Should I remove BrowseFox?

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1.0.0	100.00%

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Remove BrowseFox 1.0.0 by Yontoo Technology

BrowseFox 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. The software is typically defined as a potentially unwanted application by various malware vendors.

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.

BrowseFox is bundled with install managers from various download web sites such as download366.net (FIRSERIA).

Displayed publisher: Browse Fox

URL: browsefox.com/support

Help link: mailto:[email protected]

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\BrowseFox

Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\BrowseFox\BrowseFoxuninstall.exe

Estimated size: 1.27 MB

updateBrowseFox.exe
Memory:	24.42 MB	21.09 MB average
Total CPU:	0.0012228802%	0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:	0.00082055%	0.016088% average
User CPU:	0.00040233%	0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:	120,689	8,062,084 average
I/O reads/min:	113 Bytes	435.61 KB average
I/O writes/min:	114 Bytes	105.02 KB average

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 BrowseFox 1.0.0, 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 BrowseFox.
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) 64% Win 7 5%

HOW IT RUNS Windows Service? Yes (Installs a service)

USER ACTIONS Uninstall it 86% Keep it 14%

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

United States	21.31%
Germany	16.39%
France	13.11%
India	9.84%
United Kingdom	6.56%
Brazil	4.92%
Netherlands	4.92%
Sweden	4.92%
Canada	3.28%
Australia	1.64%
Belgium	1.64%
BG	1.64%
Spain	1.64%
Finland	1.64%

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

Yontoo, a subsidiary/alias of ad-hijacker Sambreel, is a publisher of ad-supported web browser extensions designed to inject and display advertisements within the browser.

Publisher URL: www.yontoo.com

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