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What percent of users and experts removed it?
43% remove it57% keep it
Overall Sentiment
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How common is it?
Global Rank #1,094
United States Rank #3,442
Reach 0.6348%
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Uninstallation trends (last 30 days)
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 17.56 days
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Average installed length: 272.11 days

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MyEpson Portal

What is MyEpson Portal?

MyEpson Portal will deliver advertising promotions for Epson and third party products to the user's desktop in a popup window.

About  (from EPSON)

My Epson Portal is a free software tool that helps you troubleshoot printer problems. It will also send you occasional updates like special promotions from Epson.

Overview

MyEpson Portal is a software program developed by EPSON. Upon being installed, the software adds a Windows Service which is designed to run continuously in the background. Manually stopping the service has been seen to cause the program to stop functing properly. It adds a background controller service that is set to automatically run. Delaying the start of this service is possible through the service manager. The programs's main executable is mep.exe and has been seen to consume an average CPU of less than one percent, and utilizes about 22.39 MB of memory. It also includes a system tray icon that is displayed in the notifications area while the program is running. The setup package generally installs about 12 files and is usually about 12.32 MB (12,913,638 bytes). Relative to the overall usage of users who have this installed on their PCs, most are running Windows 10 and Windows 7 (SP1). While about 24% of users of MyEpson Portal come from Germany, it is also popular in United Kingdom and the United States.

Program detailsProgram details

Displayed publisher: SEIKO EPSON Corporation
URL: www.epson.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\epson\myepson portal
Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /I{3361D415-BA35-4143-B301-661991BA6219}
(The Windows Installer is used for the installation, maintenance, and removal.)
Estimated size: 12.32 MB

Program filesFiles installed by MyEpson Portal

Program executable:mep.exe
MyEpson Portal
Signed by:SEIKO EPSON Corporation
Path:C:\Program Files\epson\myepson portal\mep.exe
MD5:1de45f1061f65de1bfcdf0411fd47e51
Taskbar:Displays an icon in the notification area
(From the publisher) “MyEpson Portal will automatically detect your specific Epson printers and provide easy access to relevant support and help services for them. It is a free software tool that helps you troubleshoot printer problems. It...”
Additional files:
  • 64DriverLoad.exe (by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION)
  • Advisor.dll (by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION)
  • App.dll
  • Banner.dll
  • Information.dll
  • mepSender.exe
  • mepService.exe - MyEpson Portal Service
  • Support.dll

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Service
  • mepService.exe runs as a service named 'MyEpson Portal Service' (MyEpson Portal Service).

Program resource utilizationResource utilization averages

mep.exe
Memory:22.39 MB
21.09 MB average
Total CPU:0.0010420342%
0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:0.00070158%
0.016088% average
User CPU:0.00034046%
0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:2,083,151
8,062,084 average
Switches/sec:2
70 average
I/O reads/min:1.07 MB
435.61 KB average
I/O writes/min:32.77 KB
105.02 KB average
mepService.exe
Memory:1.91 MB
User CPU:0.00354919%

How do I remove MyEpson Portal?

You can uninstall MyEpson Portal 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 MyEpson Portal, 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 MyEpson Portal.

OS VERSIONS
Win 10 54%
Win 7 0%
 
HOW IT RUNS
Windows Service? Yes
(Installs a service)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 43%
Keep it 57%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 10 53.88%
Windows 7 40.19%
Windows Vista 3.18%
Windows XP 2.74%
Windows Server 2003 0.02%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 10 Home 26.40%
Windows 7 Home Premium 22.59%
Windows 8.1 11.26%
Windows 10 Pro 9.10%
Windows 7 Ultimate 8.56%
Windows 7 Professional 7.23%

Distribution by countryGeography

23.55% of installs come from Germany
Which countries install it?
  Germany 23.55%
  United Kingdom 19.15%
  United States 14.36%
  Italy 12.27%
  France 10.88%
  Spain 2.05%
  Brazil 1.93%
  Netherlands 1.67%
  Indonesia 1.65%
  Japan 1.03%
  India 0.82%
  Taiwan 0.76%
  Argentina 0.72%
  Colombia 0.71%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Acer 24.96%
Hewlett-Packard 22.90%
ASUS 13.99%
Dell 11.04%
Toshiba 6.01%
Medion 5.89%
Lenovo 5.57%
GIGABYTE 4.31%
Samsung 4.30%
Intel 1.02%
Common models
ASUS All Series 6.36%
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 4.94%
HP Pavilion 15 Notebook P... 3.83%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 3.31%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 2.97%
HP 15 Notebook PC 2.24%

About EPSON

Epson Corporation is an electronics company and one of the largest manufacturers of computer printers, information and imaging related equipment and manufactures inkjet, dot matrix and laser printers, scanners, desktop computers, business, multimedia and home theatre projectors, point of sale docket printers and cash registers, laptops and other associated electronic components.
Publisher URL: www.epson.com

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