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What percent of users and experts removed it?
7% remove it93% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Good
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How common is it?
Global Rank #6,168
United States Rank #5,254
Reach 0.0740%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 26.22 days
773.50 days >
Average installed length: 406.41 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
0.99.7 100.00%

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Core Temp version 0.99.7

What is Core Temp?  (from Arthur Liberman)

Core Temp is a compact, no fuss, small footprint, yet powerful program to monitor processor temperature and other vital information. What makes Core Temp unique is the way it works. It is capable of displaying a temperature of each individual core of every processor in your system. You can see temperature fluctuations ...  Read more

Overview

Core Temp version 0.99.7 is a software program developed by Arthur Liberman. During setup, the program creates a startup registration point in Windows in order to automatically start when any user boots the PC. 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 primary executable is named Core Temp.exe. The setup package generally installs about 4 files and is usually about 1.6 MB (1,677,276 bytes). Relative to the overall usage of users who have this installed on their PCs, most are running Windows 7 (SP1) and Windows 10. While about 55% of users of Core Temp come from the United States, it is also popular in Germany and France.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp
Help link: www.alcpu.com/forums/index.php?c=10
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Core Temp\
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Core Temp\unins000.exe"
Estimated size: 1.6 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Core Temp version 0.99.7

Program executable:Core Temp.exe
Name:Core Temp
CPU temperature and system information utility
Path:C:\Program Files\Core Temp\Core Temp.exe
MD5:da2d9579bc3e2507b19b2433bb3f1e93
Additional files:
  • Core Temp.exe - Core Temp (CPU temperature and system information utility)
  • unins000.exe - Setup/Uninstall
  • coretemp_64bit_ja.EXE (by AjariSoft) - DWiff (Update for Windows95)
  • CTGrapher.dll - Core Temp Grapher

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task
  • Core Temp.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Core Temp Autostart Harlock'.
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
  • Core Temp.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Core Temp Autostart TIMOTHY NGUYEN.
Startup File (User Run)
  • Core Temp.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'CPU temperature and system information utility' and executes as C:\Program Files\Core Temp\Core Temp.exe.
Startup File (All Users Run)
  • Core Temp.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'CoreTemp' which loads as C:\Program Files\Core Temp\Core Temp.exe.

Program resource utilizationResource utilization averages

Core Temp.exe
Memory:4.78 MB
21.09 MB average
Total CPU:0.0001583302%
0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:0.00006588%
0.016088% average
User CPU:0.00009245%
0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:29,045,789
8,062,084 average
Switches/sec:218
70 average
I/O reads/min:399 Bytes
435.61 KB average
I/O writes/min:217.4 KB
105.02 KB average

How do I remove Core Temp?

You can uninstall Core Temp 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 Core Temp version 0.99.7, 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 Core Temp.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 79%
Win XP 0%
 
HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 7%
Keep it 93%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 82.95%
Windows 10 12.67%
Windows Vista 3.36%
Windows XP 1.03%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 36.36%
Windows 7 Ultimate 27.82%
Windows 7 Professional 15.77%
Windows 10 Pro 2.82%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 2.75%
Windows 8.1 Pro 2.27%

Distribution by countryGeography

54.56% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 54.56%
  Germany 6.34%
  France 4.48%
  United Kingdom 4.15%
  Canada 4.10%
  Australia 2.13%
  Italy 1.37%
  India 1.09%
  Netherlands 1.04%
  Sweden 1.04%
  Spain 0.98%
  South Africa 0.93%
  Brazil 0.82%
  Romania 0.82%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Dell 22.02%
Hewlett-Packard 20.56%
GIGABYTE 18.83%
Acer 13.93%
ASUS 12.47%
Intel 2.79%
Toshiba 2.79%
Samsung 1.86%
Alienware 1.72%
Lenovo 1.33%
American Megatrends 0.93%
MSI 0.80%
Common models
ASUS All Series 5.97%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 5.11%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 3.98%
Dell XPS 8300 2.27%
Dell Studio XPS 435MT 1.70%
Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 1.70%

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