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Should I remove Navigate Underscore?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
75% remove it25% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Bad
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Reach 0.0006%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 2.53 days
74.68 days >
Average installed length: 39.24 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
1.0.0.0 100.00%

Navigate Underscore

What is Navigate Underscore?

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

The primary executable is named ansz8026.exe. A majority of users end up uninstalling this less than a week of it being installed. The setup package generally installs about 4 files and is usually about 2.13 MB (2,236,651 bytes).
  • Malware detected in the program
  • Displays unwanted advertisements
  • The experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Navigate Underscore.
ansz8026.exe (8b0f254d40d9701ee2ba6560db60bdf4) has been flagged by the following 21 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareVersionDetection
Lavasoft Ad-Aware 537 Application.Generic.1273152
Agnitum Outpost 7.1.1 PUA.ConvertAd
Arcabit 1.0.0.425 Application.Generic.D136D40
avast! 2014.9-150816 Win32:Dropper-gen [Drp]
AVG 2016.0.3015 Generic6
AVware 1.5.0.21 Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu-International 4.0.3.15816 Adware.Win32.ConvertAd.NA
Bitdefender 1.0.20.1140 Application.Generic.1273152
ESET-NOD32 9.11729 a variant of Win32/Adware.ConvertAd.NA
Fortinet FortiGate 8/16/2015 Riskware/ConvertAd
F-Secure 11.2015-16-08_1 Application.Generic.1273152
G Data 15.8.25 Application.Generic.1273152
K7 AntiVirus 13.204.16128 Adware
K7GW 13.204.16128 Adware ( 004c21d11 )
McAfee 5600.6671 Artemis!8B0F254D40D9
McAfee-GW-Edition 7.6671 BehavesLike.Win32.CryptDoma.th
MicroWorld-eScan 16.0.0.684 Application.Generic.1273152
Sophos 4.98 Generic PUA IE
Symantec 8/16/2015 rev. 1 WS.Reputation
TrendMicro-HouseCall 7.2.228 Suspicious_GEN.F47V0510
VIPRE Antivirus 40804 Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
       View all 21 all detections

Program detailsProgram details

Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\local\31444335-1431275054-3335-3754-ec9a744a25d8
Uninstaller: "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\31444335-1431275054-3335-3754-EC9A744A25D8\uninstall.exe"
Estimated size: 2.13 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Navigate Underscore

Program executable:ansz8026.exe (Malware detected)
Path:C:\users\user\appdata\local\31444335-1431275054-3335-3754-ec9a744a25d8\ansz8026.exe
MD5:8b0f254d40d9701ee2ba6560db60bdf4
Additional files:
  • rnse959B.exe
  • Uninstall.exe
  • rnsw5FFF.exe

How do I remove Navigate Underscore?

You can uninstall Navigate Underscore 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 Navigate Underscore, 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 Navigate Underscore.
  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) 36%
Win XP 9%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 75%
Keep it 25%
 
AVERAGE INSTALL LIFESPAN
39.24
Days

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 54.55%
Windows 10 36.36%
Windows XP 9.09%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 36.36%
Windows 7 Ultimate 18.18%
Windows 8.1 18.18%
Microsoft Windows XP 9.09%
Windows 8.1 Single Langua... 9.09%
Windows 10 Pro Insider Pr... 9.09%

Distribution by countryGeography

30.77% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 30.77%
  Brazil 15.38%
  France 7.69%
  Australia 7.69%
  Indonesia 7.69%
  Germany 7.69%
  Poland 7.69%
  Italy 7.69%
  United Kingdom 7.69%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Acer 33.33%
ASUS 11.11%
Toshiba 11.11%
Packard Bell 11.11%
Hewlett-Packard 11.11%
GIGABYTE 11.11%
Dell 11.11%
Common models
TOSHIBA Satellite L75D-A 10.00%
Packard Bell BV EASYNOTE ... 10.00%
MSI MS-7672 10.00%
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 10.00%
Gigabyte Tecohnology Co.,... 10.00%
Gigabyte 945GZM-S2 10.00%

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