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Should I remove Home Short-range Radio?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
84% remove it16% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Bad
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How common is it?
United States Rank #47,930
Reach 0.0012%

Versions

VersionDistribution
1.0.0.0 100.00%

Home Short-range Radio

Overview

The primary executable is named ansld6.exe. A majority of users end up uninstalling this less than a week of it being installed. The setup package generally installs about 5 files and is usually about 2.75 MB (2,885,318 bytes). Relative to the overall usage of users who have this installed on their PCs, most are running Windows 7 (SP1) and Windows 10. While about 52% of users of Home Short-range Radio come from the United States, it is also popular in Argentina and France.
  • Malware detected in the program
  • Typically distributed through a pay-per-install bundle
  • Most users and experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Home Short-range Radio.
ansld6.exe (f54766da10136d50d31be1e971907c20) has been flagged by the following 17 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareVersionDetection
Lavasoft Ad-Aware 663 Trojan.Generic.13124641
ALYac 1.0.1.4 Trojan.Generic.13124641
avast! 2014.9-150413 Win32:Dropper-gen [Drp]
AVG 2016.0.3141 Generic6
AVware 1.5.0.21 Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu-International 4.0.3.15413 Adware.Win32.ConvertAd.77
Bitdefender 1.0.20.515 Trojan.Generic.13124641
Emsisoft Anti-Malware 8.15.04.13.04 Trojan.Generic.13124641
ESET-NOD32 9.11457 a variant of Win32/Adware.ConvertAd.EL
F-Secure 11.2015-13-04_2 Trojan.Generic.13124641
G Data 15.4.25 Trojan.Generic.13124641
McAfee 5600.6797 Artemis!F54766DA1013
MicroWorld-eScan 16.0.0.309 Trojan.Generic.13124641
nProtect 15.04.10.01 Trojan.Generic.13124641
Panda Antivirus 15.04.13.04 Trj/Genetic.gen
TrendMicro-HouseCall 7.2.103 TROJ_GEN.R0C1H09DA15
VIPRE Antivirus 39230 Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
       View all 17 all detections
Home Short-range Radio has been found to be bundled with 3rd party software. If you have not purposefully installed this, you should be safe uninstalling it.

Program detailsProgram details

Installation folder: C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application data\4c4c4544-1428161161-4d10-8032-b5c04f344331
Uninstaller: "C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\4C4C4544-1428161161-4D10-8032-B5C04F344331\uninstall.exe"
Estimated size: 2.75 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Home Short-range Radio

Program executable:ansld6.exe (Malware detected)
Path:C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application data\4c4c4544-1428161161-4d10-8032-b5c04f344331\ansld6.exe
MD5:f54766da10136d50d31be1e971907c20
Additional files:
  • rnskDB.exe
  • Uninstall.exe
  • rnsq875D.exe
  • rnsuFE0D.exe

How do I remove Home Short-range Radio?

You can uninstall Home Short-range Radio 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 Home Short-range Radio, 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 Home Short-range Radio.
  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) 38%
Win Vista (SP2) 4%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 84%
Keep it 16%
 
US RANK
#47,930

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 50.00%
Windows 10 37.50%
Windows XP 8.33%
Windows Vista 4.17%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Ultimate 25.00%
Windows 8.1 25.00%
Windows 7 Home Premium 16.67%
Microsoft Windows XP 8.33%
Windows 8.1 Pro 8.33%
Windows 7 Professional 4.17%

Distribution by countryGeography

51.61% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 51.61%
  Argentina 6.45%
  France 6.45%
  Philippines 6.45%
  UA 6.45%
  Brazil 3.23%
  Spain 3.23%
  Indonesia 3.23%
  IQ 3.23%
  Italy 3.23%
  Romania 3.23%
  Russia 3.23%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Acer 23.81%
Hewlett-Packard 19.05%
Dell 14.29%
Toshiba 14.29%
Lenovo 14.29%
Sony 4.76%
Samsung 4.76%
Sahara 4.76%
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