84,488,480 programs installed

Should I remove gifton?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
88% remove it12% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Bad
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #34,861
Reach 0.0035%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 16.01 days
472.34 days >
Average installed length: 248.18 days

gifton

What is gifton?

gifton displays several types of advertising, including but not limited to:
- Sponsored links
- Video targeted ads (which are displayed when you view a video).
- Display advertisements, such as banner ads, popups and interstitial ads
- Offers to download and install other applications (software bundles)
- Coupons

Overview

The primary executable is named gifton.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
  • Delivered through a thrid-party offer
  • Displays unwanted advertisements
  • The experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in gifton.
gifton.exe (79f9311ac6a5009fef1a5756a0a529d3) has been flagged by the following 8 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareVersionDetection
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
gifton has been found to be bundled with 3rd party software. If you have not purposefully installed this, you should be safe uninstalling it.

Program detailsProgram details

Displayed publisher: gifton
Installation folder: C:\ProgramData\gifton
Uninstaller: "C:\ProgramData\gifton\gifton.exe" /progname=gifton /progver=3.4.2 /progpub=gifton /proguninstallurl=asdahjka.com /deleteappfolder=0 /deletefile1="C:\

Program filesFiles installed by gifton

Program executable:gifton.exe (Malware detected)
7z 安装自释放
Path:C:\ProgramData\gifton\gifton.exe
MD5:79f9311ac6a5009fef1a5756a0a529d3

How do I remove gifton?

You can uninstall gifton 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 gifton, 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 gifton.
  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 7 (SP1) 73%
Win 7 1%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 88%
Keep it 12%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#34,861

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 74.29%
Windows 10 22.86%
Windows XP 1.43%
Windows Vista 1.43%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 51.47%
Windows 7 Ultimate 10.29%
Windows 8.1 8.82%
Windows 8.1 Pro 8.82%
Windows 7 Professional 7.35%
Windows 10 Home 2.94%

Distribution by countryGeography

31.51% of installs come from Netherlands
Which countries install it?
  Netherlands 31.51%
  DK 15.07%
  United States 9.59%
  Brazil 6.85%
  Italy 5.48%
  France 4.11%
  Norway 4.11%
  Portugal 4.11%
  Argentina 2.74%
  Spain 2.74%
  AZ 1.37%
  BA 1.37%
  Chile 1.37%
  Czech Republic 1.37%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Acer 26.98%
Dell 15.87%
Hewlett-Packard 14.29%
ASUS 12.70%
Lenovo 6.35%
Samsung 6.35%
Sony 4.76%
Toshiba 3.17%
Alienware 3.17%
Sahara 1.59%
MSI 1.59%
Medion 1.59%
Common models
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 4.76%
ASUS All Series 4.76%
Dell Inspiron 7520 3.17%
Samsung 350V5C/351V5C/354... 3.17%
ASUSTeK K53SV 3.17%
Acer Aspire 5750G 3.17%

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