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What percent of users and experts removed it?
68% remove it32% keep it
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How common is it?
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Applon
What is Applon?
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.
About (from the publisher)
Pagealicious is a facebook plugin that allow you to create the unique profile page you want to have. Tired of the boring old facebook blue and white and want a little more spice of life in your on your page?
Overview
It adds a Browser Helper Object (BHO) to Internet Explorer. The primary executable is named Applon_ie.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 4.34 MB (4,552,342 bytes).
- Malware detected in the program
- Integrates into the web browser
- Displays advertisements unassociated with the underlying web page
- The wisdom of the experts agree, if you don't use it you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Applon.
| Applon_ie.dll (df115effb3c29c00001c1d08ebd6ad55) has been flagged by the following 2 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
| Symantec |
11/24/2013 rev. 1 |
WS.Reputation |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall |
7.2.112 |
TROJ_GEN.F47V1027 |
Program details
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\pagealicious
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Pagealicious\uninst000.exe
Estimated size: 4.34 MB
Files installed by Applon
| Program module: | Applon_ie.dll (Malware detected) |
| Name: | Applon |
| Applon Support and Deiscount |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\pagealicious\Applon_ie.dll |
| MD5: | df115effb3c29c00001c1d08ebd6ad55 |
Additional files:
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(Malware detected) Applon_ie.dll - Applon (Applon Support and Deiscount)
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Pagealicious.dll
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unins000.exe - Setup/Uninstall
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uninst000.exe
Behaviors exhibited
2 Internet Explorer BHOs
- Applon_ie.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'Applon' with the class of {1B4D240E-8BDE-4C8D-8B93-C74D2F8A8284}.
- Pagealicious.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'Pagealicious' with the class of {60C07B56-542E-4054-A503-4E9E08DF2F84}.
Internet Explorer Extension
- Applon_ie.dll is installed as an Internet Explorer extension as 'Applon' with a class of {1B4D240E-8BDE-4C8D-8B93-C74D2F8A8284}.
How do I remove Applon?
You can uninstall Applon 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 Applon, 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 Applon.
- 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 Applon 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 68%
Keep it 32%
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MOST USED OS
~99%
Windows XP
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COUNTRY POPULARITY
83.33%
United States
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Geography
83.33% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
83.33% |
| Canada |
16.67% |