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What percent of users and experts removed it?
74% remove it26% keep it
Overall Sentiment
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How common is it?
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Versions

VersionDistribution
1.0.0.0 100.00%

Play Pop-up

What is Play Pop-up?

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.)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 main program executable is ansl4b26.exe. Typically most users end up uninstalling this just after a few days. The software installer includes 3 files and is usually about 2.55 MB (2,668,960 bytes).
  • Possible malware installed by this program
  • Displays unwanted advertisements
  • The wisdom of the crowd agrees, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Play Pop-up.
ansl4b26.exe (fd01ef70c60ae31c0bc21f926bcc2fae) has been flagged by the following 3 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareVersionDetection
Baidu-International 4.0.3.15816 Adware.Win32.ConvertAd.PB
ESET-NOD32 9.11745 a variant of Win32/Adware.ConvertAd.PB
Tencent 1.0.0.1 Trojan.Win32.YY.Gen.0

Program detailsProgram details

Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\local\bfd3d9be-1431774458-11ab-e57a-d02788967bcf
Uninstaller: "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\BFD3D9BE-1431774458-11AB-E57A-D02788967BCF\uninstall.exe"
Estimated size: 2.55 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Play Pop-up

Program executable:ansl4b26.exe (Malware detected)
Path:C:\users\user\appdata\local\bfd3d9be-1431774458-11ab-e57a-d02788967bcf\ansl4b26.exe
MD5:fd01ef70c60ae31c0bc21f926bcc2fae
Additional files:
  • rnsa4C21.exe
  • Uninstall.exe

How do I remove Play Pop-up?

You can uninstall Play Pop-up 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 Play Pop-up, 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 Play Pop-up.
  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.

PC BRAND OF CHOICE
100%
Acer
 
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 50%
Win 10 50%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 74%
Keep it 26%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 50.00%
Windows 10 50.00%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 10 Home Single La... 50.00%
Windows 7 Ultimate 50.00%

Distribution by countryGeography

80.00% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 80.00%
  Russia 20.00%

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