Should I remove My Games XP?

What percent of users and experts removed it?

85% remove it15% keep it

Overall Sentiment

Bad

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How common is it?

Reach 0.0001%

Versions

Version	Distribution
1.0	100.00%

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My Games XP

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What is My Games XP?

My Games XP is an adware program that installs as a web browser plugin to inject and display advertisements. Once installed the program will deliver ads including but not limited to banner ads, text-links, coupons and other offers both by injecting them in the user's web browser as well as displaying popups outside of the browser.

Overview

The main program executable is Setup.exe. Typically most users end up uninstalling this just after a few days. The setup package is about 766.15 KB (784,535 bytes) when donwloaded.

Possible malware installed by this program
Installed as part of a co-bundle
Displays unwanted advertisements
The experts agree, you should remove it!

Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in My Games XP.

Setup.exe (acbc959972b6290552379d62db4427a0) has been flagged by the following 12 scanners:
Anti-Virus software	Version	Detection
AVG	2016.0.2938	iBryte
AVware	1.5.0.21	AdKnowledge (fs)
Baidu-International	4.0.3.15111	Adware.Win32.iBryte.SaMa
Bkav FE	1.3.0.7383	W32.HfsAdware
CAT-QuickHeal	11.15.14.00	PUA.Sailmachin.Gen
Dr.Web	9.0.0.0305	Trojan.iBryte.577
Malwarebytes	v2015.11.01.09	Trojan.StartPage.MSIL
McAfee	5600.6594	Artemis!ACBC959972B6
McAfee-GW-Edition	7.6594	Artemis
Rising Antivirus	23.00.65.151030	PE:Trojan.StartPage!1.A1A5 [F]
VIPRE Antivirus	44922	AdKnowledge (fs)
Zillya	2.0.0.2484	Downloader.Upatre.Win32.56459

My Games XP has been found to be bundled with 3rd party software. If you have not purposefully installed this, you should be safe uninstalling it.

Program details

Displayed publisher: My Games XP

Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\local\apps\2.0\zn0gkk3o.p4t\ptbceoc3.rp4\mygamesxp_3fc9ac0b77bf2b60_0001.0000_072f8f9a9dff0211

Uninstaller: C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Apps\2.0\ZN0GKK3O.P4T\PTBCEOC3.RP4\mygamesxp_3fc9ac0b77bf2b60_0001.0000_072f8f9a9dff0211\Setup.exe /u "My Games XP" {1d300

Estimated size: 766.15 KB

Files installed by My Games XP

Program executable:	Setup.exe (Malware detected)
Name:	IEInstaller
Path:	C:\users\user\appdata\local\apps\2.0\zn0gkk3o.p4t\ptbceoc3.rp4\mygamesxp_3fc9ac0b77bf2b60_0001.0000_072f8f9a9dff0211\Setup.exe
MD5:	acbc959972b6290552379d62db4427a0

Additional files:

(Malware detected) Setup.exe - IEInstaller
Newtonsoft.Json.dll (by Newtonsoft) - Json.NET (Json.NET .NET 2.0)

How do I remove My Games XP?

You can uninstall My Games XP 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 My Games XP, 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 My Games XP.
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.