Should I remove Inbox Star Topology?

What percent of users and experts removed it?

76% remove it24% keep it

Overall Sentiment

Bad

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How common is it?

Reach 0.0002%

Versions

Version	Distribution
1.0.0.0	100.00%

Inbox Star Topology

Remove Inbox Star Topology

What is Inbox Star Topology?

This is a ConvertAd adware program that runs as a web browser extension or toolbar. Once installed the adware will inject ads within the web browser on most pages. These advertisements are not part of the underlying web page. In some case there will be an attribution of the add that says "Ads by ConvertAd".

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 bnsf396a.exe. Typically most users end up uninstalling this just after a few days.

Possible malware installed by this program
Automatically starts with Windows
Displays unwanted advertisements
The experts agree, you should remove it!

Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Inbox Star Topology.

bnsf396a.exe (5e8c427f9a033fd38da190f0203e36a2) has been flagged by the following 12 scanners:
Anti-Virus software	Version	Detection
Lavasoft Ad-Aware	537	Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.185812
ALYac	1.0.1.4	Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.185812
AVG	2016.0.3015	Generic_r
Bitdefender	1.0.20.1140	Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.185812
Emsisoft Anti-Malware	8.15.08.16.06	Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.185812
ESET-NOD32	9.11593	a variant of Win32/Adware.ConvertAd.JY
F-Secure	11.2015-16-08_1	Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor
G Data	15.8.25	Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.185812
MicroWorld-eScan	16.0.0.684	Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.185812
Panda Antivirus	15.08.16.06	Generic Suspicious
Symantec	8/16/2015 rev. 1	WS.Reputation
TrendMicro-HouseCall	7.2.228	TROJ_GEN.R0C1H09E215

Program details

Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\local\4c4c4544-1429995860-3010-8050-b6c04f535231

Uninstaller: "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\4C4C4544-1429995860-3010-8050-B6C04F535231\uninstall.exe"

Files installed by Inbox Star Topology

Program executable:	bnsf396a.exe (Malware detected)
Path:	C:\users\user\appdata\local\4c4c4544-1429995860-3010-8050-b6c04f535231\bnsf396a.exe
MD5:	5e8c427f9a033fd38da190f0203e36a2

Additional files:

Uninstall.exe

Behaviors exhibited

Startup File (All Users Run)

bnsf396A.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'WinCheck' which loads as C:\users\user\appdata\Local\4C4C4544-1429995860-3010-8050-B6C04F535231\bnsf396A.exe.

How do I remove Inbox Star Topology?

You can uninstall Inbox Star Topology 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 Inbox Star Topology, 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 Inbox Star Topology.
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.