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Should I remove ninja VOD?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
87% remove it13% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Bad
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How common is it?
United States Rank #43,064
Reach 0.0009%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 1.88 days
55.55 days >
Average installed length: 29.19 days

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ninja VOD

What is ninja VOD?

Ninja VOD is an ad-supported browser extension that may deliver advertisements in the form of coupons, affiliate links, price-comparisons, display media and other links.

About  (from WhiteSmoke Inc)

Some of our advertisements delivered for us by these vendors and other partners may be based on your online behaviors (e.g., on sites and other third party sites), your search activity, or your general geographic location (such as whether your Wi-Fi network indicates that you are in an airport). These ads may appear on...  Read more

Overview

Upon installation, it defines an auto-start registry entry which allows the program run on each boot for the user which installed it. A scheduled task is added to Windows Task Scheduler in order to launch the program at various scheduled times (the schedule varies depending on the version). The main program executable is ninjavod.exe. Typically most users end up uninstalling this just after a few days. The software installer includes 28 files and is usually about 1.7 MB (1,782,030 bytes).
  • Possible malware installed by this program
  • Automatically starts with Windows
  • 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 ninja VOD.
ninjavod.exe (56cf7333cd5eee553d8716bdfc067220) has been flagged by the following 10 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareVersionDetection
Agnitum Outpost 7.1.1 PUA.Agent
Avira 3.6.1.96 ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
Bkav FE 1.3.0.6379 W32.HfsAdware
ESET-NOD32 9.11369 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Montiera.Q potentially unwanted
Fortinet FortiGate 4/13/2015 Riskware/Montiera
K7 AntiVirus 13.202.15361 Trojan
K7GW 13.202.15359 Trojan ( 004afb7f1 )
Malwarebytes v2015.04.13.12 PUP.Optional.NinjaVOD.A
Sophos 4.98 PayByAds
Vba32 AntiVirus 3.12.26.3 AdWare.Buen
ninjasetup.exe (982df490ddf9a55e407f6f662ce3fe94) has been flagged by the following 13 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareSoftware versionDetection
Agnitum Outpost 5.5.1.3 PUA.Toolbar.Montiera!
Bkav FE 1.3.0.6379 W32.HfsAdware.9999
Dr.Web 7.0.11.1300 Adware.Toolbar.372
ESET-NOD32 11293 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Montiera.R potentially unwanted
Fortinet FortiGate 5.0.999.0 Riskware/Montiera
IKARUS anti.virus T3.1.8.6.0 not-a-virus:Downloader.Montiera
K7 AntiVirus 9.200.15209 Trojan ( 004afc581 )
K7GW 9.200.15208 Trojan ( 004afc581 )
Malwarebytes 1.75.0.1 PUP.Optional.NinjaVOD.A
McAfee 6.0.5.614 Artemis!982DF490DDF9
McAfee-GW-Edition v2014.2 Artemis
Sophos 4.98.0 PayByAds
Vba32 AntiVirus 3.12.26.3 AdWare.Buen
       View all 23 all detections
ninja VOD 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: ninjaVOD
Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\local\ninjavod\ninja vod\1.3.17.3
Uninstaller: "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\ninjaVOD\ninja VOD\1.3.17.3\ninjasetup.exe" /uninstl
Estimated size: 1.7 MB

Program filesFiles installed by ninja VOD

Program executable:ninjavod.exe (Malware detected)
Path:C:\users\user\appdata\local\ninjavod\ninja vod\1.3.17.3\ninjavod.exe
MD5:56cf7333cd5eee553d8716bdfc067220
Additional files:
  • 0dvglpbn.dll
  • 7jlvolnl.dll
  • 8nlkm9ym.dll
  • afaifmlb.dll
  • alpwXefl.dll
  • bbhthfpj.dll
  • bpmHiVic.dll
  • clWdchcm.dll
  • fdlmceNh.dll
  • fgppgdod.dll
  • glkmasa8.dll
  • GmjBckeh.dll
  • iiijipji.dll
  • jRnemgdm.dll
  • kWmaPGkG.dll
  • Lfib6icp.dll
  • lfnjophd.dll
  • mjfpekge.dll
  • mmacjjic.dll
  • (Malware detected) ninjasetup.exe (by Pay By Ads LTD)
  • nlhoKamk.dll
  • nnbaedgg.dll
  • Oalogkpj.dll
  • obopgdei.dll
  • p5aem4fh.dll
  • res.dll (by Pay By Ads LTD)
  • Spjjxpdd.dll

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

2 Scheduled Tasks
  • ninjavod.exe is scheduled as a task named '$crrUnisntlDsply$' (Next runs on 6/21/2015 at 6:45 PM).
  • ninjasetup.exe is scheduled as a task named '$crrUnisntlDsply$ Updater' (Next runs on 6/21/2015 at 6:45 PM).
Startup File (User Run)
  • ninjavod.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named '$crrUnisntlDsply$' and executes as C:\users\user\appdata\Local\ninjaVOD\ninja VOD\1.3.17.3\ninjavod.exe.

How do I remove ninja VOD?

You can uninstall ninja VOD 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 ninja VOD, 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 ninja VOD.
  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) 50%
Win 10 50%
 
WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 87%
Keep it 13%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 50.00%
Windows 10 50.00%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 33.33%
Windows 8.1 22.22%
Windows 8 11.11%
Windows 8.1 Pro 11.11%
Windows 10 Home 5.56%
Windows 7 Professional 5.56%

Distribution by countryGeography

74.07% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 74.07%
  Canada 11.11%
  Germany 7.41%
  Australia 3.70%
  United Kingdom 3.70%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Acer 35.29%
Hewlett-Packard 23.53%
Toshiba 23.53%
ASUS 5.88%
Samsung 5.88%
Dell 5.88%
Common models
Acer Aspire XC-605 11.76%
Acer Aspire X3950 5.88%
Acer Aspire V5-121 5.88%
Acer Aspire ES1-511 5.88%
TOSHIBA Satellite U50D-A 5.88%
TOSHIBA Satellite L775D 5.88%

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