84,488,480 programs installed

Should I remove NexGen Media Player - a modern video player?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
69% remove it31% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Bad
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #9,176
United States Rank #4,991
Reach 0.0412%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 24.39 days
719.49 days >
Average installed length: 378.04 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
1.0 100.00%

NexGen Media Player - a modern video player

What is NexGen Media Player - a modern video player?

Nexgen is a potentially unwanted ad-support media player that will popup advertisements. "The Software starts automatically when you start your computer, runs in the background on your computer, and may periodically direct you to our sponsors’ websites and/or show you other forms of advertisements (including the Slider format)."

The program installs itself under a variety of names including Blitz Media Player, and Vast Media Player and distributed by adware vendors such as Ignition Installer, Bechiro and FIRSERIA.

About  (from Jenkat Media)

NextGen Media Player is a multimedia player which relies on an innovative built-in codec engine that doesn't require users to download and install additional files. There are more features available just by right clicking in the main window and you can find the usual control buttons underneath the video section. NextGe...  Read more

Overview

A scheduled task is added to Windows Task Scheduler in order to launch the program at various scheduled times (the schedule varies depending on the version). The primary executable is named NGMP.exe. Many users end up uninstalling this after less than a month of it being installed. The setup package generally installs about 15 files and is usually about 28.04 MB (29,397,053 bytes).
  • Delivered through a thrid-party offer
  • Displays unwanted advertisements
  • The wisdom of the experts agree, if you don't use it you should remove it!
NexGen Media Player - a modern video player 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

Displayed publisher: Jenkat Media, Inc
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\nexgen media player
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\NexGen Media Player\uninstall.exe"
Estimated size: 28.04 MB

Program filesFiles installed by NexGen Media Player - a modern video player

Program executable:NGMP.exe
Path:C:\Program Files\nexgen media player\NGMP.exe
MD5:e0daf7ac35f737284698b460a704fcfd
Additional files:
  • NGMP.exe - vmp
  • avfilter-3.dll
  • uninstall.exe
  • avcodec-54.dll
  • AvcodecVB.dll
  • avdevice-54.dll
  • avformat-54.dll
  • avutil-52.dll
  • DevComponents.DotNetBar2.dll (by DevComponents.com) - DevComponents.DotNetBar
  • msvcp100.dll (by Microsoft) - Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010 (Microsoft® C Runtime Library)
  • msvcr100.dll (by Microsoft)
  • msvcr100d.dll
  • SDL.dll
  • swresample-0.dll
  • swscale-2.dll

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task
  • uninstall.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{EA266F3C-B0B0-466E-A3D8-D2449A2DBFBE}' (runs on registration).

How do I remove NexGen Media Player - a modern video player?

You can uninstall NexGen Media Player - a modern video player 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 NexGen Media Player - a modern video player, 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 NexGen Media Player - a modern video player.
  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) 61%
Win 8.1 0%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 69%
Keep it 31%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#9,176

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 62.93%
Windows 10 23.52%
Windows Vista 8.50%
Windows XP 5.05%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 49.25%
Windows 8 10.95%
Windows 7 Professional 7.59%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 7.09%
Windows 8.1 6.84%
Windows 7 Ultimate 5.22%

Distribution by countryGeography

88.05% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 88.05%
  United Kingdom 3.93%
  Canada 1.47%
  Netherlands 0.65%
  Belgium 0.57%
  New Zealand 0.49%
  Australia 0.33%
  Germany 0.33%
  DK 0.33%
  Norway 0.33%
  Brazil 0.25%
  Greece 0.25%
  Israel 0.25%
  Sweden 0.25%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 37.48%
Dell 22.97%
Acer 14.34%
Toshiba 10.02%
ASUS 5.87%
GIGABYTE 2.42%
Lenovo 2.25%
Samsung 2.25%
Intel 1.55%
Sony 0.86%
Common models
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 7.36%
HP 2000 Notebook PC 5.52%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 4.91%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 3.37%
HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... 3.37%
HP G60 Notebook PC 2.76%

comments3 comments

user comment
user comment
kidsover a year ago
Malware
user comment
meover a year ago
nexgenmediaplayerapp is what has all the pop ups and it does not show up on the uninstall programs. I disabled it from the start up menu but I cannot uninstall it anywhere
user comment
carlosover a year ago
The pop ups are terribly annoying and with voice. how do I get rid of this bug?