Should I remove Program Gradient?

What percent of users and experts removed it?

83% remove it17% keep it

Overall Sentiment

Bad

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How common is it?

Reach 0.0002%

Versions

Version	Distribution
1.0.0.0	100.00%

Program Gradient

Remove Program Gradient

What is Program Gradient?

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 jnsx35c2.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 611.68 KB (626,357 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 Program Gradient.

jnsx35c2.exe (097d793e3253caf6c03b1fa6c44301b1) has been flagged by the following 10 scanners:
Anti-Virus software	Version	Detection
AVG	2016.0.3015	Generic6
AVware	1.5.0.21	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu-International	4.0.3.15816	Adware.Win32.ConvertAd.HL
Comodo Security	22034	ApplicUnwnt
ESET-NOD32	9.11592	a variant of Win32/Adware.ConvertAd.HL
Fortinet FortiGate	8/16/2015	Riskware/ConvertAd
McAfee	5600.6671	Artemis!097D793E3253
Panda Antivirus	15.08.16.05	Trj/Genetic.gen
Symantec	8/16/2015 rev. 1	WS.Reputation
VIPRE Antivirus	40036	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT

Program details

Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\local\017fb83c-1429387527-fbe3-3115-6ab25631ab17

Uninstaller: "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\017FB83C-1429387527-FBE3-3115-6AB25631AB17\Uninstall.exe"

Estimated size: 611.68 KB

Files installed by Program Gradient

Program executable:	jnsx35c2.exe (Malware detected)
Path:	C:\users\user\appdata\local\017fb83c-1429387527-fbe3-3115-6ab25631ab17\jnsx35c2.exe
MD5:	097d793e3253caf6c03b1fa6c44301b1

Additional files:

rnsn37A7.exe
Uninstall.exe
rnslDAB.exe

How do I remove Program Gradient?

You can uninstall Program Gradient 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 Program Gradient, 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 Program Gradient.
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.