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Should I remove Hierarchical Topology Address Label?

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 0.0003%

Versions

VersionDistribution
1.0.0.0 100.00%

Hierarchical Topology Address Label

What is Hierarchical Topology Address Label?

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 pnsp8b60.exe. Typically most users end up uninstalling this just after a few days. The software installer includes 5 files and is usually about 1.03 MB (1,076,702 bytes).
  • Possible malware installed by this program
  • Displays unwanted advertisements
  • The wisdom of the crowd agrees, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Hierarchical Topology Address Label.
pnsp8b60.exe (c54c823b818c3f69e8726ee86f997090) has been flagged by the following 8 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareVersionDetection
avast! 2014.9-150816 Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
Baidu-International 4.0.3.15816 Adware.Win32.ConvertAd.QH
ESET-NOD32 9.11939 a variant of Win32/Adware.ConvertAd.QH
K7 AntiVirus 13.206.16562 Adware
K7GW 13.206.16561 Adware ( 004c36a71 )
Kaspersky 14.0.0.1571 not-a-virus:HEUR:Adware.NSIS.ConvertAd
Symantec 8/16/2015 rev. 1 WS.Reputation
Tencent 1.0.0.1 Nsis.Adware.Convertad.Swum

Program detailsProgram details

Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\local\08575b80-1430682698-1013-87c5-93fc275995dc
Uninstaller: C:\users\user\appdata\Local\08575B80-1430682698-1013-87C5-93FC275995DC\Uninstall.exe
Estimated size: 1.03 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Hierarchical Topology Address Label

Program executable:pnsp8b60.exe (Malware detected)
Path:C:\users\user\appdata\local\08575b80-1430682698-1013-87c5-93fc275995dc\pnsp8b60.exe
MD5:c54c823b818c3f69e8726ee86f997090
Additional files:
  • rnspF306.exe
  • Uninstall.exe
  • rnsl1528.exe
  • rnsr9B5A.exe

How do I remove Hierarchical Topology Address Label?

You can uninstall Hierarchical Topology Address Label 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 Hierarchical Topology Address Label, 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 Hierarchical Topology Address Label.
  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 10 50%
Win Vista (SP2) 17%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 74%
Keep it 26%
 
COUNTRY POPULARITY
75.00%
United States

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 10 50.00%
Windows 7 33.33%
Windows Vista 16.67%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 8.1 33.33%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 16.67%
Windows 8 Single Language 16.67%
Windows 7 Home Premium 16.67%
Windows 7 Enterprise 16.67%

Distribution by countryGeography

75.00% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 75.00%
  Canada 16.67%
  Austria 8.33%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 40.00%
Sony 20.00%
Medion 20.00%
Acer 20.00%
Common models
Sony SVP1321DCXS 16.67%
Medion S621xT 16.67%
Hewlett-Packard p7-1443 16.67%
Gigabyte H81M-DS2V 16.67%
Compaq-Presario FK591AA-A... 16.67%
Acer Aspire 5250 16.67%

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