Should I remove VaudiX?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
85% remove it15% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #27,411
United States Rank #23,899
Reach 0.0058%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 34.02 days
1003.50 days >
Average installed length: 527.26 days
Versions
Version | Distribution |
1.0 |
100.00% |
|
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VaudiX
What is VaudiX?
Vaudix (DropInSaving variant) is a web browser extension for Internet Explorer, Chrome and Firefox that collects and stores information about a user's web browsing habits in order to provide advertising as well as inter-browser coupons. The installed plugin will attempt to find merchant deals based on the user's web context and/or inject advertising. It will also attempt to find competing web extensions installed on the user's PC and disable or remove them if discovered.
About (from BetterSoft)
Convert or compress a media file into a digital file capable of delivery over the Internet or other types of networks. Encoding for streaming makes it possible for a user to begin playing the media file as it streams rather than after it has downloaded, utilizing streaming as opposed to an advanced download. The qualit... Read more
Overview
During setup, the program registers itself to launch on boot through a Windows Schedule Task in order to automatically start-up (this is typically done to avoid any UAC prompts). A scheduled task is added to Windows Task Scheduler in order to launch the program at various scheduled times (the schedule varies depending on the version). The primary executable is named VaudiX.exe. A majority of users end up uninstalling this less than a week of it being installed. The setup package generally installs about 2 files and is usually about 514 KB (526,336 bytes).
- Malware detected in the program
- Automatically starts with Windows
- Known to include offers within the setup
- This program has a poor reputation
- Most users and experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in VaudiX.
VaudiX.exe (2960400094498dae47b36173286d76a0) has been flagged by the following 21 scanners: |
Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
AhnLab-V3 |
2013.05.25 |
PUP/Win32.BetterSoft |
avast! |
2014.9-130526 |
Win32:PUP-gen [PUP] |
Bitdefender |
1.0.20.730 |
Adware.BHO.Agent.E |
Comodo Security |
16313 |
ApplicUnwnt |
Emsisoft Anti-Malware |
8.13.05.26.01 |
Adware.BHO.Agent |
eSafe |
7.0.17.0 |
Win32.Trojan |
ESET-NOD32 |
7.8371 |
Win32/GenUpdater |
Fortinet FortiGate |
5/26/2013 |
Riskware/BetterSoftAgent |
F-Secure |
11.2013-26-05_1 |
Adware.BHO.Agent |
G Data |
13.5.22 |
Adware.BHO.Agent |
IKARUS anti.virus |
t3scan.2.0.0.0 |
AdWare.BHO.Agent |
Kingsoft AntiVirus |
331020.49267 |
Win32.Troj.FakeIcon.cw.(kcloud) |
McAfee |
5600.7087 |
Artemis!296040009449 |
McAfee-GW-Edition |
7.7087 |
Artemis!296040009449 |
MicroWorld-eScan |
14.0.0.438 |
Adware.BHO.Agent.E |
nProtect |
13.05.24.04 |
Adware.BHO.Agent.E |
Sophos |
4.89 |
Generic PUA DO |
Trend Micro |
10.465.26 |
ADW_DLOAD |
TrendMicro-HouseCall |
7.2.146 |
ADW_DLOAD |
VIPRE Antivirus |
18076 |
Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
ViRobot |
2011.4.7.4223 |
Adware.BetterSoft.348160 |
481551474.dll (c2f772d5eb7fc69d24361c2c0ebc6eb5) has been flagged by the following 22 scanners: |
Anti-Virus software | Software version | Detection |
Lavasoft Ad-Aware |
12.0.163.0 |
Adware.BHO.Agent.E |
AhnLab-V3 |
2013.12.03.00 |
PUP/Win32.BetterSoft |
Avira AntiVir |
7.11.117.76 |
Adware/BetterSoft.A |
avast! |
8.0.1489.320 |
Win32:PUP-gen [PUP] |
AVG |
13.0.0.3169 |
Generic5.AEKX |
Bitdefender |
7.2.5028.0 |
Adware.BHO.Agent.E |
Comodo Security |
17373 |
ApplicUnwnt |
Emsisoft Anti-Malware |
3.0.0.589 |
Adware.BHO.Agent.E (B) |
ESET-NOD32 |
9122 |
Win32/GenUpdater |
Fortinet FortiGate |
5.1.147.0 |
Riskware/BetterSoftAgent |
F-Secure |
11.0.19100.45 |
Adware.BHO.Agent |
G Data |
22 |
Adware.BHO.Agent.E |
Kingsoft AntiVirus |
2013.4.9.267 |
Win32.Heur.KVMF58.hy.(kcloud) |
McAfee |
5.600.0.1067 |
Generic PUP.t |
McAfee-GW-Edition |
2013 |
Generic PUP.t |
MicroWorld-eScan |
12.0.250.0 |
Adware.BHO.Agent.E |
NANO AntiVirus |
0.28.0.56582 |
Riskware.Win32.Unwanted.cjedov |
Sophos |
4.95.0 |
Generic PUA DO |
Trend Micro |
9.740.0.1012 |
ADW_BHO |
TrendMicro-HouseCall |
9.700.0.1001 |
ADW_BHO |
VIPRE Antivirus |
23944 |
Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
ViRobot |
2011.4.7.4223 |
Adware.Agent.187904 |
View all 43 all detections
VaudiX has been seen bundling various 3rd party software during the installation process. Make sure to check for and remove unused programs.
Program details
URL: vaudix.com
Installation folder: C:\ProgramData\BetterSoft\VaudiX
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files3\INSTAL~1\VaudiX\Setup.exe /remove /q0
Estimated size: 514 KB
Language: English (United States)
Files installed by VaudiX
Program executable: | VaudiX.exe (Malware detected) |
| Updater |
Path: | C:\ProgramData\BetterSoft\VaudiX\VaudiX.exe |
MD5: | 2960400094498dae47b36173286d76a0 |
Additional files:
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(Malware detected) VaudiX.exe - Updater
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(Malware detected) 481551474.dll
Behaviors exhibited
Scheduled Task
- VaudiX.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{F217A514-13D3-4DE6-BDBF-857602A446FB}'.
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
- VaudiX.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task with the class {13C28C3D-4A61-46CF-8B61-EFE8189D9171}.
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
VaudiX.exe |
Memory: | 1.87 MB | |
Total CPU: | 0.0009770726% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00052169% | |
User CPU: | 0.00045538% | |
CPU cycles/sec: | 29,016 | |
I/O reads/min: | 154 Bytes | |
How do I remove VaudiX?
You can uninstall VaudiX 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 VaudiX, 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 VaudiX.
- 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) 75%
Win Vista (SP1) 2%
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HOW IT STARTS
Scheduled task? Yes
(Runs on Windows boot)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 85%
Keep it 15%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 |
79.82% |
|
Windows Vista |
12.28% |
|
Windows 10 |
5.26% |
|
Windows XP |
2.63% |
|
Which OS releases does it run on? |
Windows 7 Home Premium |
49.12% |
|
Windows 7 Ultimate |
14.91% |
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Windows 7 Professional |
7.89% |
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Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
7.89% |
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Windows 7 Home Basic |
3.51% |
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Windows 7 Starter |
3.51% |
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Geography
49.66% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
United States |
49.66% |
Canada |
7.59% |
United Kingdom |
5.52% |
United Arab Emirates |
2.07% |
Australia |
2.07% |
Brazil |
2.07% |
Ireland |
2.07% |
India |
2.07% |
Mexico |
2.07% |
New Zealand |
2.07% |
Saudi Arabia |
2.07% |
Germany |
1.38% |
Egypt |
1.38% |
Italy |
1.38% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard |
42.50% |
|
Dell |
26.25% |
|
Acer |
11.25% |
|
ASUS |
5.00% |
|
Lenovo |
3.75% |
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Samsung |
3.75% |
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Toshiba |
3.75% |
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Gateway |
3.75% |
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Common models |
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
4.85% |
|
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
3.88% |
|
Gateway DX4860 |
1.94% |
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HP Mini 110-3500 |
1.94% |
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Samsung 300E4A/300E5A/300... |
1.94% |
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Dell Dell System XPS L5... |
1.94% |
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Publisher URL: www.bettersoft.com