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Should I remove Broadband Cyan?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
75% remove it25% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Bad
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Reach 0.0005%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 3.33 days
98.38 days >
Average installed length: 51.69 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
1.0.0.0 100.00%

Broadband Cyan

What is Broadband Cyan?

This is a WinCheck/CMI (variant) 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 bnsx24b4.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
  • The experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Broadband Cyan.
bnsx24b4.exe (98182042bc92587ccd575599301d15a7) has been flagged by the following 29 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareVersionDetection
Lavasoft Ad-Aware 537 Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.185812
AhnLab-V3 2015.07.10 Adware/Win32.AdService
ALYac 1.0.1.4 Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.185812
Antiy-AVL 1.0.0.1 Trojan/Win32.BTSGeneric
Arcabit 1.0.0.425 Trojan.Adware.Graftor.D2D5D4
AVG 2016.0.3015 Generic_r
AVware 1.5.0.21 Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu-International 4.0.3.15816 Adware.Win32.ConvertAd.GV
Bitdefender 1.0.20.1140 Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.185812
Cyren 5.4.16.7 W32/Adware.CXJR-6925
Emsisoft Anti-Malware 8.15.08.16.05 Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.185812
ESET-NOD32 9.11918 Win32/Adware.ConvertAd.GV
Fortinet FortiGate 8/16/2015 Riskware/ConvertAd
F-Secure 11.2015-16-08_1 Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor
G Data 15.8.25 Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.185812
Jiangmin KV150816 AdWare/ConvertAd.gr
K7 AntiVirus 13.205.16518 Adware
K7GW 13.205.16520 Adware ( 004be0ba1 )
Kaspersky 14.0.0.1571 not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.ConvertAd
McAfee 5600.6671 Artemis!98182042BC92
McAfee-GW-Edition 7.6671 BehavesLike.Win32.BadFile.fh
MicroWorld-eScan 16.0.0.684 Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.185812
NANO AntiVirus 0.30.24.2487 Riskware.Win32.ConvertAd.dsbnnv
Panda Antivirus 15.08.16.05 Generic Suspicious
Symantec 8/16/2015 rev. 1 Trojan.Gen
Tencent 1.0.0.1 Win32.Adware.Convertad.Hrym
Trend Micro 10.465.16 TROJ_GEN.R0CCC0EFM15
VIPRE Antivirus 41876 Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Zillya 2.0.0.2278 Adware.ConvertAd.Win32.697
       View all 29 all detections

Program detailsProgram details

Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\local\4c4c4544-1429248196-5410-804b-b5c04f4d4a31
Uninstaller: "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\4C4C4544-1429248196-5410-804B-B5C04F4D4A31\uninstall.exe"

Program filesFiles installed by Broadband Cyan

Program executable:bnsx24b4.exe (Malware detected)
Path:C:\users\user\appdata\local\4c4c4544-1429248196-5410-804b-b5c04f4d4a31\bnsx24b4.exe
MD5:98182042bc92587ccd575599301d15a7
Additional files:
  • Uninstall.exe

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Startup File (All Users Run)
  • bnsx24B4.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'WinCheck' which loads as C:\users\user\appdata\Local\4C4C4544-1429248196-5410-804B-B5C04F4D4A31\bnsx24B4.exe.

How do I remove Broadband Cyan?

You can uninstall Broadband Cyan from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
  1. 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.
  2. When you find the program Broadband Cyan, 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).
  3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Broadband Cyan.
  4. 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 10 44%
Win 7 11%
 
HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 75%
Keep it 25%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 10 44.44%
Windows 7 33.33%
Windows XP 11.11%
Windows Vista 11.11%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Ultimate 22.22%
Microsoft Windows XP 11.11%
Windows 7 Home Premium 11.11%
Windows 8 Pro 11.11%
Windows 8.1 11.11%
Windows 8.1 Enterprise 11.11%

Distribution by countryGeography

72.22% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 72.22%
  Russia 11.11%
  United Kingdom 5.56%
  Indonesia 5.56%
  Romania 5.56%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 33.33%
Dell 22.22%
Lenovo 22.22%
ASUS 11.11%
Gateway 11.11%
Common models
LENOVO IdeaPad Z580 11.11%
LENOVO 4773 11.11%
HP ProBook 4520s 11.11%
HP Pavilion dv4 Notebook ... 11.11%
Hewlett-Packard 500-056 11.11%
Gateway MX6959 ... 11.11%

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