Should I remove BrowserCompanion?

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Remove BrowserCompanion by Blabbers Communicati...

BrowserCompanion is a third party web browser potentially unwanted add-in that used to be bundled with various freeware products including PC Performer. The maker of this program is a known adware distributor, so caution should be taken. The program deploys standard web browser hijacking techniques such as modifying the home page and search settings as well as providing a mechanism for automatic updates.

Ginyas Browser Companion is a browser extension (Browser Helper Object in IE) that promises to save time and money for users while shopping online. It is often install on a computer bundled with various third party programs. Once installed it will monitor web page activity and inject affiliate links within various shopping sites in order to collect revenue. The add-in also displays various forms of advertising such as popups, pop unders as well as injected inline links.

BrowserCompanion is detected as malware from through a various number of antivirus programs. ESET-NOD32 detects BCHelper.exe as a variant of Win32/BrowserCompanion.A, while Malwarebytes detects it as PUP.Blabbers (related to Ginyas Browser Companion, a web browser extension that appears within the browser as a coupon ad when a user visits popular shopping websites, such as eBay, Amazon, Expedia and others).

The product is owned by Melora Investments Limited.

URL: www.ginyas.com

Help link: ginyas.com/about_us

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\browsercompanion

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

Estimated size: 1.18 MB

BCHelper.exe
Memory:	1.98 MB	21.09 MB average
Total CPU:	0.0003707032%	0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:	0.00032653%	0.016088% average
User CPU:	0.00004418%	0.015104% average

1. 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.
2. When you find the program BrowserCompanion, 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).
3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove BrowserCompanion.
4. 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.

1. Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
2. 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.
3. The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.

1. At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
2. To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
3. When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.

1. Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Restart Google Chrome.

OS VERSIONS Win 7 (SP1) 68% Win 7 0%

HOW IT STARTS Automatically starts? Yes (Found in the run registry)

USER ACTIONS Uninstall it 85% Keep it 15%

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

Germany	13.88%
United States	10.47%
Italy	6.84%
Brazil	6.77%
Sweden	4.56%
Spain	4.46%
Netherlands	3.53%
Belgium	3.11%
France	2.78%
Saudi Arabia	2.48%
United Kingdom	2.44%
Israel	1.98%
Mexico	1.95%
Finland	1.85%

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

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