Should I remove BackAd?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
54% remove it46% keep it
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
United States Rank #45,684
Reach 0.0006%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 8.71 days
257.02 days >
Average installed length: 135.05 days
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 1.0.0.0 |
100.00% |
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BackAd
What is BackAd?
This is a WinCheck/CMI (variant) adware/browser hijacker variant that injects code into the user's web browser (IE, Chrome and Firefox). It is known as an ad-injector, a malicious process that once inside the web browser will hijack existing advertisements of underlying web sites (not associated with the website itself). It will also inject new ads in white space on the site or images that have standard banner sizes. These ads are typically for promoting shopping discount coupons, ads for PC optimizers or bundled PUP offers, or malvertising since it runs on sketchy ad networks.This runs as a startup process called WinCheck in the user's startup registry (Run key) and will execute each time the computer is restarted and the user logs in.
How do you know if you are infected? First, if you have this program installed then this adware is most likely still running. Next, you see ads in the browser that say something like "Ads by WinCheck".
Overview
Upon installation and setup, it defines an auto-start registry entry which makes this program run on each Windows boot for all user logins. The main program executable is backad.exe. The software installer includes 2 files and is usually about 605.14 KB (619,660 bytes).
- Possible malware installed by this program
- Automatically starts with Windows
- Displays unwanted advertisements
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in BackAd.
| backad.exe (99ffd317a29acc2ecd8a1c7216839323) has been flagged by the following 2 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
| McAfee-GW-Edition |
7.6797 |
BehavesLike.Win32.Dropper.hh |
| Symantec |
4/13/2015 rev. 2 |
WS.Reputation |
Program details
Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\local\backad
Uninstaller: "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\BackAd\uninstall.exe"
Estimated size: 605.14 KB
Files installed by BackAd
| Program executable: | backad.exe (Malware detected) |
| Path: | C:\users\user\appdata\local\backad\backad.exe |
| MD5: | 99ffd317a29acc2ecd8a1c7216839323 |
Additional files:
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Uninstall.exe (by BackAd.com) - BackAd
Behaviors exhibited
Startup File (All Users Run)
- BackAd.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'BackAd' which loads as C:\users\user\appdata\Local\BackAd\BackAd.exe.
How do I remove BackAd?
You can uninstall BackAd 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 BackAd, 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 BackAd.
- 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 10 55%
Win Vista (SP2) 9%
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HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 54%
Keep it 46%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 10 |
54.55% |
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| Windows 7 |
36.36% |
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| Windows Vista |
9.09% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 8.1 |
54.55% |
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| Windows 7 Home Premium |
27.27% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
9.09% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
9.09% |
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Geography
100.00% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
54.55% |
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| Toshiba |
18.18% |
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| Dell |
9.09% |
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| Samsung |
9.09% |
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| Lenovo |
9.09% |
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Common models |
| TOSHIBA Satellite C855D |
9.09% |
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| TOSHIBA Satellite C55-A |
9.09% |
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| Samsung 300E5EV/300E4EV/2... |
9.09% |
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| LENOVO 20405 |
9.09% |
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| HP-Pavilion RY867AA-ABA m... |
9.09% |
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| HP-Pavilion NY549AA-ABA p... |
9.09% |
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