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Should I remove delta-homes Browser Protecter?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
77% remove it23% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Bad
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #38,520
Reach 0.0027%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 4.53 days
133.71 days >
Average installed length: 70.25 days

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delta-homes Browser Protecter

What is delta-homes Browser Protecter?

Delta Homes is designed to take control of the user's browser in order to redirect web searches and inject advertising. It performs a number of behaviors that will hijack advertising on non-associated web sites as well as inject its own advertising in the form of contextual link ads, banner ads, pop ups and pop-overs including the hijacking of known ad serving sites. This malware is typically bundled with various third party unwanted applications as well as through web browser exploits. Although the program comes packaged with an uninstaller and is listed in the Windows Add/Remove Programs, fully removing this could be very difficult and an anti-malware product might be required.

Overview

The primary executable is named delta-homes.exe. A majority of users end up uninstalling this less than a week of it being installed. The setup package generally installs about 4 files. The installed file updater.exe is the auto-update component of the program which is designed to check for software updates and notify and apply them when new versions are discovered.
  • Malware detected in the program
  • The experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in delta-homes Browser Protecter.
delta-homes.exe (0b428b42b615a357666d3f5131878d62) has been flagged by the following 9 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareVersionDetection
AVG 2014.0.3600 MalSign.Generic
Baidu-International 4.0.3.131025 Trojan.Win32.StartPage.71
Bkav FE 1.3.0.4261 W32.Clode28.Trojan
Dr.Web 9.0.0.0298 Adware.Mutabaha.30
Malwarebytes v2013.10.25.01 PUP.Optional.Wilsys.A
nProtect 13.10.24.03 Trojan/W32.Agent.629816
Sophos 4.94 Mal/VMProtBad-A
TrendMicro-HouseCall 7.2.298 TROJ_GEN.R047H08JC13
VIPRE Antivirus 22678 Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT

Program detailsProgram details

Displayed publisher: delta-homes
Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\roaming
Uninstaller: C:\users\user\appdata\Roaming\delta-homes.exe -uninstall -addr=delta-homes -ptid=newgdp -oemid=eXQ

Program filesFiles installed by delta-homes Browser Protecter

Program executable:delta-homes.exe (Malware detected)
Name:WilSys Control
WilSys Control 1.0.2.2649
Path:C:\users\user\appdata\roaming\delta-homes.exe
MD5:0b428b42b615a357666d3f5131878d62
Additional files:
  • _853F67D554F05449430E7E.exe
  • airappinstaller.exe (by Adobe Systems) - Adobe AIR (Adobe AIR Application Installer)
  • updater.exe

How do I remove delta-homes Browser Protecter?

You can uninstall delta-homes Browser Protecter from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
  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 delta-homes Browser Protecter, 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 delta-homes Browser Protecter.
  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.

OS VERSIONS
Win 10 98%
Win 8 2%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 77%
Keep it 23%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#38,520

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 10 100.00%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 8 Pro 27.78%
Windows 8 24.07%
Windows 8.1 Single Langua... 11.11%
Windows 8 Single Language 9.26%
Windows 8.1 7.41%
Windows 8 Enterprise 5.56%

Distribution by countryGeography

17.24% of installs come from Brazil
Which countries install it?
  Brazil 17.24%
  United States 17.24%
  Italy 13.79%
  Egypt 10.34%
  United Arab Emirates 3.45%
  Belgium 3.45%
  DK 3.45%
  United Kingdom 3.45%
  Indonesia 3.45%
  Israel 3.45%
  India 3.45%
  Malaysia 3.45%
  Netherlands 3.45%
  Norway 3.45%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 20.93%
Dell 18.60%
Acer 11.63%
Toshiba 11.63%
Samsung 9.30%
ASUS 6.98%
Sony 6.98%
Lenovo 6.98%
Intel 2.33%
MSI 2.33%
Medion 2.33%
Common models
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 4.00%
Samsung 300E4C/300E5C/300... 4.00%
Unknow Unknow 2.00%
TOSHIBA SATELLITE L855 2.00%
TOSHIBA Satellite C850-B9... 2.00%
TOSHIBA Satellite C850-A8... 2.00%

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