Should I remove Windows BestOffers Application?

What percent of users and experts removed it?

82% remove it18% keep it

Overall Sentiment

Bad

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How common is it?

Reach 0.0001%

Versions

Version	Distribution
1.0.2.1	100.00%

Windows BestOffers Application

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What is Windows BestOffers Application?

Popdeals is an adware web browser extension that monitors a user's surfing habits and displays ads and coupons as well as other offers including those to download additional software, mostly PUPs, adware and mawlare through malvertising.

Overview

During setup, the program creates a startup registration point in Windows in order to automatically start when any user boots the PC. The primary executable is named PopDeals.exe. A majority of users end up uninstalling this less than a week of it being installed.

Malware detected in the program
Automatically starts with Windows
Typically distributed through a pay-per-install bundle
The experts agree, you should remove it!

Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Windows BestOffers Application.

PopDeals.exe (4105ec6c989dabf67385d74ac888ae43) has been flagged by the following 10 scanners:
Anti-Virus software	Version	Detection
avast!	2014.9-150817	Win32:Dropper-gen [Drp]
Avira	7.11.204.248	TR/Confuser.132608
Baidu-International	4.0.3.15817	Hacktool.MSIL.Confuser.BK
ESET-NOD32	9.11068	a variant of MSIL/Packed.Confuser.K
McAfee	5600.6671	Artemis!4105EC6C989D
McAfee-GW-Edition	7.6671	BehavesLike.Win32.Trojan.ch
NANO AntiVirus	0.30.0.64812	Trojan.Win32.Confuser.dmhuzs
Qihoo-360	1.0.0.1015	HEUR/QVM03.0.Malware.Gen
Symantec	8/17/2015 rev. 2	Trojan.Gen
TrendMicro-HouseCall	7.2.229	Suspicious_GEN.F47V0112

Windows BestOffers Application has been found to be bundled with 3rd party software. If you have not purposefully installed this, you should be safe uninstalling it.

Program details

Displayed publisher: PopDeals

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\popdeals

Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\PopDeals\PopDeals.exe uninstall

Files installed by Windows BestOffers Application

Program executable:	PopDeals.exe
Name:	BestOffers
	Windows BestOffers Application
Path:	C:\Program Files\popdeals\PopDeals.exe
MD5:	4f3a9ac2ce339858e69e53a3bb3a45dc

PopDeals.exe (by BestOffers) - BestOffers (Windows BestOffers Application)

Behaviors exhibited

Startup File (All Users Run)

PopDeals.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'PopDeals' which loads as C:\Program Files\PopDeals\PopDeals.exe.

How do I remove Windows BestOffers Application?

You can uninstall Windows BestOffers Application 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 Windows BestOffers Application, 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 Windows BestOffers Application.
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.