Should I remove Bluetooth Symbol?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
79% remove it21% keep it
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Reach 0.0001%
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 1.0.0.0 |
100.00% |
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Bluetooth Symbol
What is Bluetooth Symbol?
This is a WinCheck adware/browser hijacker variant that injects code into the user's web browser (IE, Chrome and Firefox). It is known as an ad-injector, a malicious process that once inside the web browser will hijack existing advertisements of underlying web sites (not associated with the website itself). It will also inject new ads in white space on the site or images that have standard banner sizes. These ads are typically for promoting shopping discount coupons, ads for PC optimizers or bundled PUP offers, or malvertising since it runs on sketchy ad networks.This runs as a startup process called WinCheck in the user's startup registry (Run key) and will execute each time the computer is restarted and the user logs in.
How do you know if you are infected? First, if you have this program installed then this adware is most likely still running. Next, you see ads in the browser that say something like "Ads by WinCheck".
Overview
During setup, the program creates a startup registration point in Windows in order to automatically start when any user boots the PC. The primary executable is named bnsg2a3f.exe. A majority of users end up uninstalling this less than a week of it being installed.
- Malware detected in the program
- Automatically starts with Windows
- Displays unwanted advertisements
- Most users and experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Bluetooth Symbol.
| bnsg2a3f.exe (6296fa8c639588ab15a68bac1683b112) has been flagged by the following 10 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
| Lavasoft Ad-Aware |
537 |
Application.Generic.1303310 |
| Baidu-International |
4.0.3.15816 |
Adware.Win32.ConvertAd.QX |
| Bitdefender |
1.0.20.1140 |
Application.Generic.1303310 |
| ByteHero BDV |
8.16.2015.10 |
Trojan.Exception.gen.101 |
| ESET-NOD32 |
9.11710 |
a variant of Win32/Adware.ConvertAd.QX |
| Fortinet FortiGate |
8/16/2015 |
Riskware/ConvertAd |
| F-Secure |
11.2015-16-08_1 |
Application.Generic.1303310 |
| G Data |
15.8.25 |
Application.Generic.1303310 |
| MicroWorld-eScan |
16.0.0.684 |
Application.Generic.1303310 |
| Symantec |
8/16/2015 rev. 1 |
WS.Reputation |
Program details
Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\local\937a9fa0-1432371843-1aaf-0a54-bf4adab8370a
Uninstaller: "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\937A9FA0-1432371843-1AAF-0A54-BF4ADAB8370A\uninstall.exe"
Files installed by Bluetooth Symbol
| Program executable: | bnsg2a3f.exe (Malware detected) |
| Path: | C:\users\user\appdata\local\937a9fa0-1432371843-1aaf-0a54-bf4adab8370a\bnsg2a3f.exe |
| MD5: | 6296fa8c639588ab15a68bac1683b112 |
Additional files:
Behaviors exhibited
Startup File (All Users Run)
- bnsg2A3F.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'WinCheck' which loads as C:\users\user\appdata\Local\937A9FA0-1432371843-1AAF-0A54-BF4ADAB8370A\bnsg2A3F.exe.
How do I remove Bluetooth Symbol?
You can uninstall Bluetooth Symbol from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
- 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.
- When you find the program Bluetooth Symbol, click it, and then do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
- Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
- Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Bluetooth Symbol.
- If for some reason uninstallation fails, please install Microsoft's uninstall fixer utility which will help fix problems with programs that can't be uninstalled at support.microsoft.com.
PC BRAND OF CHOICE
100%
Hewlett-Packard
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OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 50%
Win 10 50%
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HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
50.00% |
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| Windows 10 |
50.00% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
50.00% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
50.00% |
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Geography
100.00% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?