Should I remove BubbleTrouble?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
79% remove it21% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Reach <0.001%
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 2.6.15 |
100.00% |
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BubbleTrouble
from GenTechnologies Apps, LLC
What is BubbleTrouble?
Run by Creative Island Media, LLC, this is an adware application that will hijack the user's web browser as well as inject advertisements.
About (from GenTechnologies Apps)
Applications may be supported by advertising, which may include display ads (banner ads), in-text ads, interstitial ads, or other types of ads. Users may see additional ads when using their Internet browser or other software applications. Applications may be automatically enabled on your web browsers following installa... Read more
Overview
BubbleTrouble is a program developed by GenTechnologies Apps. It adds a Browser Helper Object (BHO) to Internet Explorer. The main program executable is common.dll. Typically most users end up uninstalling this just after a few days. The setup package is about 602.53 KB (616,988 bytes) when donwloaded. A majority of the PCs this is running on, most OS versions are Windows 7 (SP1). The distribution of this has mostly been seen in the United States.
- Possible malware installed by this program
- Loads into the web browser
- Typically distributed through a pay-per-install bundle
- Injects advertisements unassociated with the underlying web page
- The wisdom of the crowd agrees, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in BubbleTrouble.
| common.dll (da9a392064fce410c557823123d3fbbb) has been flagged by the following 5 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
| Dr.Web |
9.0.0.0221 |
Adware.Plugin.36 |
| Emsisoft Anti-Malware |
8.13.08.09.06 |
Trojan.Win32.ExFriendAlert.AMN |
| ESET-NOD32 |
7.8398 |
a variant of Win32/ExFriendAlert.B |
| Fortinet FortiGate |
8/9/2013 |
W32/FAKEAV.SMER!tr |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall |
7.2.221 |
TROJ_GEN.F47V0527 |
BubbleTrouble has been found to be bundled with 3rd party software. If you have not purposefully installed this, you should be safe uninstalling it.
Program details
URL: www.getbubbletrouble.com
Help link: www.getbubbletrouble.com/about.html
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\bubbletrouble
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\BubbleTrouble\uninstall.exe
Estimated size: 602.53 KB
Files installed by BubbleTrouble
| Program module: | common.dll (Malware detected) |
| Name: | BubbleTrouble |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\bubbletrouble\IE\common.dll |
| MD5: | da9a392064fce410c557823123d3fbbb |
Additional files:
Behaviors exhibited
Internet Explorer BHO
- common.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'BubbleTrouble' with the class of {44ed99e2-16a6-4b89-80d6-5b21cf42e78b}.
How do I remove BubbleTrouble?
You can uninstall BubbleTrouble 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 BubbleTrouble, 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 BubbleTrouble.
- 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.
How do I reset my web browser?
If your web browser homepage and search settings have been modfied by BubbleTrouble you can restore them to their previous default settings.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
- Click the Advanced tab, and then click Reset. Select the Delete personal settings check box if you would also like to remove search providers, Accelerators and home pages. When Internet Explorer finishes applying default settings, click Close, and then click OK.
- The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.
Mozilla Firefox
- At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
- To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
- When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.
Google Chrome
- Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
- Select Settings. In the "Search" section, click Manage search engine. Check if (Default) is displayed next to your preferred search engine. If not, mouse over it and click Make default. Mouse over any other suspicious search engine entries that are not familiar and click X to remove them.
- When the "Show Home button" checkbox is selected, a web address appears below it. If you want the Homepage button to open up a different webpage, click Change to enter a link.
- Restart Google Chrome.
USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 79%
Keep it 21%
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MOST USED OS
~99%
Windows 7 (SP1)
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COUNTRY POPULARITY
100.00%
United States
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Geography
100.00% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?