What is FreeAgent Pro Tools?

FreeAgent Pro Tools is software application developed by Seagate Technology. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 34.45% of installations running this operating system. FreeAgent Pro Tools's installer is typically 42.00 MB in size and installs around 114 files. The most common release is 1.00.0032 with 60.50% of all installations currently using this version.

FreeAgent Pro Tools is most popular in the United States with 90.58% of installations residing in this country.

FreeAgent Pro Tools 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, FreeAgent Pro Tools is known to create 1 firewall exception to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

Software Behaviors

Services:

FreeAgentService.exe runs as a service named 'Seagate Service' (FreeAgentGoNext Service) "Seagate Service".

Firewall:

StxMenuMgr.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Seagate\SystemTray\StxMenuMgr.exe'.

Scheduled tasks:

freeagent.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{41A0D491-A932-458B-923C-382665719C50}' (runs on registration).
SeaToolsforWindows.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{AB03CEC3-73DA-436F-B71F-1AADA0AD3CBF}' (runs on registration).
stxmanager.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{83F9B457-DEB1-4CA3-9C89-D8C8B38C964B}' (runs on registration).
stxmenumgr.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{B124766E-205A-4CC0-A705-45541C3E2FD5}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks: