Should I remove Thumbnail Instant Messaging?

What percent of users and experts removed it?

74% remove it26% keep it

Overall Sentiment

Bad

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How common is it?

Reach 0.0001%

Versions

Version	Distribution
1.0.0.0	100.00%

Thumbnail Instant Messaging

Remove Thumbnail Instant Messaging

What is Thumbnail Instant Messaging?

This is a ConvertAd adware program that runs as a web browser extension or toolbar. Once installed the adware will inject ads within the web browser on most pages. These advertisements are not part of the underlying web page. In some case there will be an attribution of the add that says "Ads by ConvertAd".

Overview

The main program executable is ansfa498.exe. Typically most users end up uninstalling this just after a few days. The software installer includes 3 files and is usually about 2.03 MB (2,130,090 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 Thumbnail Instant Messaging.

ansfa498.exe (76476ac0363f492d4b8e31ea245f0d33) has been flagged by the following 9 scanners:
Anti-Virus software	Version	Detection
Lavasoft Ad-Aware	537	Application.Generic.1294968
Baidu-International	4.0.3.15816	Adware.Win32.ConvertAd.NA
Bitdefender	1.0.20.1140	Application.Generic.1294968
ESET-NOD32	9.11708	a variant of Win32/Adware.ConvertAd.NA
F-Secure	11.2015-16-08_1	Application.Generic.1294968
G Data	15.8.25	Application.Generic.1294968
McAfee-GW-Edition	7.6671	BehavesLike.Win32.CryptDoma.th
MicroWorld-eScan	16.0.0.684	Application.Generic.1294968
Symantec	8/16/2015 rev. 1	WS.Reputation

Program details

Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\local\ca54f0ec-1431203604-e411-a26a-5cb901fa490f

Uninstaller: "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\CA54F0EC-1431203604-E411-A26A-5CB901FA490F\uninstall.exe"

Estimated size: 2.03 MB

Files installed by Thumbnail Instant Messaging

Program executable:	ansfa498.exe (Malware detected)
Path:	C:\users\user\appdata\local\ca54f0ec-1431203604-e411-a26a-5cb901fa490f\ansfa498.exe
MD5:	76476ac0363f492d4b8e31ea245f0d33

Additional files:

rnsxB8FC.exe
Uninstall.exe

How do I remove Thumbnail Instant Messaging?

You can uninstall Thumbnail Instant Messaging 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 Thumbnail Instant Messaging, 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 Thumbnail Instant Messaging.
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.