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What percent of users and experts removed it?
80% remove it20% keep it
Overall Sentiment
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How common is it?
Reach 0.0002%

Versions

VersionDistribution
1.0.0.0 100.00%

Media Internal

What is Media Internal?

This adware (AKA WinCheck, CMI, ConvertAd) is an ad Injector that is typically bundled with unwanted software offers. This particular ad injector is an unwanted software program that is deceptive, difficult to remove as well as impacts the security of the user's privacy and computer health. It also displays intrusive advertisements in the browser which promote and trick users into installing other unwanted adware or malware. The program, which runs as a startup process in the background works by injecting into the browser ads on web pages that either do not normally appear or by replacing existing ads that are part of the existing site with ads from different companies with low quality offerings as well as malware. It works by monitoring and intercepting the user's web browser connections and injecting new content before the browser serve it up.

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 bnsh6f1a.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 Media Internal.
bnsh6f1a.exe (1b89abb2082ee2127a5b75aba238c8da) has been flagged by the following 14 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareVersionDetection
AVG 2016.0.3015 Generic6
AVware 1.5.0.21 Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu-International 4.0.3.15816 Adware.Win32.ConvertAd.PV
Dr.Web 9.0.0.0228 Adware.ClickMeIn.1499
ESET-NOD32 9.11732 a variant of Win32/Adware.ConvertAd.PV
Fortinet FortiGate 8/16/2015 Riskware/ConvertAd
McAfee 5600.6671 Artemis!1B89ABB2082E
McAfee-GW-Edition 7.6671 BehavesLike.Win32.BadFile.dh
NANO AntiVirus 0.30.24.1636 Riskware.Win32.ClickMeIn.dshjgq
Sophos 4.98 Generic PUA JC
Symantec 8/16/2015 rev. 1 Trojan.Gen.SMH
Tencent 1.0.0.1 Trojan.Win32.YY.Gen.7
TrendMicro-HouseCall 7.2.228 Suspicious_GEN.F47V0520
VIPRE Antivirus 40820 Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
       View all 14 all detections

Program detailsProgram details

Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\local\e412dac0-1432067725-11d5-afb0-5404a6ebc7d6
Uninstaller: "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\E412DAC0-1432067725-11D5-AFB0-5404A6EBC7D6\uninstall.exe"

Program filesFiles installed by Media Internal

Program executable:bnsh6f1a.exe (Malware detected)
Path:C:\users\user\appdata\local\e412dac0-1432067725-11d5-afb0-5404a6ebc7d6\bnsh6f1a.exe
MD5:1b89abb2082ee2127a5b75aba238c8da
Additional files:
  • Uninstall.exe

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Startup File (All Users Run)
  • bnsh6F1A.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'WinCheck' which loads as C:\users\user\appdata\Local\57138FDD-1432065294-E411-8228-F8A9635B1589\bnskB08B.exe.

How do I remove Media Internal?

You can uninstall Media Internal 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 Media Internal, 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 Media Internal.
  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) 67%
Win 10 33%
 
HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 80%
Keep it 20%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 66.67%
Windows 10 33.33%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Ultimate 33.33%
Windows 7 Home Premium 33.33%
Windows 8.1 Single Langua... 33.33%

Distribution by countryGeography

66.67% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 66.67%
  Brazil 16.67%
  UA 16.67%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Lenovo 50.00%
Acer 50.00%

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