84,488,480 programs installed

Should I remove Commercial Extension Cable?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
74% remove it26% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Bad
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Reach 0.0003%

Versions

VersionDistribution
1.0.0.0 100.00%

Commercial Extension Cable

What is Commercial Extension Cable?

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

Upon installation and setup, it defines an auto-start registry entry which makes this program run on each Windows boot for all user logins. The main program executable is bnsifbbf.exe. Typically most users end up uninstalling this just after a few days.
  • Possible malware installed by this program
  • Automatically starts with Windows
  • Displays unwanted advertisements
  • The wisdom of the crowd agrees, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Commercial Extension Cable.
bnsifbbf.exe (4a602d0f48856fb9e205837112a98306) has been flagged by the following 17 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareVersionDetection
Lavasoft Ad-Aware 537 Application.Generic.1305390
Arcabit 1.0.0.425 Application.Generic.D13EB2E
AVG 2016.0.3015 Generic6
AVware 1.5.0.21 Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu-International 4.0.3.15816 Adware.Win32.ConvertAd.RO
Bitdefender 1.0.20.1140 Application.Generic.1305390
Comodo Security 22569 ApplicUnwnt
Dr.Web 9.0.0.0228 Adware.ClickMeIn.1759
ESET-NOD32 9.11841 a variant of Win32/Adware.ConvertAd.RO
Fortinet FortiGate 8/16/2015 Riskware/ConvertAd
F-Secure 11.2015-16-08_1 Application.Generic.1305390
G Data 15.8.25 Application.Generic.1305390
K7 AntiVirus 13.205.16353 Adware
K7GW 13.205.16353 Adware ( 004c4bc61 )
MicroWorld-eScan 16.0.0.684 Application.Generic.1305390
Symantec 8/16/2015 rev. 1 WS.Reputation
VIPRE Antivirus 41432 Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
       View all 17 all detections

Program detailsProgram details

Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\local\4c4c4544-1432190583-3610-804c-b8c04f4c5431
Uninstaller: "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\4C4C4544-1432190583-3610-804C-B8C04F4C5431\uninstall.exe"

Program filesFiles installed by Commercial Extension Cable

Program executable:bnsifbbf.exe (Malware detected)
Path:C:\users\user\appdata\local\4c4c4544-1432190583-3610-804c-b8c04f4c5431\bnsifbbf.exe
MD5:4a602d0f48856fb9e205837112a98306
Additional files:
  • Uninstall.exe

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Startup File (All Users Run)
  • bnsiFBBF.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'WinCheck' which loads as C:\users\user\appdata\Local\4C4C4544-1432190583-3610-804C-B8C04F4C5431\bnsiFBBF.exe.

How do I remove Commercial Extension Cable?

You can uninstall Commercial Extension Cable 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 Commercial Extension Cable, 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 Commercial Extension Cable.
  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 7 (SP1) 50%
Win 10 50%
 
HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 74%
Keep it 26%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 50.00%
Windows 10 50.00%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 50.00%
Windows 8.1 33.33%
Windows 8.1 Connected 16.67%

Distribution by countryGeography

75.00% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 75.00%
  France 8.33%
  Australia 8.33%
  Germany 8.33%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 33.33%
Medion 16.67%
Lenovo 16.67%
Dell 16.67%
Acer 16.67%
Common models
MEDION MS-7800 16.67%
LENOVO 20266 16.67%
Hewlett-Packard p6-2029fr 16.67%
HP 15 Notebook PC 16.67%
Dell Inspiron N5110 16.67%
Acer Aspire E5-571PG 16.67%

commentsComments

user comment
No one has commented yet. Help others learn more about this software, share your comments.