Should I remove Format Browser?

What percent of users and experts removed it?

83% remove it17% keep it

Overall Sentiment

Bad

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How common is it?

Reach 0.0001%

Versions

Version	Distribution
1.0.0.0	100.00%

Format Browser

Remove Format Browser

What is Format Browser?

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 primary executable is named ansedf1b.exe. A majority of users end up uninstalling this less than a week of it being installed. The setup package generally installs about 4 files and is usually about 3.03 MB (3,178,064 bytes).

Malware detected in the program
Displays unwanted advertisements
The experts agree, you should remove it!

Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Format Browser.

ansedf1b.exe (55a60267bd5da018e39e6a13d9b0e8ce) has been flagged by the following 10 scanners:
Anti-Virus software	Version	Detection
Lavasoft Ad-Aware	537	Application.Generic.1275398
Baidu-International	4.0.3.15816	Adware.Win32.ConvertAd.IU
Bitdefender	1.0.20.1140	Application.Generic.1275398
ESET-NOD32	9.11655	Win32/Adware.ConvertAd.IU
Fortinet FortiGate	8/16/2015	Riskware/ConvertAd
F-Secure	11.2015-16-08_1	Application.Generic.1275398
G Data	15.8.25	Application.Generic.1275398
MicroWorld-eScan	16.0.0.684	Application.Generic.1275398
Symantec	8/16/2015 rev. 1	WS.Reputation
Tencent	1.0.0.1	Trojan.Win32.YY.Gen.0

Program details

Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\local\62e6ba30-1429795398-11dc-af1e-cc085e2a5c6c

Uninstaller: "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\62E6BA30-1429795398-11DC-AF1E-CC085E2A5C6C\uninstall.exe"

Estimated size: 3.03 MB

Files installed by Format Browser

Program executable:	ansedf1b.exe (Malware detected)
Path:	C:\users\user\appdata\local\62e6ba30-1429795398-11dc-af1e-cc085e2a5c6c\ansedf1b.exe
MD5:	55a60267bd5da018e39e6a13d9b0e8ce

Additional files:

rnseE2C5.exe
Uninstall.exe
rnsnA0F0.exe

How do I remove Format Browser?

You can uninstall Format Browser 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 Format Browser, 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 Format Browser.
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.