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Is it safe and should we uninstall 'host app service' from pokki

We found in our Uninstall list of apps "host app service" from pokki.  After googling and finding lots of info, we have hard time to decide if,

- is this is safe apps?
- is it necessary to have it?
- is it safe to remove it?

Please advice
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Thanx!

By any chance can you provide some info of probable apps that this install is related to?
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on some setup, I've seen no pokki app preinstalled, on some other I've seen a flood of games and Spotify. You need to launch the pokki app to see for yourself.
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Just finish searching it (see pix below):

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- Is "Start Menu" a pokki apps?
- Can we uninstall it?
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You can remove it.
http://www.shouldiremoveit.com/Pokki-5024-program.aspx

The big question might be: why are your users installing it?  It is not on any of our Lenovo computers at our clients.
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Began to remove it and displayed the following:

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Are you familiarize with theses?
Ok to remove "host app service"?
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Thanx for answering our question.
You are very welcome and I was pleased to assist.