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What percent of users and experts removed it?
58% remove it42% keep it
Overall Sentiment
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How common is it?
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Versions

VersionDistribution
1.0.9.0 40.00%
1.0.8.0 60.00%

CheeryChicken

What is CheeryChicken?  (from Pinball)

This free, ad-supported application allows you to browse coupons and deals from merchant sites. The application works by detecting supported coupons while you browse the site and displays them in the browser through a drop down window. This browser application integrates a new feature that displays search results from ...  Read more

Overview

CheeryChicken is a software program developed by Pinball. The most common release is 1.0.8.0, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. The primary executable is named CheeryChickenSACB.exe. The setup package generally installs about 3 files and is usually about 555.18 KB (568,505 bytes). Relative to the overall usage of those who have this installed, most are running it on Windows 7 (SP1). While about 93% of users of CheeryChicken come from the United States, it is also popular in Romania.
  • Malware detected in the program
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in CheeryChicken.
CheeryChickenSACB.exe (fdc8f05190b57abedc02990ef1d7e4f0) has been flagged by the following 36 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareVersionDetection
Lavasoft Ad-Aware 1105 Gen:Adware.Heur.qu0@RqT9KRii
Agnitum Outpost 7.1.1 Adware.Shopper
AhnLab-V3 2013.12.28 Trojan/Win32.HDC
Avira AntiVir 7.11.122.120 Adware/Agent.271360.4
avast! 2014.9-140126 Win32:HotBar-CB [Adw]
AVG 2015.0.3583 Skodna.Generic_r
Bitdefender 1.0.20.130 Gen:Adware.Heur.qu0@RqT9KRii
Comodo Security 17510 UnclassifiedMalware
Dr.Web 9.0.0.026 Adware.Shopper.285
Emsisoft Anti-Malware 8.14.01.26.11 Gen:Adware.Heur.qu0@RqT9KRii
ESET-NOD32 8.9190 a variant of Win32/Adware.HotBar.R
Fortinet FortiGate 1/26/2014 Adware/Shopper
F-Secure 11.2014-26-01_1 Gen:Adware.Heur.qu0@RqT9KRii
G Data 14.1.22 Gen:Adware.Heur.qu0@RqT9KRii
IKARUS anti.virus t3scan.2.2.29 not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Shopper
Jiangmin KV140126 Trojan/Genome.cocj
K7 AntiVirus 13.174.10656 Trojan
K7GW 13.174.10656 Adware ( 003823aa1 )
Kaspersky 14.0.0.4408 not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Shopper
Kingsoft AntiVirus 331020.49267 Win32.Troj.Shopper.pj.(kcloud)
Malwarebytes v2014.01.26.11 Adware.HotBar.Gen
McAfee 5600.7239 Artemis!FDC8F05190B5
McAfee-GW-Edition 7.7239 Artemis!FDC8F05190B5
Microsoft Security Essentials 1.10201 Adware:Win32/Hotbar
MicroWorld-eScan 15.0.0.78 Gen:Adware.Heur.qu0@RqT9KRii
NANO AntiVirus 0.28.0.57029 Trojan.Win32.Shopper.snujb
nProtect 13.12.27.01 Trojan-Clicker/W32.Shopper.271360
Panda Antivirus 14.01.26.11 Generic Malware
Rising Antivirus 23.00.65.14124 PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.12D148A0!315705504
Sophos 4.96 Generic PUA MP
SUPERAntiSpyware 10822 Adware.Agent/Gen-Pinball
Symantec 1/26/2014 rev. 1 WS.Reputation
Trend Micro 10.465.26 TROJ_SPNR.0BHG12
TrendMicro-HouseCall 7.2.26 TROJ_SPNR.0BHG12
Vba32 AntiVirus 3.12.24.3 AdWare.Shopper
VIPRE Antivirus 24832 Hotbar
       View all 36 all detections

Program detailsProgram details

Displayed publisher: Pinball Corporation.
URL: www.cheerychicken.com
Help link: www.cheerychicken.com/support.html
Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\local\cheerychickensa\bin\1.0.8.0
Uninstaller: "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\cheerychickenSA\bin\1.0.8.0\CheeryChickenUninstaller.exe" Web
Estimated size: 555.18 KB

Program filesFiles installed by CheeryChicken

Program executable:CheeryChickenSACB.exe (Malware detected)
Path:C:\users\user\appdata\local\cheerychickensa\bin\1.0.9.0\CheeryChickenSACB.exe
MD5:fdc8f05190b57abedc02990ef1d7e4f0
Additional files:
  • CheeryChickenSACB.exe
  • cheerychickenSAHook.dll
  • CheeryChickenUninstaller.exe

How do I remove CheeryChicken?

You can uninstall CheeryChicken 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 CheeryChicken, 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 CheeryChicken.
  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.

USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 58%
Keep it 42%
 
MOST USED OS
~99%
Windows 7 (SP1)
 
COUNTRY POPULARITY
92.86%
United States

Distribution by countryGeography

92.86% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 92.86%
  Romania 7.14%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 40.00%
Toshiba 20.00%
Sony 20.00%
Acer 20.00%
Common models
TOSHIBA Satellite L675D 20.00%
Sony VPCEE31FX 20.00%
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 20.00%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 20.00%
Acer Aspire Z5600 20.00%

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

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