84,488,480 programs installed

Should I remove Bonanza Deals?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
63% remove it37% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Bad
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #3,649
United States Rank #12,240
Reach 0.1509%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 31.15 days
859.01 days >
Average installed length: 451.34 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
5.0.1.0 100.00%

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Bonanza Deals

What is Bonanza Deals?

Bonanza Deals is a web browser extension and toolbar that delivers contextual based advertising as well as modify the user's web browser home and search pages to provide advertising and search.

What the browser extension does:
- Changes the default search engine.
- Changes the default browser home page.
- Adds search from the address bar.
- Adds alternative redirection "page not found" and DNS errors.
- Displays contextual advertising by injecting banner and text ads.

"BONANZADEALS provides you with its services, which is a shopping comparative service that may include a downloadable browser add-on, banners ads, and coupons that provide you with relevant Offers while you shop online, in order to help you compare prices and products while shopping online through third party websites."

About  (from installCore)

Bonanza Deals is a computer application that provides you with the opportunity to make use of online savings and discounts that relate to the items you want to purchase. You will see Bonanza Deals on your computer screen as you shop online. As you browse items you wish to purchase, Bonanza Deals will offer you discount...  Read more
Overview
  • Possible malware installed by this program
  • Loads into the web browser
  • May modify the web browser's home page
  • Many experts agree, if you don't use it you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Bonanza Deals.
BonanzaDealsIE.dl (cfe165943ae6cd3de8213856a1c66016) has been flagged by the following 7 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareVersionDetection
Bkav FE 1.3.0.4246 HW32.Laneul
Dr.Web 9.0.0.0269 Adware.Shopper.363
ESET-NOD32 7.8821 a variant of Win32/DealPly.G
PC Tools 2013 Adware.DealPly
Symantec 9/26/2013 rev. 5 Adware.DealPly
TrendMicro-HouseCall 7.2.269 TROJ_GEN.F47V0904
VIPRE Antivirus 21644 Adware.DealPly
BonanzaDealsUpdate.exe (5826462e5834594a81e0397a097b5d3e) has been flagged by the following 3 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareSoftware versionDetection
Trend Micro 9.740.0.1012 ADW_DEALPLY
TrendMicro-HouseCall 9.700.0.1001 ADW_DEALPLY
VIPRE Antivirus 24078 Adware.DealPly (fs)
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Program detailsProgram details

Displayed publisher: Bonanza Deals
URL: support.bonanzadeals.net
Help link: www.bonanzadeals.net
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\bonanzadeals
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\BonanzaDeals\uninst.exe" /uninstall
Estimated size: 1.16 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Bonanza Deals

Program executable:BonanzaDealsIE.dl (Malware detected)
Name:http://www.bonanzadeals.net/
BonanzaDeals for IE
Signed by:Bonanza Deals
Path:C:\Program Files\bonanzadeals\BonanzaDealsIE.dl
MD5:cfe165943ae6cd3de8213856a1c66016
Additional files:
  • BonanzaDealsUpdateRun.exe (by BonanzaDeals) - BonanzaDealsUpdateRun
  • (Malware detected) BonanzaDealsUpdate.exe (by BonanzaDealsUpdate) - BonanzaDeals (http://www.bonanzadeals.net/)
  • uninst.exe

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Internet Explorer BHO
  • BonanzaDealsIE.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'BonanzaDeals' with the class of {fe063412-bea4-4d76-8ed3-183be6220d17}.
Scheduled Task
  • BonanzaDealsUpdate.exe is scheduled as a task named 'BonanzaDealsUpdate' (runs daily at 22:56).

How do I remove Bonanza Deals?

You can uninstall Bonanza Deals 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 Bonanza Deals (remove only), 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 Bonanza Deals.
  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.

How do I reset my web browser?

If your web browser homepage and search settings have been modfied by Bonanza Deals you can restore them to their previous default settings.
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OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 58%
Win 8 0%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 63%
Keep it 37%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#3,649

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 69.38%
Windows 10 18.89%
Windows XP 7.60%
Windows Vista 4.13%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Ultimate 24.58%
Windows 7 Home Premium 24.17%
Windows 7 Professional 9.32%
Microsoft Windows XP 7.56%
Windows 7 Home Basic 6.85%
Windows 8 5.40%

Distribution by countryGeography

32.50% of installs come from Brazil
Which countries install it?
  Brazil 32.50%
  United States 9.11%
  Germany 6.49%
  France 3.95%
  United Kingdom 3.48%
  India 3.12%
  Poland 3.12%
  Israel 3.08%
  Russia 2.83%
  Turkey 2.58%
  Italy 2.55%
  Portugal 2.01%
  Iran 1.61%
  IQ 1.40%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 23.20%
Acer 22.92%
Dell 16.77%
ASUS 9.22%
Samsung 8.44%
GIGABYTE 6.26%
Lenovo 4.97%
Toshiba 4.25%
Intel 2.29%
American Megatrends 0.84%
Medion 0.84%
Common models
Positivo Positivo Mobile 8.40%
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 5.77%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 4.72%
Dell Inspiron N5110 2.89%
Samsung 300E4C/300E5C/300... 2.49%
Acer Aspire E1-571 2.36%

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AdwareBuster (Expert)over a year ago
Bundled with a uTorrent variant from IronPremium and other unwanted software from JumpyApps and ADLSoft.