Should I remove BrightBreeze?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
57% remove it43% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Reach 0.0004%
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 3.0.8.0 |
14.29% |
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| 3.0.5.0 |
28.57% |
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| 2.0.12.0 |
28.57% |
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| 2.0.5.0 |
28.57% |
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BrightBreeze
What is BrightBreeze?
BrightBreeze is an ad-supported (users may see additional banner and in-text link advertisements) web browser plugin distributed through various monetization platforms during installation. The browser extension includes various features that will modify the default or custom settings of the browser including the home page and search settings.
About (from Pinball)
The Software will display to you targeted Web sites and/or advertisements that are hosted by third parties ("Third Party Hosted Advertisements"). These Third Party Hosted Advertisements may place cookies on your hard drive and use the cookies to tailor delivery of content to you by profiling your use of a site or adver... Read more
Overview
The most used version is 3.0.5.0, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. Upon installation and setup, it defines an auto-start registry entry which makes this program run on each Windows boot for all user logins. 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 main program executable is BrightBreezeSA.exe. The software installer includes 4 files and is usually about 970.59 KB (993,882 bytes).
- Possible malware installed by this program
- Automatically starts with Windows
- Displays unwanted advertisements
- May modify the web browser's home page
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in BrightBreeze.
| BrightBreezeSA.exe (dd699e4dfb569231ada720ec18e36fc2) has been flagged by the following 31 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
| Agnitum Outpost |
7.1.1 |
Adware.Agent |
| AhnLab-V3 |
2013.11.19 |
Adware/Win32.Hotbar |
| Avira AntiVir |
7.11.114.120 |
ADSPY/Agent.O |
| avast! |
2014.9-131122 |
Win32:Zango-AS [PUP] |
| AVG |
2014.0.3628 |
Skodna.Generic_r |
| Baidu-International |
4.0.3.131122 |
AdWare.Win32.HotBar.aBYj |
| Bitdefender |
1.0.20.1630 |
Application.Generic.374878 |
| CAT-QuickHeal |
11.13.12.00 |
Adware.ClickPotato (Not a Virus) |
| Clam AntiVirus |
0.98/18155 |
Win.Adware.Hotbar-12655 |
| Comodo Security |
17297 |
UnclassifiedMalware |
| Dr.Web |
9.0.0.0326 |
Adware.Shopper.371 |
| ESET-NOD32 |
7.9066 |
probably a variant of Win32/Adware.180Solutions |
| Fortinet FortiGate |
11/22/2013 |
Adware/Hotbar |
| F-Prot |
v6.4.7.1.166 |
W32/180Solutions.D.gen |
| F-Secure |
11.2013-22-11_6 |
Application.Generic.374878 |
| G Data |
13.11.22 |
Application.Generic.374878 |
| IKARUS anti.virus |
t3scan.2.2.29 |
AdWare.Win32.ClickPotato |
| Jiangmin |
KV131122 |
Adware/HotBar.en |
| K7 AntiVirus |
13.173.10234 |
Adware |
| K7GW |
13.173.10234 |
Backdoor ( 04c4c5891 ) |
| Kaspersky |
14.0.0.4489 |
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.HotBar |
| Kingsoft AntiVirus |
331020.49267 |
Win32.Troj.HotBar.eb.(kcloud) |
| Malwarebytes |
v2013.11.22.03 |
Adware.Hotbar |
| Microsoft Security Essentials |
1.163.1557.0 |
Adware:Win32/ClickPotato |
| MicroWorld-eScan |
14.0.0.978 |
Application.Generic.374878 |
| NANO AntiVirus |
0.28.0.56316 |
Trojan.Win32.180Solutions.tbqna |
| Sophos |
4.94 |
Generic PUA KN |
| Symantec |
11/22/2013 rev. 6 |
WS.Reputation |
| Trend Micro |
10.465.22 |
TROJ_SPNR.0BIF11 |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall |
7.2.326 |
TROJ_SPNR.0BIF11 |
| VIPRE Antivirus |
23514 |
Zango.CommonElements |
View all 31 all detections
Program details
Displayed publisher: Pinball Corporation.
URL: www.brightbreeze.com
Help link: www.brightbreeze.com/support.html
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\brightbreeze\bin\2.0.5.0
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\BrightBreeze\bin\2.0.5.0\BrightBreezeUninstaller.exe" Web
Estimated size: 970.59 KB
Files installed by BrightBreeze
| Program executable: | BrightBreezeSA.exe (Malware detected) |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\brightbreeze\bin\2.0.5.0\BrightBreezeSA.exe |
| MD5: | dd699e4dfb569231ada720ec18e36fc2 |
Additional files:
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(Malware detected) BrightBreezeSA.exe
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BrightBreezeSAHook.dll
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BrightBreezeUninstaller.exe
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BrightBreezeSACB.exe
Behaviors exhibited
Scheduled Task
- BrightBreezeSA.exe is scheduled as a task named 'RunAsStdUser Task' (runs on registration).
Startup File (User Run)
- BrightBreezeSA.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'BrightBreezeSA' and executes as "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\BrightBreezeSA\bin\3.0.8.0\BrightBreezeSA.exe".
Startup File (All Users Run)
- BrightBreezeSA.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'BrightBreezeSA' which loads as "C:\Program Files\BrightBreeze\bin\2.0.12.0\BrightBreezeSA.exe".
How do I remove BrightBreeze?
You can uninstall BrightBreeze 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 BrightBreeze, 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 BrightBreeze.
- 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.
OS VERSIONS
Win Vista (SP2) 43%
Win 7 14%
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HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 57%
Keep it 43%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
57.14% |
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| Windows Vista |
42.86% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
57.14% |
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| Windows Vista Home Basic |
28.57% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
14.29% |
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Geography
58.33% of installs come from France
Which countries install it?
| France |
58.33% |
| United States |
41.67% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Acer |
50.00% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
16.67% |
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| Gateway |
16.67% |
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| ASUS |
16.67% |
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Common models |
| FUJITSU SIEMENS AMILO Li ... |
14.29% |
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| Acer Aspire 1410 |
14.29% |
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| Packard Bell oneTwo M3700 |
14.29% |
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| HP-Pavilion FR648AA-ABF s... |
14.29% |
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| Packard Bell EasyNote TJ6... |
14.29% |
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| eMachines E520 |
14.29% |
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About (from Pinball Corporation)
Pinball Corporation delivers online content and monetization solutions for small to mid-sized web publishers, and keyword-based online advertising solutions for direct-response and ecommerce marketers.
Publisher URL: www.pinballcorp.com