Program Database Help​ – runs threat assessments

iolo maintains a regularly updated database of thousands of programs and program components, and classifies them into one of the below six categories. To determine the classifications, the iolo research team runs threat assessments and examines each program’s purpose, common usage, and operational characteristics.

Necessary

Installed, safe applications that perform core functions.

Unnecessary

Programs that are installed and safe, but more or less considered unnecessary for the normal operation of your computer.

User Choice

Installed, safe applications (or components of such applications) that may be desired but are not required to perform core functions.

Dangerous

Spyware, viruses, and other software that has been identified as malicious and dangerous by iolo’s research team.

System

Core components of the Windows operating system.

Unknown

Files and components that are not in the iolo program database

The Internal Description is brief wording used to identify a program. This description is usually provided by the manufacturer of the software.

Note that the creators of viruses can misuse these descriptions in an attempt to make malicious software appear to be valid software. To read the most detailed and accurate description of a program, including its threat level, click on the program’s file name.

Details provide a description of the program and its purpose. This description is provided by the iolo research team and is based on ongoing and historical data collected from a variety of sources.

The date entered is the date the program was added to the iolo Program Database.

The date modified is the date the program was last modified in the iolo Program Database.

The Publisher is the manufacturer or vendor of the program.

This information is provided for educational purposes only and is intended for personal, non-commercial use. Data is believed accurate based on ongoing and historical research, but is not guaranteed or warranted for any purpose and iolo technologies shall not be liable for its use or misuse in any way. This information is the property of iolo and may not be copied, reproduced, distributed, or republished without iolo’s prior written consent.

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