Should I remove Akamai NetSession Interface?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
5% remove it95% keep it
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #134
United States Rank #150
Reach 3.5112%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 15.78 days
465.54 days >
Average installed length: 244.61 days
Other programs by Akamai Technologies, Inc
Akamai NetSession Interface
What is Akamai NetSession Interface?
Akamai NetSession Interface downloads or streams content to you only after you have requested it from your software or media publishers. Some content providers may provide you the ability to sign-up for background-delivered content. When you download or stream, your Akamai NetSession Interface needs to communicate with the download or streaming source to request more data or to let the source know that the data was received successfully. Akamai NetSession Interface is a shared network library that may be used by multiple applications
About (from Akamai Technologies, Inc)
The Akamai NetSession Interface is a secure application that may be installed on your computer to improve the speed, reliability, and efficiency for downloads and streams from the Internet. It is used by many software and media publishers to deliver files or streams to you. If the software or media publisher uses the ... Read more
Overview
Upon installation, it defines an auto-start registry entry which allows the program run on each boot for the user which installed it. 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 main program executable is netsession_win.exe. The software installer includes 21 files and is usually about 35.34 MB (37,053,149 bytes).
Program details
URL: www.akamai.com/html/solutions/client_faq.html
Installation folder: C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Akamai
Uninstaller: "C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Akamai\uninstall.exe"
Estimated size: 35.34 MB
Files installed by Akamai NetSession Interface
| Program executable: | netsession_win.exe |
| Name: | Akamai NetSession Client |
| Signed by: | Akamai Technologies |
| Path: | C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Akamai\netsession_win.exe |
| MD5: | aab979089e192acc0fe1e3c018f8b591 |
| Akamai NetSession Client is part of the Akamai Download Manager, a computer program dedicated to the task of downloading (and sometimes uploading) possibly unrelated stand-alone files from (and sometimes to) the Internet for storage.... |
Additional files:
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admintool.exe - Akamai NetSession Client (Akamai NetSession Client Administration Tool)
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ControlPanel.exe - Akamai NetSession Client Control Panel
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installer_no_upload_silent.exe - Akamai NetSession Client Installer
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netsession_installer.exe
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rswinui.exe - Akamai NetSession Client User Interface
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uninstall.exe - Akamai NetSession Client Uninstaller
Behaviors exhibited
Startup File (User Run)
- netsession_win.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Akamai NetSession Interface' and executes as "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Akamai\netsession_win.exe".
Windows Firewall Allowed Program
- netsession_win.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Akamai\netsession_win.exe'.
Network connections
- netsession_win.exe connects to 146.82.184.4 (port 443).
- netsession_win.exe connects to 209.107.220.183 (port 443).
- netsession_win.exe connects to 69.31.16.18 (port 443).
- netsession_win.exe connects to 77.67.10.132 (port 443).
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
| netsession_win.exe |
| Memory: | 6.87 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0056559910% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00177128% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00388471% | |
| CPU cycles/sec: | 4,579,407 | |
| Switches/sec: | 1 | |
| I/O reads/min: | 10.22 KB | |
| I/O writes/min: | 3.28 KB | |
How do I remove Akamai NetSession Interface?
You can uninstall Akamai NetSession Interface 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 Akamai NetSession Interface, 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 Akamai NetSession Interface.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 54%
Win 10 0%
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WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 5%
Keep it 95%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
57.22% |
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| Windows 10 |
36.03% |
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| Windows Vista |
3.53% |
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| Windows XP |
3.19% |
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| Windows Server 2003 |
0.03% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
29.23% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
12.80% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
12.15% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
9.51% |
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| Windows 10 Home |
8.48% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro |
4.25% |
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Geography
48.69% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
48.69% |
| Germany |
4.82% |
| Italy |
4.30% |
| United Kingdom |
3.85% |
| France |
3.48% |
| Canada |
3.47% |
| Brazil |
2.92% |
| Netherlands |
1.97% |
| Australia |
1.66% |
| Spain |
1.31% |
| Belgium |
1.12% |
| Sweden |
1.10% |
| Mexico |
1.03% |
| Turkey |
0.85% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Dell |
24.69% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
21.33% |
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| ASUS |
19.42% |
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| Acer |
13.39% |
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| Toshiba |
5.19% |
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| GIGABYTE |
4.59% |
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| Lenovo |
4.50% |
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| Samsung |
3.37% |
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| Alienware |
1.36% |
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| Intel |
1.22% |
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| MSI |
0.94% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
6.22% |
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| ASUS All Series |
6.10% |
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| HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
4.03% |
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| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
3.93% |
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| Dell Inspiron N5110 |
2.68% |
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| Dell Inspiron 1545 |
1.96% |
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About Akamai Technologies, Inc
Akamai is an Internet content delivery network and is one of the largest distributed-computing platforms.
Publisher URL: www.akamai.com