What is Nero BackItUp 12 Essentials?

Nero BackItUp 12 Essentials is software application developed by Nero AG. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 62.45% of installations running this operating system. The most common release is 12.0.01200 with 72.49% of all installations currently using this version.

Nero BackItUp 12 Essentials is most popular in Germany with 49.81% of installations residing in this country.

Nero BackItUp 12 Essentials adds 4 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, Nero BackItUp 12 Essentials is known to create 2 firewall exceptions to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

Software Behaviors

Services:

NASvc.exe runs as a service named 'NAUpdate' (NAUpdate).

Firewall:

KwikMedia.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Nero\KM\KwikMedia.exe'.
BackItUp.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Nero\Nero 12\Nero BackItUp\BackItUp.exe'.

Scheduled tasks:

NBCore.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Weekly 12 0' (runs weekly on Saturdays at 2:00 PM).
NeroStartSmart.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{AF4D47D3-577B-42D0-B5FC-F1DE88A76F9A}' (runs on registration).
KwikMedia.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{F79E2A22-1F94-4819-8D66-7DD70914F86C}' (runs on registration).
nero.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{BB0C2056-E1AA-4648-8583-A39BDF118853}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Registry entries (User):

NCC.exe is loaded once in the current user (HKCU) registry as a startup file name 'NeroControlCenter' which loads as "C:\Program Files\Nero\Nero ControlCenter\NCC.exe" STARTPAGE=UPDATE.

Software Details

URL:

https://www.nero.com

Support:

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Installation path:

C:\Program Files\Nero\

Uninstaller:

MsiExec.exe /I{A4C430F5-5828-4645-91CF-13220EE609D2}

Size:

0.00 B

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