Windows Firewall exception in order to do so without being interfered with. The software installer includes 39 files and is usually about 8.94 MB (9,369,600 bytes). acrobatupdater.exe is the automatic update component of the software designed to download and apply new updates should new versions be released. In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 7 (SP1) as well as Windows Vista (SP2). While about 90% of users of e-tax 2012 come from Australia, it is also popular in the United States and United Kingdom.

URL: www.etax.com.au/etax-2012

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\etax2012\help\etax

Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /X{B0F1B02F-47A6-411D-A38B-E44CC7F53CCC}

Estimated size: 8.94 MB

Language: English (United States)

adobearm.exe
Memory:	5.01 MB	21.09 MB average
Total CPU:	0.0019665217%	0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:	0.00084429%	0.016088% average
User CPU:	0.00112224%	0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:	488,444	8,062,084 average
I/O reads/min:	4.95 KB	435.61 KB average
I/O writes/min:	396 Bytes	105.02 KB average

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 e-tax 2012, 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 e-tax 2012.

1. Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
2. Click the Advanced tab, and then click Reset. Select the Delete personal settings check box if you would also like to remove search providers, Accelerators and home pages. When Internet Explorer finishes applying default settings, click Close, and then click OK.
3. The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.

1. At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
2. To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
3. When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.

1. Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
2. Select Settings. In the "Search" section, click Manage search engine. Check if (Default) is displayed next to your preferred search engine. If not, mouse over it and click Make default. Mouse over any other suspicious search engine entries that are not familiar and click X to remove them.
3. When the "Show Home button" checkbox is selected, a web address appears below it. If you want the Homepage button to open up a different webpage, click Change to enter a link.
4. Restart Google Chrome.

HOW IT STARTS Automatically starts? Yes (Found in the run registry)

USER ACTIONS Uninstall it 2% Keep it 98%

GLOBAL RANK #6,032

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

Australia	89.78%
United States	5.84%
United Kingdom	0.73%
New Zealand	0.53%
Hong Kong	0.46%
Singapore	0.33%
Canada	0.27%
Germany	0.20%
Japan	0.20%
Malaysia	0.20%
Netherlands	0.20%
Switzerland	0.13%
FJ	0.13%
India	0.13%

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

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