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Should I remove Alnaddy?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
61% remove it39% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Bad
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How common is it?
Global Rank #21,411
United States Rank #42,122
Reach 0.0096%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 7.92 days
233.70 days >
Average installed length: 122.79 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
2.1.3.3 1.06%
2.1.3.1 1.59%
2.1.3.0 84.66%
2.1.1.0 2.12%
2.0.3.0 8.47%
2.0.2.0 1.06%
2.0.0.0 1.06%

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Alnaddy

What is Alnaddy?  (from Alnaddy.com)

Alnaddy is an online portal for connecting and interacting with the happenings of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Alnaddy prides itself on its adherence to the sensibilities of Arabic culture and the religious requirements of its constantly growing demographic of MENA users. The site enables its millions of vi...  Read more

Overview

Alnaddy is a software program developed by Alnaddy.com. The most common release is 2.1.3.0, 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 homepagemon.exe. Many users end up uninstalling this after less than a month of it being installed. The setup package generally installs about 3 files and is usually about 520.88 KB (533,384 bytes). Relative to the overall usage of users who have this installed on their PCs, most are running Windows 7 (SP1) and Windows 10. While about 33% of users of Alnaddy come from Saudi Arabia, it is also popular in Egypt and TN.
  • Malware detected in the program
  • Automatically starts with Windows
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Alnaddy.
homepagemon.exe (88427d71b9a2c63f8faf9f58bcb06311) has been flagged by the following 5 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareVersionDetection
AVG 2015.0.3285 Generic
Baidu-International 4.0.3.141120 PUA.Win32.Alnaddy.77
ESET-NOD32 8.10688 a variant of Win32/Alnaddy.B
Sophos 4.98 Alnaddy
Symantec 11/20/2014 rev. 5 Trojan.Alnaddy
Alnaddy has been seen bundling various 3rd party software during the installation process. Make sure to check for and remove unused programs.

Program detailsProgram details

Displayed publisher: Alnaddy
URL: alnaddy.net/en/about-alnaddy.html
Installation folder: C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application data\alnaddy
Uninstaller: C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Alnaddy\uninstall.exe /init=custom
Estimated size: 520.88 KB

Program filesFiles installed by Alnaddy

Program executable:homepagemon.exe
Path:C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\alnaddy\homepagemon.exe
MD5:d61a442a272342efea9fcf14c2d7e9a4
Additional files:
  • uninstall.exe - Alnaddy

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Startup File (User Run)
  • homepagemon.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Alnaddy Sync' and executes as C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Alnaddy\homepagemon.exe "Alnaddy".

How do I remove Alnaddy?

You can uninstall Alnaddy 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 Alnaddy, 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 Alnaddy.
  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) 52%
Win XP 1%
 
WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 61%
Keep it 39%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 68.78%
Windows 10 24.87%
Windows XP 5.29%
Windows Vista 1.06%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Ultimate 33.33%
Windows 7 Home Premium 13.98%
Windows 7 Professional 12.90%
Windows 8.1 Single Langua... 5.91%
Microsoft Windows XP 5.38%
Windows 8 Pro 4.84%

Distribution by countryGeography

32.96% of installs come from Saudi Arabia
Which countries install it?
  Saudi Arabia 32.96%
  Egypt 12.85%
  TN 12.29%
  United States 12.29%
  United Arab Emirates 8.38%
  SY 3.91%
  Qatar 3.35%
  Kuwait 3.35%
  Jordan 2.79%
  OM 2.23%
  BH 1.68%
  SD 1.68%
  YE 1.12%
  Lebanon 0.56%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 25.00%
Toshiba 20.14%
Dell 18.06%
Acer 12.50%
Samsung 6.94%
ASUS 6.25%
GIGABYTE 5.56%
Lenovo 3.47%
MSI 2.08%
Common models
TOSHIBA Satellite C660 4.38%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 2.92%
Dell Inspiron 3521 2.92%
HP 15 Notebook PC 2.92%
Samsung 300E5EV/300E4EV/2... 2.92%
Samsung 300E4Z/300E5Z/300... 2.19%

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