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Should I remove Faxes Restricted Access?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
82% remove it18% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Bad
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Reach 0.0006%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 2.93 days
17.33 days >
Average installed length: 9.11 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
1.0.0.0 100.00%

Faxes Restricted Access

What is Faxes Restricted Access?

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

The main program executable is pnszfefc.exe. Typically most users end up uninstalling this just after a few days. The software installer includes 7 files and is usually about 1015.58 KB (1,039,957 bytes).
  • Possible malware installed by this program
  • Displays unwanted advertisements
  • The experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Faxes Restricted Access.
pnszfefc.exe (cc2277f6a433faa8539fc9f817136fcb) has been flagged by the following 8 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareVersionDetection
Avira 8.3.1.6 ADWARE/ConvertAd.132728
Baidu-International 4.0.3.15816 Adware.Win32.ConvertAd.NK
CAT-QuickHeal 8.15.14.00 AdWare.NSIS.r5 (Not a Virus)
Dr.Web 9.0.0.0228 Trojan.Siggen6.33552
ESET-NOD32 9.11892 a variant of Win32/Adware.ConvertAd.QH
Kaspersky 14.0.0.1571 not-a-virus:AdWare.NSIS.ConvertAd
Symantec 8/16/2015 rev. 1 WS.Reputation
Tencent 1.0.0.1 Nsis.Adware.Convertad.Syri

Program detailsProgram details

Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\local\025eea16-1429290506-db23-5ccf-0c485cb04fd8
Uninstaller: C:\users\user\appdata\Local\025EEA16-1429290506-DB23-5CCF-0C485CB04FD8\Uninstall.exe
Estimated size: 1015.58 KB

Program filesFiles installed by Faxes Restricted Access

Program executable:pnszfefc.exe (Malware detected)
Path:C:\users\user\appdata\local\025eea16-1429290506-db23-5ccf-0c485cb04fd8\pnszfefc.exe
MD5:cc2277f6a433faa8539fc9f817136fcb
Additional files:
  • rnsjFEEA.exe
  • Uninstall.exe
  • pnsu1D7.exe
  • rnsbE14C.exe
  • rnsp1D5.exe
  • rnstFCDE.exe

How do I remove Faxes Restricted Access?

You can uninstall Faxes Restricted Access 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 Faxes Restricted Access, 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 Faxes Restricted Access.
  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) 55%
Win 10 9%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 82%
Keep it 18%
 
AVERAGE INSTALL LIFESPAN
9.11
Days

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 81.82%
Windows XP 9.09%
Windows 10 9.09%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 63.64%
Windows 7 Ultimate 18.18%
Microsoft Windows XP 9.09%
Windows 8.1 9.09%

Distribution by countryGeography

28.57% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 28.57%
  Brazil 14.29%
  United Kingdom 14.29%
  United Arab Emirates 7.14%
  Canada 7.14%
  Germany 7.14%
  Netherlands 7.14%
  RE 7.14%
  Saudi Arabia 7.14%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 40.00%
Dell 20.00%
Acer 10.00%
ASUS 10.00%
Toshiba 10.00%
Samsung 10.00%
Common models
TOSHIBA Satellite L500 11.11%
Samsung R530/R730/P530 ... 11.11%
Positivo MOBILE 11.11%
Hewlett-Packard SG3-110UK 11.11%
Hewlett-Packard s5615nl-m 11.11%
Hewlett-Packard p7-1234 11.11%

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