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Smart Switch

Overview

Smart Switch is a software program developed by Samsung Electronics Co. The most common release is 4.1.16052.2, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. It adds registry entry for the current user which will allow the program to automatically start each time it is rebooted. 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 setup package generally installs about 40 files and is usually about 85.11 MB (89,242,211 bytes). The installed file AgentUpdate.exe is the auto-update component of the program which is designed to check for software updates and notify and apply them when new versions are discovered. 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 42% of users of Smart Switch come from the United States, it is also popular in Italy and Germany.

Program details

URL:

www.samsung.com/kies

Installation folder:

C:\Program Files\Samsung\Smart Switch PC\

Uninstaller:

“C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{74FA5314-85C8-4E2A-907D-D9ECCCB770A7}\setup.exe” -runfromtemp -l0x0409 -removeonly

Estimated size:

85.11 MB

Files installed by Smart Switch

• MObexDll.dll

  – Device Services (Obex Module)

• ToolkitPro1631vc90U.dll (by Codejock Software)
• SmartSwitchUpdateClient.exe

  – SmartSwitch Update Client

• BaseUI.dll
• DeviceControllerDLL.dll
• SCommon.dll
• SLocales.dll
• SmartSwitchPC.exe

  – Smart Switch PC

• AdminDelegator_SmartSwitch.exe

  – AdminDelegator

• AgentInstaller.exe

  – AgentInstaller

• AgentDialogs.dll

  – AgentDialogs

• CommonModule.dll

  – CommonModule

• AgentModels.dll

  – AgentModels

• AgentModule.dll

  – AgentModule

• AgentUpdate.exe

  – AgentUpdate

• ErrorReport.exe

  – ErrorReport

• GlobalUtil.dll

  – GlobalUtil

• cximageu.dll (by Pizzolato Davide – www.xdp.it)

  – cximage

• 7z.dll (by Igor Pavlov)

  – 7-Zip (7z Standalone Plugin)

• Agent.dll

  – Agent

• zlib1.dll

  – zlib (zlib data compression library)

• cairo.dll
• freetype6.dll
• libexpat-1.dll
• libfontconfig-1.dll
• libpng14-14.dll
• NTMsg.exe
• SmartSwitchPDLR.exe
• ZipUtils.dll

Behaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task

• SmartSwitchPC.exe is scheduled as a task with the class ‘{3EB08279-5722-433D-9A72-AE11590CF87C}’

  (runs on registration)

  .

Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)

• SmartSwitchPDLR.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named SmartSwitchPDLR.exe_Reg_HKCURun_S-1-5-21-1901262497-1300756433-1414072025-1001.

Startup File (User Run)

• SmartSwitchPDLR.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named ‘SmartSwitchPDLR.exe’ and executes as

  C:\Program Files\Samsung\Smart Switch PC\SmartSwitchPDLR.exe Run Kies4

  .

How do I remove Smart Switch?

You can uninstall Smart Switch 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

  .

• Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click

  Uninstall

  .

• Windows XP: Click the

  Remove

  or

  Change/Remove

  tab (to the right of the program).

OS VERSIONS

Win 10 

73%

Win XP 0%

WHEN IT STARTS

Auto-starting? 

Yes

(Found in the run registry)

USER ACTIONS

Uninstall it 

1%

Keep it 

99%

Windows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

Windows 10
73.49%

Windows 7
24.57%

Windows Vista
1.02%

Windows XP
0.92%

Which OS releases does it run on?

Windows 10 Home
38.01%

Windows 10 Pro
21.91%

Windows 7 Home Premium
10.29%

Windows 7 Professional
6.94%

Windows 7 Ultimate
6.20%

Windows 8.1
4.90%

Geography

41.66% of installs come from the United States

Which countries install it?

  United States
41.66%

  Italy
13.62%

  Germany
12.81%

  France
3.85%

  United Kingdom
3.82%

  Netherlands
3.39%

  Canada
2.95%

  Spain
1.85%

  Austria
1.19%

  Australia
0.99%

  Switzerland
0.85%

  South Africa
0.85%

  Brazil
0.78%

  Belgium
0.73%

PC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

Hewlett-Packard
25.71%

Acer
17.59%

ASUS
15.07%

Dell
13.86%

Lenovo
7.09%

Samsung
5.20%

Medion
4.56%

Toshiba
4.48%

GIGABYTE
4.27%

MSI
1.13%

Intel
1.04%

Common models

ASUS All Series
10.09%

HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook …
4.31%

HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook …
4.16%

HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P…
3.96%

HP Pavilion 15 Notebook P…
3.70%

HP HP Notebook
3.25%

About Samsung Electronics Co

Samsung Electronics which is part of the Samsung Group produces a wide range of printers for both consumers and business use, including mono-laser printers, color laser printers, multifunction printers, and enterprise-use high-speed digital multifunction printer models.

Publisher URL:

www.samsung.com