Should I remove ZD Manager?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
57% remove it43% keep it
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #17,449
United States Rank #8,447
Reach 0.0142%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 21.50 days
634.32 days >
Average installed length: 333.29 days
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ZD Manager
What is ZD Manager?
ZenDeals' ZD Manager is a web browser add-in that analyzes web sites your browser visits and attempts to find deals associated with the merchant's product offerings. If ZD Manager sees a corresponding deal, it will attempt to inject an affiliate 'code' in order to collect various affiliate based commissions if a purchase is made while trying to offer you the best price of that particular product or show you an alternative product even if it is sold by a different merchant.
"The Coupon Application is free to use and, in some cases, enabling it may cause additional ads to appear when browsing certain websites. These may include search or inline text ads depending on which features are enabled and websites are visited. These ads are not associated with or endorsed by underlying websites."
About (from Zendeals)
ZenDeals delights online shoppers by saving you time and money. Being passionate online shoppers ourselves, we’ve always been frustrated by finding online coupon codes and later discovering at checkout that those coupons are expired or invalid! Going through the process of hunting for a working coupon code is now a thi... Read more
Overview
- Malware detected in the program
- Integrates into the web browser
- Installs a Windows Service
- This program has a poor reputation
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in ZD Manager.
| ZDManager.dll (8fda3b943f0b2ed9d946634903b530d2) has been flagged by the following 2 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
| Symantec |
7/3/2013 rev. 4 |
WS.Reputation |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall |
7.2.304 |
TROJ_GEN.F47V0510 |
ZD Manager 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
URL: zendeals.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\ZD Systems\ZD Manager\
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\ZD Systems\ZD Manager\uninstall.exe"
Estimated size: 566.62 KB
Files installed by ZD Manager
| Program executable: | ZDManagerService.exe |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\zd systems\zd manager\ZDManagerService.exe |
| MD5: | bf20763fa892013e156faa45f6d2cb66 |
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ZDManager.dll (by ZD Systems) - ZD Manager
Behaviors exhibited
Internet Explorer BHO
- ZDManager.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'ZD Manager IE Plugin' with the class of {18D6D197-45BB-465B-ADC0-274A70B49B55}.
Service
- ZDManagerService.exe runs as a service named 'ZDManager Service' (ZDManager Service).
How do I remove ZD Manager?
You can uninstall ZD Manager 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 ZD Manager, 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 ZD Manager.
- 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.
How do I reset my web browser?
If your web browser homepage and search settings have been modfied by ZD Manager you can restore them to their previous default settings.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
- Click the Advanced tab, and then click Reset. Select the Delete personal settings check box if you would also like to remove search providers, Accelerators and home pages. When Internet Explorer finishes applying default settings, click Close, and then click OK.
- The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.
Mozilla Firefox
- At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
- To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
- When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.
Google Chrome
- Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
- Select Settings. In the "Search" section, click Manage search engine. Check if (Default) is displayed next to your preferred search engine. If not, mouse over it and click Make default. Mouse over any other suspicious search engine entries that are not familiar and click X to remove them.
- When the "Show Home button" checkbox is selected, a web address appears below it. If you want the Homepage button to open up a different webpage, click Change to enter a link.
- Restart Google Chrome.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 72%
Win XP 0%
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HOW IT RUNS
Windows Service? Yes
(Installs a service)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 57%
Keep it 43%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
73.74% |
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| Windows 10 |
11.51% |
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| Windows Vista |
8.27% |
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| Windows XP |
6.47% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
63.04% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
6.88% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
6.52% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
6.16% |
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| Windows 8 |
5.80% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
3.62% |
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Geography
98.75% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
98.75% |
| Iran |
0.42% |
| IQ |
0.21% |
| Saudi Arabia |
0.21% |
| South Africa |
0.21% |
| CM |
0.21% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
38.14% |
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| Dell |
31.63% |
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| Acer |
11.16% |
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| Toshiba |
8.84% |
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| ASUS |
5.58% |
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| Gateway |
1.40% |
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| Lenovo |
1.40% |
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| Intel |
1.40% |
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| Samsung |
0.47% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... |
4.85% |
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| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
3.64% |
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| Dell Inspiron 620 |
3.64% |
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| HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
3.03% |
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| Dell Inspiron N5110 |
2.42% |
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| Dell Inspiron N5050 |
1.82% |
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About Zendeals
From the privacy policy on zendeals.
Publisher URL: zendeals.com