Should I remove Properties Key?

What percent of users and experts removed it?

76% remove it24% keep it

Overall Sentiment

Bad

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How common is it?

Reach <0.001%

Versions

Version	Distribution
1.0.0.0	100.00%

Properties Key

Remove Properties Key

What is Properties Key?

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

Upon installation and setup, it defines an auto-start registry entry which makes this program run on each Windows boot for all user logins. The main program executable is bnsf86a0.exe. Typically most users end up uninstalling this just after a few days.

Possible malware installed by this program
Automatically starts with Windows
Displays unwanted advertisements
The experts agree, you should remove it!

Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Properties Key.

bnsf86a0.exe (61d84a62d19f7c63122e44ff6f5d8bf0) has been flagged by the following 12 scanners:
Anti-Virus software	Version	Detection
Lavasoft Ad-Aware	537	Gen:Variant.Graftor.189397
ALYac	1.0.1.4	Gen:Variant.Graftor.189397
Baidu-International	4.0.3.15816	Adware.Win32.ConvertAd.QX
Bitdefender	1.0.20.1140	Gen:Variant.Graftor.189397
ByteHero BDV	8.16.2015.10	Trojan.Exception.gen.101
Emsisoft Anti-Malware	8.15.08.16.06	Gen:Variant.Graftor.189397
ESET-NOD32	9.11714	a variant of Win32/Adware.ConvertAd.QX
Fortinet FortiGate	8/16/2015	Riskware/ConvertAd
F-Secure	11.2015-16-08_1	Gen:Variant.Graftor.189397
G Data	15.8.25	Gen:Variant.Graftor.189397
MicroWorld-eScan	16.0.0.684	Gen:Variant.Graftor.189397
Symantec	8/16/2015 rev. 1	WS.Reputation

Program details

Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\local\34443437-1432491132-3433-4131-4331ffffffff

Uninstaller: "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\34443437-1432491132-3433-4131-4331FFFFFFFF\uninstall.exe"

Files installed by Properties Key

Program executable:	bnsf86a0.exe (Malware detected)
Path:	C:\users\user\appdata\local\34443437-1432491132-3433-4131-4331ffffffff\bnsf86a0.exe
MD5:	61d84a62d19f7c63122e44ff6f5d8bf0

Additional files:

Uninstall.exe

Behaviors exhibited

Startup File (All Users Run)

bnsf86A0.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'WinCheck' which loads as C:\users\user\appdata\Local\34443437-1432491132-3433-4131-4331FFFFFFFF\bnsf86A0.exe.

How do I remove Properties Key?

You can uninstall Properties Key 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 Properties Key, 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 Properties Key.
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.