Should I remove Ring Topology Lineart?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
80% remove it20% keep it
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How common is it?
Reach 0.0002%
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 1.0.0.0 |
100.00% |
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Ring Topology Lineart
What is Ring Topology Lineart?
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 bnseafe7.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 Ring Topology Lineart.
| bnseafe7.exe (8e1993fb85389de2938af9a2c75484c2) has been flagged by the following 23 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
| Lavasoft Ad-Aware |
537 |
Application.Generic.1248404 |
| avast! |
2014.9-150816 |
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw] |
| AVG |
2016.0.3015 |
Generic6 |
| AVware |
1.5.0.21 |
Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Baidu-International |
4.0.3.15816 |
Adware.Win32.ConvertAd.HN |
| Bitdefender |
1.0.20.1140 |
Application.Generic.1248404 |
| ByteHero BDV |
8.16.2015.10 |
Trojan.Exception.gen.101 |
| Comodo Security |
22090 |
ApplicUnwnt |
| Dr.Web |
9.0.0.0228 |
Adware.ClickMeIn.1097 |
| ESET-NOD32 |
9.11614 |
a variant of Win32/Adware.ConvertAd.HN |
| Fortinet FortiGate |
8/16/2015 |
Riskware/ConvertAd |
| F-Secure |
11.2015-16-08_1 |
Application.Generic.1248404 |
| G Data |
15.8.25 |
Application.Generic.1248404 |
| McAfee |
5600.6671 |
Artemis!8E1993FB8538 |
| MicroWorld-eScan |
16.0.0.684 |
Application.Generic.1248404 |
| NANO AntiVirus |
0.30.24.1357 |
Riskware.Win32.ClickMeIn.drcjaj |
| Sophos |
4.98 |
Generic PUA JF |
| Symantec |
8/16/2015 rev. 1 |
Trojan.Gen |
| Tencent |
1.0.0.1 |
Win32.Trojan.Generic.Ebgz |
| Trend Micro |
10.465.16 |
ADW_ADCONV |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall |
7.2.228 |
ADW_ADCONV |
| VIPRE Antivirus |
40170 |
Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| ViRobot |
2014.3.20.0 |
Trojan.Win32.S.Agent.193536.FP[h] |
View all 23 all detections
Program details
Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\local\4c4c4544-1429333816-3110-8053-c3c04f4b5031
Uninstaller: "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\4C4C4544-1429333816-3110-8053-C3C04F4B5031\uninstall.exe"
Files installed by Ring Topology Lineart
| Program executable: | bnseafe7.exe (Malware detected) |
| Path: | C:\users\user\appdata\local\4c4c4544-1429333816-3110-8053-c3c04f4b5031\bnseafe7.exe |
| MD5: | 8e1993fb85389de2938af9a2c75484c2 |
Additional files:
Behaviors exhibited
Startup File (All Users Run)
- bnseAFE7.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'WinCheck' which loads as C:\users\user\appdata\Local\4C4C4544-1429333816-3110-8053-C3C04F4B5031\bnseAFE7.exe.
How do I remove Ring Topology Lineart?
You can uninstall Ring Topology Lineart 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 Ring Topology Lineart, 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 Ring Topology Lineart.
- 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) 67%
Win 10 33%
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HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 80%
Keep it 20%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
66.67% |
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| Windows 10 |
33.33% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
33.33% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
33.33% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
33.33% |
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Geography
87.50% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
87.50% |
| Kuwait |
12.50% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Dell |
66.67% |
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| Acer |
33.33% |
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Common models |
| Dell OptiPlex 990 |
33.33% |
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| Dell Inspiron N5110 |
33.33% |
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| Acer Aspire XC-605 |
33.33% |
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