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Should I remove From Sound?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
79% remove it21% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Bad
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Reach 0.0007%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 6.05 days
78.68 days >
Average installed length: 41.34 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
1.0.0.0 100.00%

From Sound

What is From Sound?

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 pnssc4d9.exe. A majority of users end up uninstalling this less than a week of it being installed. The setup package generally installs about 11 files and is usually about 1.03 MB (1,082,644 bytes).
  • Malware detected in the program
  • Displays unwanted advertisements
  • Most users and experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in From Sound.
pnssc4d9.exe (ed0fa40328f45fb3477ecc34c7df2114) has been flagged by the following 10 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareVersionDetection
Arcabit 1.0.0.425 Trojan.B6BEEC2
avast! 2014.9-150816 Win32:Dropper-gen [Drp]
Baidu-International 4.0.3.15816 Adware.Win32.Downloader.Gex
Dr.Web 9.0.0.0228 Adware.ClickMeIn.1511
ESET-NOD32 9.11942 a variant of Win32/Adware.ConvertAd.QH
Kaspersky 14.0.0.1571 UDS:DangerousObject.Multi.Generic
McAfee 5600.6671 Artemis!ED0FA40328F4
McAfee-GW-Edition 7.6671 Artemis
NANO AntiVirus 0.30.24.2487 Riskware.Win32.ClickMeIn.dsmxhg
Symantec 8/16/2015 rev. 1 WS.Reputation

Program detailsProgram details

Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\local\e412dac0-1432067878-11d5-afb0-5404a6ebc7d6
Uninstaller: C:\users\user\appdata\Local\E412DAC0-1432067878-11D5-AFB0-5404A6EBC7D6\Uninstall.exe
Estimated size: 1.03 MB

Program filesFiles installed by From Sound

Program executable:pnssc4d9.exe (Malware detected)
Path:C:\users\user\appdata\local\e412dac0-1432067878-11d5-afb0-5404a6ebc7d6\pnssc4d9.exe
MD5:ed0fa40328f45fb3477ecc34c7df2114
Additional files:
  • rnssC4D7.exe
  • Uninstall.exe
  • pnsg6991.exe
  • rnsdFFA6.exe
  • rnsg698F.exe
  • rnsh1CE.exe
  • rnsj7966.exe
  • rnsm7F21.exe
  • rnsnE958.exe
  • rnst918A.exe

How do I remove From Sound?

You can uninstall From Sound 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 From Sound, 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 From Sound.
  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 7 7%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 79%
Keep it 21%
 
AVERAGE INSTALL LIFESPAN
41.34
Days

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 57.14%
Windows 10 35.71%
Windows Vista 7.14%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 8.1 28.57%
Windows 7 Ultimate 21.43%
Windows 7 Home Premium 21.43%
Windows 7 Professional 14.29%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 7.14%
Windows 8.1 Single Langua... 7.14%

Distribution by countryGeography

36.84% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 36.84%
  Canada 15.79%
  Brazil 10.53%
  France 5.26%
  Switzerland 5.26%
  Russia 5.26%
  Romania 5.26%
  Netherlands 5.26%
  Germany 5.26%
  Italy 5.26%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 44.44%
Acer 33.33%
Dell 11.11%
ASUS 11.11%
Common models
Micro-Star MS-7529 9.09%
HP-Pavilion KJ309AA-ABA s... 9.09%
Hewlett-Packard p6732f 9.09%
HP Pavilion 17 Notebook P... 9.09%
Hewlett-Packard 23-f309 9.09%
Gigabyte GA-MA78LMT-US2H 9.09%

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