Should I remove Earpiece Update?

What percent of users and experts removed it?

74% remove it26% keep it

Overall Sentiment

Bad

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How common is it?

Reach <0.001%

Versions

Version	Distribution
1.0.0.0	100.00%

Earpiece Update

Remove Earpiece Update

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 bnsme3b1.exe. Typically most users end up uninstalling this just after a few days. A majority of the PCs this is running on, most OS versions are Windows 10. The distribution of this has mostly been seen in the United States.

Possible malware installed by this program
Automatically starts with Windows
The wisdom of the crowd agrees, you should remove it!

Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Earpiece Update.

bnsme3b1.exe (b2e4923759293a4a18abd5b09f4bb536) has been flagged by the following 9 scanners:
Anti-Virus software	Version	Detection
Lavasoft Ad-Aware	537	Application.Generic.1238693
AVG	2016.0.3015	Generic_r
Baidu-International	4.0.3.15816	Adware.Win32.ConvertAd.77
Bitdefender	1.0.20.1140	Application.Generic.1238693
ESET-NOD32	9.11480	a variant of Win32/Adware.ConvertAd.GE
F-Secure	11.2015-16-08_1	Application.Generic.1238693
G Data	15.8.25	Application.Generic.1238693
MicroWorld-eScan	16.0.0.684	Application.Generic.1238693
TrendMicro-HouseCall	7.2.228	Suspicious_GEN.F47V0401

Program details

Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\local\4c4c4544-1427669749-5610-8030-b2c04f505931

Uninstaller: "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\4C4C4544-1427669749-5610-8030-B2C04F505931\uninstall.exe"

Files installed by Earpiece Update

Program executable:	bnsme3b1.exe (Malware detected)
Path:	C:\users\user\appdata\local\4c4c4544-1427669749-5610-8030-b2c04f505931\bnsme3b1.exe
MD5:	b2e4923759293a4a18abd5b09f4bb536

Additional files:

Uninstall.exe

Behaviors exhibited

Startup File (All Users Run)

bnsmE3B1.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'WinCheck' which loads as C:\users\user\appdata\Local\4C4C4544-1427669749-5610-8030-B2C04F505931\bnsmE3B1.exe.

How do I remove Earpiece Update?

You can uninstall Earpiece Update 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 Earpiece Update, 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 Earpiece Update.
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.