Should I remove Open Barcode?

What percent of users and experts removed it?

77% remove it23% keep it

Overall Sentiment

Bad

What do people think about it?

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How common is it?

Reach 0.0001%

Versions

Version	Distribution
1.0.0.0	100.00%

Open Barcode

Remove Open Barcode

What is Open Barcode?

This is an ad Injector type of malware that is typically bundled with unwanted software offers for legitimate software and once installed is deceptive, difficult to remove as well as impacts the security of the user's computer by displaying intrusive advertisements in the web browser which promote and trick users into installing other unwanted adware or malware. Once installed, it 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. (This is a variant of the CMI/WinCheck family of adware.)

Overview

The primary executable is named bnskac2b.exe. A majority of users end up uninstalling this less than a week of it being installed.

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 Open Barcode.

bnskac2b.exe (cd516fe7146256fc92ce8a6dbc00ebb9) has been flagged by the following 13 scanners:
Anti-Virus software	Version	Detection
Lavasoft Ad-Aware	537	Gen:Variant.Graftor.183910
ALYac	1.0.1.4	Gen:Variant.Graftor.183910
AVG	2016.0.3015	Generic_r
Baidu-International	4.0.3.15816	Adware.Win32.ConvertAd.77
Bitdefender	1.0.20.1140	Gen:Variant.Graftor.183910
Emsisoft Anti-Malware	8.15.08.16.06	Gen:Variant.Graftor.183910
ESET-NOD32	9.11530	a variant of Win32/Adware.ConvertAd.DZ
Fortinet FortiGate	8/16/2015	Riskware/ConvertAd
F-Secure	11.2015-16-08_1	Gen:Variant.Graftor.183910
G Data	15.8.25	Gen:Variant.Graftor.183910
MicroWorld-eScan	16.0.0.684	Gen:Variant.Graftor.183910
Symantec	8/16/2015 rev. 1	WS.Reputation
TrendMicro-HouseCall	7.2.228	TROJ_GEN.R0C1H09DL15

View all 13 all detections

Program details

Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\local\4c4c4544-1427721237-5210-8048-b7c04f4c5231

Uninstaller: "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\4C4C4544-1427721237-5210-8048-B7C04F4C5231\uninstall.exe"

Files installed by Open Barcode

Program executable:	bnskac2b.exe (Malware detected)
Path:	C:\users\user\appdata\local\4c4c4544-1427721237-5210-8048-b7c04f4c5231\bnskac2b.exe
MD5:	cd516fe7146256fc92ce8a6dbc00ebb9

Additional files:

Uninstall.exe

How do I remove Open Barcode?

You can uninstall Open Barcode 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 Open Barcode, 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 Open Barcode.
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.