Should I remove Gradient Bold Italic?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
82% remove it18% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Reach 0.0007%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 7.34 days
142.23 days >
Average installed length: 74.73 days
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 1.0.0.0 |
100.00% |
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Gradient Bold Italic
What is Gradient Bold Italic?
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 bnss83e3.exe. Typically most users end up uninstalling this just after a few days.
- Possible malware installed by this program
- Starts automatically
- Displays unwanted advertisements
- The experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Gradient Bold Italic.
| bnss83e3.exe (aa70a4280b1c51ed931fa9861f278bad) has been flagged by the following 19 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
| Lavasoft Ad-Aware |
537 |
Trojan.GenericKD.2456079 |
| ALYac |
1.0.1.4 |
Trojan.GenericKD.2456079 |
| Arcabit |
1.0.0.425 |
Trojan.Generic.D257A0F |
| AVG |
2016.0.3015 |
Generic6 |
| AVware |
1.5.0.21 |
Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Baidu-International |
4.0.3.15816 |
Adware.Win32.ConvertAd.QM |
| Bitdefender |
1.0.20.1140 |
Trojan.GenericKD.2456079 |
| ESET-NOD32 |
9.11745 |
Win32/Adware.ConvertAd.QM |
| Fortinet FortiGate |
8/16/2015 |
Riskware/ConvertAd |
| F-Secure |
11.2015-16-08_1 |
Trojan.GenericKD.2456079 |
| G Data |
15.8.25 |
Trojan.GenericKD.2456079 |
| McAfee |
5600.6671 |
Artemis!AA70A4280B1C |
| McAfee-GW-Edition |
7.6671 |
Artemis |
| MicroWorld-eScan |
16.0.0.684 |
Trojan.GenericKD.2456079 |
| nProtect |
15.06.05.01 |
Trojan.GenericKD.2456079 |
| Symantec |
8/16/2015 rev. 1 |
WS.Reputation |
| Tencent |
1.0.0.1 |
Trojan.Win32.Qudamah.Gen.1 |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall |
7.2.228 |
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0526 |
| VIPRE Antivirus |
40886 |
Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
View all 19 all detections
Program details
Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\local\a001fdad-1432263099-de11-9e84-e5651669ff18
Uninstaller: "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\A001FDAD-1432263099-DE11-9E84-E5651669FF18\uninstall.exe"
Files installed by Gradient Bold Italic
| Program executable: | bnss83e3.exe (Malware detected) |
| Path: | C:\users\user\appdata\local\d4928032-1432202373-e411-b2a0-f0761c561598\bnss83e3.exe |
| MD5: | aa70a4280b1c51ed931fa9861f278bad |
Additional files:
Behaviors exhibited
Startup File (All Users Run)
- bnss83E3.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'WinCheck' which loads as C:\users\user\appdata\Local\D4928032-1432202373-E411-B2A0-F0761C561598\bnss83E3.exe.
How do I remove Gradient Bold Italic?
You can uninstall Gradient Bold Italic 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 Gradient Bold Italic, 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 Gradient Bold Italic.
- 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) 46%
Win 7 8%
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HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 82%
Keep it 18%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
53.85% |
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| Windows 10 |
46.15% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
23.08% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
23.08% |
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| Windows 10 Pro |
15.38% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
15.38% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
7.69% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro with Medi... |
7.69% |
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Geography
59.09% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
59.09% |
| Brazil |
13.64% |
| Canada |
13.64% |
| Germany |
4.55% |
| France |
4.55% |
| UA |
4.55% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Acer |
33.33% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
16.67% |
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| Dell |
16.67% |
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| Sony |
8.33% |
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| Samsung |
8.33% |
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| Lenovo |
8.33% |
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| ASUS |
8.33% |
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Common models |
| Sony VPCEE4E1E |
9.09% |
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| Samsung 355V4C/355V4X/355... |
9.09% |
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| LENOVO 20238 |
9.09% |
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| HP ENVY Sleekbook 4 PC |
9.09% |
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| HP 2000 Notebook PC |
9.09% |
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| Gateway NV53A |
9.09% |
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