Should I remove UpdateStar?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
39% remove it61% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #8,611
United States Rank #15,460
Reach 0.0454%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 10.38 days
306.28 days >
Average installed length: 160.93 days
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 11.0.1297 |
7.83% |
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| 10.0.1265 |
38.81% |
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| 9.0.1169 |
26.73% |
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| 9.0.1158 |
1.90% |
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| 8.0.1099 |
6.71% |
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| 6.0.1046 |
0.11% |
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| 6.0.1036 |
11.07% |
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| 5.2.1020 |
3.58% |
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| 5.2.1012 |
0.22% |
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| 5.1.986 |
1.01% |
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| 5.0.978 |
0.45% |
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| 4.6.960 |
0.34% |
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| 4.5.952 |
0.11% |
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| 4.2.884 |
0.11% |
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| 4.1.864 |
0.11% |
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| 4.0.834 |
0.11% |
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| 3.2.786 |
0.34% |
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| 3.1.762 |
0.11% |
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| 3.0.740 |
0.22% |
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| 2.2.614 |
0.11% |
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UpdateStar
from UpdateStar GmbH
What is UpdateStar?
UpdateStar is a freeware software application recognizing and providing update information for approximately 1.3 million software programs. Implementing a social computing aspect, the update database is maintained by the users. UpdateStar uses advertising to refinance the free service and shares ad revenue 50/50 with the software authors via their Share program. The software search engine at http://www.updatestar.com/ is actually built on top of UpdateStar’s user generated software and up-to-date program database. Via the ad revenue sharing program Share, UpdateStar allows and motivates developers to use the UpdateStar website as a download mirror to participate from ad revenue created on their program’s webpages.
About (from UpdateStar GmbH)
UpdateStar is the program that lets you stay up-to-date and secure with all of your personal software you are using on your computer. This way you make sure to always use the most up-to-date software, maximizing your every-day user experience. UpdateStar covers all of your freeware, shareware, demos, commercial softwar... Read more
Overview
- Automatically starts with Windows
Program details
URL: www.updatestar.com
Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\Roaming\UpdateStar\
Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /X{936D2740-E38E-4977-B319-BB33587FCEAF}
(The Windows Installer is used for the installation, maintenance, and removal.)
Estimated size: 29.14 MB
Language: English (United States)
Files installed by UpdateStar
| Program executable: | UpdateStar.exe |
| Name: | UpdateStar |
| Path: | C:\users\user\appdata\Roaming\UpdateStar\UpdateStar.exe |
| MD5: | a1e6ba04a0284040741f09164f03c5f6 |
Additional files:
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UpdateStar.exe - UpdateStar
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UstarRO32.exe
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UstarRO64.exe
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libeay32.dll (by The OpenSSL Project, http://www.openssl.org/) - The OpenSSL Toolkit (OpenSSL Shared Library)
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ssleay32.dll (by The OpenSSL Project, http://www.openssl.org/)
Behaviors exhibited
Scheduled Task
- UpdateStar.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{CE4BC932-4EEC-48D4-87D9-DFD2C51375BC}' (runs on registration).
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
- UpdateStar.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named UpdateStar_Reg_HKCURun_S-1-5-21-607596796-1446804383-1420543038-1001.
Startup File (User Run)
- UpdateStar.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'UpdateStar' and executes as C:\users\user\appdata\Roaming\UpdateStar\UpdateStar.exe -A.
How do I remove UpdateStar?
You can uninstall UpdateStar 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 UpdateStar, 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 UpdateStar.
WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 39%
Keep it 61%
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GLOBAL RANK
 #8,611
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
52.68% |
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| Windows 10 |
27.52% |
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| Windows Vista |
10.07% |
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| Windows XP |
9.73% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
30.40% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
12.32% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
9.60% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
8.59% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
8.47% |
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| Windows 10 Pro |
5.08% |
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Geography
46.12% of installs come from Germany
Which countries install it?
| Germany |
46.12% |
| United States |
18.00% |
| France |
2.48% |
| Italy |
2.37% |
| Poland |
2.26% |
| Austria |
2.16% |
| Netherlands |
1.94% |
| United Kingdom |
1.51% |
| Switzerland |
1.51% |
| India |
1.19% |
| Spain |
1.19% |
| Russia |
0.97% |
| Hungary |
0.97% |
| Sweden |
0.86% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
19.96% |
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| Acer |
19.74% |
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| Dell |
15.18% |
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| Medion |
15.18% |
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| ASUS |
8.03% |
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| GIGABYTE |
5.86% |
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| Samsung |
4.56% |
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| Toshiba |
3.47% |
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| Lenovo |
3.25% |
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| American Megatrends |
2.39% |
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| Intel |
2.39% |
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Common models |
| MEDIONPC MS-7502 |
4.69% |
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| ASUS All Series |
3.91% |
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| MEDIONPC MS-7728 |
3.13% |
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| MEDIONPC MS-7366 |
3.13% |
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| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
2.34% |
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| HP Pavilion 17 Notebook P... |
1.95% |
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