- Aug 27, 2013
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Hi.
This one is driving me nuts.
I downloaded Freemake Converter two years ago, tried it once, then uninstalled it.
Can't remember if I used Windows/Control Panel/Program/Uninstall or if Freemake itself had an uninstaller to use.
Haven't thought about the program again until last week, when I started having occasional system shutdowns and found FreemakeUtilsService.exe listed as a Critical Item at the time of the shutdown in my Event Logger.
I went back and looked, had a couple of Freemake Folders, with the FreemakeUtilsService EXE in one of them.
Also had two lines in Registry that said FREEMAKE.
Also could see several processes/services named Freemake in Task Manager.
I have deleted the Registry items.
After some work where I needed to change Priviledges, it allowed me to delete the folders.
(Neither folder had an UNINSTALL.)
There is no Freemake listed in Control Panel/Programs or in the Start Menu.
There is no Freemake in STARTUP.
But I still have Freemake Improver showing up in SERVICES (it is listed as STOPPED).
And I cannot get rid of the damn thing!
I've tried looking with Revo uninstaller, no Freemake.
I've tried a full scan with Windows Defender, with nothing found.
I've seen that FreemakeUtilsService.exe may (MAY) be a trojan.
Or it could just be a poor uninstall.
But I've had these system shutdowns over the last week (averaging 1-2 a night, only while playing 7 Days, although not at the most GPU intensive moments), and it keeps showing Freemake at that time in the events logger.
I just want the darn thing GONE, gone, GONE.
So....help?
(And thank you.)
This one is driving me nuts.
I downloaded Freemake Converter two years ago, tried it once, then uninstalled it.
Can't remember if I used Windows/Control Panel/Program/Uninstall or if Freemake itself had an uninstaller to use.
Haven't thought about the program again until last week, when I started having occasional system shutdowns and found FreemakeUtilsService.exe listed as a Critical Item at the time of the shutdown in my Event Logger.
I went back and looked, had a couple of Freemake Folders, with the FreemakeUtilsService EXE in one of them.
Also had two lines in Registry that said FREEMAKE.
Also could see several processes/services named Freemake in Task Manager.
I have deleted the Registry items.
After some work where I needed to change Priviledges, it allowed me to delete the folders.
(Neither folder had an UNINSTALL.)
There is no Freemake listed in Control Panel/Programs or in the Start Menu.
There is no Freemake in STARTUP.
But I still have Freemake Improver showing up in SERVICES (it is listed as STOPPED).
And I cannot get rid of the damn thing!
I've tried looking with Revo uninstaller, no Freemake.
I've tried a full scan with Windows Defender, with nothing found.
I've seen that FreemakeUtilsService.exe may (MAY) be a trojan.
Or it could just be a poor uninstall.
But I've had these system shutdowns over the last week (averaging 1-2 a night, only while playing 7 Days, although not at the most GPU intensive moments), and it keeps showing Freemake at that time in the events logger.
I just want the darn thing GONE, gone, GONE.
So....help?
(And thank you.)
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