Should I remove Protectium?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
75% remove it25% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Reach 0.0004%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 8.70 days
256.72 days >
Average installed length: 134.89 days
Versions
Version | Distribution |
1.0 |
100.00% |
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Protectium
from Pinwid Ltd
What is Protectium?
Protectium (Resoft) is a Chromium based web browser that is designed to deliver advertisements and search modifications via SimilarSites.
From the privacy policy: "In order to facilitate, improve, refine, personalize and match the identification and presentation of our products and SimilarSites.com results to your browsing preferences and habits, we collect information regarding your use of our Product including URL and Statistical Information of websites you may be browsing while Product is installed ("Browsing History"), and together with the Statistical Information "Non-Personal Information")."
About (from Pinwid Ltd)
Protectium provides Users, inter alia, secure web browser. With Protectium you can browse and feel secure more than ever. Without tracking and all those heavy ads you will browse with Protectium much faster. Protectium prevent others from tracking your browsing and search.
Overview
- Malware detected in the program
- Displays unwanted advertisements
- The experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Protectium.
Protectium.exe (af60d9099288b19cd1f668eac484eab0) has been flagged by the following 3 scanners: |
Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
AVG |
2015.0.3285 |
Pindi |
Baidu-International |
4.0.3.141120 |
Adware.Win32.Smartbar.71 |
Symantec |
11/20/2014 rev. 5 |
WS.Reputation |
Program details
Displayed publisher: PinWid
URL: www.protectium.com
Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\local\protectium\navigator
Uninstaller: C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Protectium\Navigator\uninst.exe
Estimated size: 1.41 MB
Files installed by Protectium
Program executable: | Protectium.exe (Malware detected) |
Name: | Protectium |
| Protecium |
Path: | C:\users\user\appdata\local\protectium\navigator\Protectium.exe |
MD5: | af60d9099288b19cd1f668eac484eab0 |
Additional files:
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Protectium.exe - Protectium (Protecium)
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uninst.exe
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Extensions.crx
How do I remove Protectium?
You can uninstall Protectium 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 Protectium, 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 Protectium.
- 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.
How do I reset my web browser?
If your web browser homepage and search settings have been modfied by Protectium you can restore them to their previous default settings.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
- Click the Advanced tab, and then click Reset. Select the Delete personal settings check box if you would also like to remove search providers, Accelerators and home pages. When Internet Explorer finishes applying default settings, click Close, and then click OK.
- The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.
Mozilla Firefox
- At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
- To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
- When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.
Google Chrome
- Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
- Select Settings. In the "Search" section, click Manage search engine. Check if (Default) is displayed next to your preferred search engine. If not, mouse over it and click Make default. Mouse over any other suspicious search engine entries that are not familiar and click X to remove them.
- When the "Show Home button" checkbox is selected, a web address appears below it. If you want the Homepage button to open up a different webpage, click Change to enter a link.
- Restart Google Chrome.
USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 75%
Keep it 25%
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MOST USED OS
~99%
Windows 7 (SP1)
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AVERAGE INSTALL LIFESPAN
134.89
Days
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Geography
76.47% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
United States |
76.47% |
United Kingdom |
11.76% |
Brazil |
5.88% |
Israel |
5.88% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard |
33.33% |
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Samsung |
16.67% |
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Intel |
16.67% |
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GIGABYTE |
16.67% |
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ASUS |
16.67% |
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Common models |
Viglen DQ57TM |
25.00% |
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SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO.,L... |
25.00% |
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LENOVO 6073A2U |
25.00% |
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Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 |
25.00% |
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