Should I remove cheap-o?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
86% remove it14% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #29,204
United States Rank #23,898
Reach 0.0051%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 22.83 days
673.52 days >
Average installed length: 353.88 days
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cheap-o
What is cheap-o?
cheap-o is an adware program that hijacks teh user's browser in order to inject advertising. Ads are injected into a web page in the form of banner or text-links and will deliver malvertising ads for unwanted programs and adware.
Overview
The primary executable is named cheap-o.exe. A majority of users end up uninstalling this less than a week of it being installed.
- Malware detected in the program
- Known to reinstall itself
- 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 cheap-o.
| cheap-o.exe (79f9311ac6a5009fef1a5756a0a529d3) has been flagged by the following 8 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
| AVware |
1.5.0.21 |
Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Baidu-International |
4.0.3.141120 |
PUA.Win32.Agent.81 |
| Clam AntiVirus |
0.98/21511 |
Win.Adware.Mplug-52 |
| McAfee |
5600.6941 |
RDN/Generic.dx!dgr |
| McAfee-GW-Edition |
7.6941 |
BehavesLike.Win32.Downloader.fc |
| Symantec |
8/6/2014 rev. 4 |
Trojan.ADH.SMH |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall |
7.2.237 |
TROJ_GEN.R047H05HE14 |
| VIPRE Antivirus |
34928 |
Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
cheap-o 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: cheap-o
Installation folder: C:\ProgramData\cheap-o
Uninstaller: "C:\ProgramData\cheap-o\cheap-o.exe" /progname=cheap-o /progver=3.4.2 /progpub=cheap-o /proguninstallurl=asdahjka.com /deleteappfolder=0 /deletefile1=
Files installed by cheap-o
| Program executable: | cheap-o.exe (Malware detected) |
| 7z 安装自释放 |
| Path: | C:\ProgramData\cheap-o\cheap-o.exe |
| MD5: | 79f9311ac6a5009fef1a5756a0a529d3 |
How do I remove cheap-o?
You can uninstall cheap-o 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 cheap-o, 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 cheap-o.
- 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) 48%
Win Vista (SP1) 1%
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 86%
Keep it 14%
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GLOBAL RANK
 #29,204
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
48.00% |
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| Windows 10 |
39.00% |
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| Windows Vista |
11.00% |
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| Windows XP |
2.00% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
38.00% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
29.00% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
9.00% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
5.00% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro |
4.00% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
2.00% |
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Geography
55.38% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
55.38% |
| Germany |
19.23% |
| France |
6.92% |
| Spain |
3.85% |
| United Kingdom |
3.85% |
| Italy |
2.31% |
| Australia |
1.54% |
| Belgium |
1.54% |
| Canada |
1.54% |
| Japan |
1.54% |
| Norway |
0.77% |
| Russia |
0.77% |
| Sweden |
0.77% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
38.36% |
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| Dell |
16.44% |
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| Acer |
9.59% |
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| ASUS |
9.59% |
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| Lenovo |
8.22% |
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| Medion |
5.48% |
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| Packard Bell |
2.74% |
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| Toshiba |
2.74% |
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| Gateway |
2.74% |
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| Intel |
1.37% |
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| GIGABYTE |
1.37% |
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| American Megatrends |
1.37% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
3.13% |
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| ASUS All Series |
2.08% |
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| Dell Inspiron 3847 |
2.08% |
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| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
2.08% |
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| LENOVO 20236 |
2.08% |
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| HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... |
2.08% |
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