Should I remove BrowserDefender?

Lifespan of installation (until removal)

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Remove BrowserDefender by Bit89 Inc

PerformerSoft/Bit89 BrowserDefender, a variant of the Browser Protector Software is a web browser add-in classified mostly a potentially unwanted application that used to be bundled with PerformerSoft products including PC Performer. BrowserDefender is designed to protect its bundled programs and make sure they remain installed or unchanged by other third party programs. It does this by preventing changes to the registry by other programs including the web browser itself. It runs in the background as a Windows service with full administrator privileges in order to help prevent removal.

Upon being installed, the software adds a Windows Service which is designed to run continuously in the background. Manually stopping the service has been seen to cause the program to stop functing properly. It adds a background controller service that is set to automatically run. Delaying the start of this service is possible through the service manager. A scheduled task is added to Windows Task Scheduler in order to launch the program at various scheduled times (the schedule varies depending on the version). The software is designed to connect to the Internet and adds a Windows Firewall exception in order to do so without being interfered with. The primary executable is named BrowserDefender.exe. A majority of users end up uninstalling this less than a week of it being installed. The setup package generally installs about 5 files and is usually about 7.88 MB (8,266,060 bytes).

URL: www.bit89.com/contact.html

Help link: www.bit89.com/uninstall.html

Installation folder: C:\ProgramData\browserdefender\2.6.1339.144\{c16c1ccb-7046-4e5c-a2f3-533ad2fec8e8}

Uninstaller: "C:\ProgramData\BrowserDefender\2.6.1339.144\{c16c1ccb-7046-4e5c-a2f3-533ad2fec8e8}\uninstall.exe" /Uninstall /{15D2D75C-9CB2-4efd-BAD7-B9B4CB4BC693}

Estimated size: 7.88 MB

BrowserDefender.exe
Memory:	5.04 MB	21.09 MB average
Total CPU:	0.0004671566%	0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:	0.00023477%	0.016088% average
User CPU:	0.00023239%	0.015104% average
I/O reads/min:	460 Bytes	435.61 KB average
I/O writes/min:	11 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 BrowserDefender, 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 BrowserDefender.
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) 57% Win 8.1 0%

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

USER ACTIONS Uninstall it 80% Keep it 20%

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

United States	25.95%
Germany	8.58%
Brazil	5.77%
United Kingdom	5.04%
Italy	4.53%
France	3.14%
India	2.63%
Poland	2.63%
Taiwan	2.59%
Turkey	2.55%
Japan	2.23%
Indonesia	1.86%
MK	1.75%
Mexico	1.64%

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

Bit89 Inc. is the owner of Bit89.

Publisher URL: www.bit89.com

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