Should I remove ADDICT-THING?

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Remove ADDICT-THING by Al Bandy

The ADDICT-THING (AddictThing) plug-in, mostly found on the Mozilla Firefox web browser is connected to Buzzdock Ads, known to display in Google or other web search engine results in place of normal sponsored ad spots. The Buzzdock Ads box appears at the top of the screen with additional function buttons and sometimes listing its own selected search results. Buzzdock Ads was made possible with Addict-Thing plug-in. Buzzdock Ads is registered as Addict-Thing within the web browser and functions as a browser helper object (BHO).

It adds a Browser Helper Object (BHO) to Internet Explorer. In the Google Chrome browser, it will add an extension. The primary executable is named bhoclass.dll. Many users end up uninstalling this after less than a month of it being installed. The setup package generally installs about 4 files and is usually about 613.29 KB (628,006 bytes).

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Displayed publisher: ADDICT-THING

URL: sharetuner.com

Installation folder: C:\ProgramData\addict-thing

Uninstaller: C:\ProgramData\ADDICT-THING\uninstall.exe /path=C:\ProgramData\ADDICT-THING

Estimated size: 613.29 KB

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 ADDICT-THING, 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 ADDICT-THING.
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.

1. Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
2. 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.
3. The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.

1. At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
2. To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
3. When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.

1. Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Restart Google Chrome.

OS VERSIONS Win 7 (SP1) 70% Win 10 0%

USER ACTIONS Uninstall it 68% Keep it 32%

GLOBAL RANK #18,985

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

United States	18.22%
Brazil	7.75%
Sweden	4.65%
Saudi Arabia	4.26%
RS	3.49%
MA	3.10%
Australia	2.71%
Germany	2.71%
Hungary	2.71%
Czech Republic	2.33%
Indonesia	2.33%
United Arab Emirates	1.94%
India	1.94%
Netherlands	1.94%

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

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