Should I remove Muvic Smartbar Engine?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
82% remove it18% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #5,388
United States Rank #3,502
Reach 0.0911%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 17.64 days
520.32 days >
Average installed length: 273.39 days
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 11.127.58.20713 |
1.73% |
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| 11.123.58.20341 |
2.28% |
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| 11.113.58.19232 |
25.67% |
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| 11.110.58.19059 |
0.06% |
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| 11.107.58.18964 |
6.29% |
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| 11.92.58.18596 |
0.84% |
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| 11.81.58.18372 |
10.97% |
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| 11.72.58.17767 |
5.35% |
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| 11.51.58.16919 |
7.46% |
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| 11.40.58.16153 |
19.38% |
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| 10.215.58.15337 |
0.22% |
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| 10.211.58.15493 |
19.77% |
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Rankings
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Muvic Smartbar Engine
from Pinwid Ltd.
What is Muvic Smartbar Engine?
This adware program injects advertisements with its affiliate ad providers in order to serve a number of ad types including banner, inline text links and popups. These ads are aimed to promote the installation of additional questionable content including web browser toolbars, optimization utilities and other products, all so the publisher can generate pay-per-click revenue.
Once infected by this common symptoms include:
- Random web page text is turned into hyperlinks.
- Web pages become extremely slow to download due to the multiple ads.
- Other unwanted adware programs might get installed without the user's knowledge.
Overview
The most common release is 11.113.58.19232, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. It adds registry entry for the current user which will allow the program to automatically start each time it is rebooted. The primary executable is named muvic.exe. A majority of users end up uninstalling this less than a week of it being installed. The setup package generally installs about 313 files and is usually about 14.79 MB (15,507,456 bytes).
- Malware detected in the program
- Automatically starts with Windows
- Known to reinstall itself
- Typically distributed through a pay-per-install bundle
- Displays unwanted advertisements
- The experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Muvic Smartbar Engine.
| muvic.exe (5231097f7873c3c514fe6a59d0bef519) has been flagged by the following 4 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
| AVG |
2015.0.3497 |
MalSign.Pindi |
| Qihoo-360 |
1.0.0.1015 |
Win32/Trojan.8b1 |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall |
7.2.112 |
TROJ_GEN.F47V0227 |
| VIPRE Antivirus |
27776 |
Adware.Linkury (fs) |
Muvic Smartbar Engine 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
Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\Local\smartbar\
Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /X{DB0139D6-A4B4-40AC-8275-CB70124D5A3C} /quiet ENGINE=1
(The Windows Installer is used for the installation, maintenance, and removal.)
Estimated size: 14.79 MB
Files installed by Muvic Smartbar Engine
| Program executable: | muvic.exe (Malware detected) |
| Name: | Smartbar |
| Path: | C:\users\user\appdata\Local\smartbar\application\muvic.exe |
| MD5: | 5231097f7873c3c514fe6a59d0bef519 |
Additional files:
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smartbarinternetexplorerbho.dll - Muvic
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smartbarinternetexplorerextension.dll
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axinterop.wmplib.dll
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browserhelper.exe - BrowserHelper
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chromehost.exe - ChromeHost
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interop.shdocvw.dll - Assembly imported from type library 'SHDocVw'.
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interop.wmplib.dll - Assembly imported from type library 'WMPLib'.
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lrcnt.dll - lrcnt
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lrcnta.exe - Lrcnta
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microsoft.mshtml.dll - Assembly imported from type library MSHTML
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newtonsoft.json.dll (by Newtonsoft) - Json.NET (Json.NET .NET 2.0)
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productsremovaltool.exe - Smartbar.Resources.ProductsRemovalTool
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regasm.exe (by Microsoft) - Microsoft® .NET Framework (Microsoft .NET Assembly Registration Utility)
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sgml.dll - sgmu
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sgmu.dll
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sidb.dll (by Microsoft) - sipb
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siem.dll
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sipb.dll - Client
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sismlp.dll - sismlp
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smartbar.common.dll - Smartbar.Common
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smartbar.communication.dll - TAWAG.Communication
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smartbar.communication.namedpipe.dll - TAWAG.Communication.NamedPipe
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smartbar.gui.controls.dll - Smartbar.GUI.Controls
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smartbar.gui.docking.dll - Smartbar.GUI.Docking
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smartbar.gui.mainclient.dll - Smartbar
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smartbar.infrastructure.businessentities.dll - Smartbar.Infrastructure.BusinessEntities
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smartbar.infrastructure.core.dll - SmartbarProxy
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smartbar.infrastructure.plugins.chromelocalplugin.dll
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smartbar.infrastructure.plugins.firefoxlocalplugin.dll
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smartbar.infrastructure.plugins.internetexplorerlocalplugin.dll - InternetExplorerLocalPlugin
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smartbar.infrastructure.utilities.dll - SmartbarGUI
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smartbar.monetization.proxy.proxyservice.dll - ProxyService
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smartbar.personalization.common.dll - Smartbar.Personalization.Common
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smartbar.resources.historyandstatswrapper.dll - Smartbar.Resources.HistoryAndStatsWrapper
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smartbar.resources.languagesettings.dll - Smartbar.Resources.LanguageSettings
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smartbar.resources.languagesettings.resources.dll
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smartbar.resources.translations.dll - Smartbar.Resources.Translations
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smartbarfirefoxremoteplugin_26.dll
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smartbarversionshelper.exe - SmartbarVersionsHelper
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smta.dll - smta
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smtu.dll - smtu
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spbe.dll - spbe
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spbl.dll - spbl
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sppsm.dll - sppsm
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spsm.dll - spsm
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spusm.dll - spusm
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srbhu.dll - srbhu
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srbu.dll - srbu
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sreu.dll - sreu
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srgu.dll - srgu
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srns.dll - srns
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srom.dll - Linkury.Resources.OffersManager
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srpdm.dll - srpdm
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srprl.dll - srprl
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srsbsau.dll (by Smartbar) - srsbsau
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srsl.dll - srsl
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srus.dll - srus
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googlechromeremoteplugin.dll - GoogleChromeRemotePlugin (nprt)
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lrrot.dll - lrrot
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mactrackbarlib.dll
Behaviors exhibited
Startup File (User Run)
- muvic.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Browser Infrastructure Helper' and executes as C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Smartbar\Application\Muvic.exe startup.
How do I remove Muvic Smartbar Engine?
You can uninstall Muvic Smartbar Engine 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 Muvic Smartbar Engine, 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 Muvic Smartbar Engine.
- 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) 52%
Win 10 0%
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WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 82%
Keep it 18%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
54.67% |
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| Windows 10 |
38.26% |
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| Windows Vista |
5.17% |
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| Windows XP |
1.89% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
31.77% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
17.17% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
10.29% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
8.89% |
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| Windows 8 |
6.43% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
4.64% |
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Geography
71.58% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
71.58% |
| Brazil |
9.63% |
| United Kingdom |
5.96% |
| France |
3.04% |
| Mexico |
2.12% |
| Italy |
1.24% |
| Colombia |
1.24% |
| Argentina |
1.16% |
| Spain |
0.60% |
| Chile |
0.56% |
| Germany |
0.52% |
| Peru |
0.44% |
| Portugal |
0.36% |
| Canada |
0.20% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
29.75% |
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| Dell |
23.83% |
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| Acer |
17.26% |
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| ASUS |
9.61% |
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| Toshiba |
8.55% |
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| Samsung |
4.77% |
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| Lenovo |
3.04% |
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| GIGABYTE |
2.14% |
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| Alienware |
0.58% |
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| Sony |
0.49% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
3.95% |
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| HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... |
3.77% |
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| HP 2000 Notebook PC |
3.58% |
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| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
3.58% |
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| Dell Inspiron 3521 |
3.20% |
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| ASUS All Series |
2.45% |
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