Should I remove BrowserProtect?

What percent of users and experts removed it?

88% remove it12% keep it

Overall Sentiment

Bad

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How common is it?

Global Rank #2,782

United States Rank #4,138

Reach 0.2170%

Lifespan of installation (until removal)

< 23.05 days

680.07 days >

Average installed length: 357.33 days

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BrowserProtect

from Bit89 Inc

What is BrowserProtect?

PerformerSoft BrowserProtect is a third party web browser add-in classified mostly as a potentially unwanted software application that used to be bundled with PerformerSoft products including PC Performer. The maker of this program is a known adware/malware distributor, so caution should be taken. The PerformerSoft BrowserProtect (Browser Manager) program classified mostly as exhibiting adware like actions, is bundled with PerformerSoft products including PC Performer. BrowserProtect is designed to protect its bundled programs and make sure they remain installed or unchanged by other thrid party programs. The BrowserProtect program was developed by Bit89 (Bit89.com) a known adware maker.

Various antivrius products detected the program and its executable as malware:
- VIPRE detects as Bprotector (fs)
- TrendMicro detects as ADW_BPROTECT
- Panda detects as Trj/OCJ.C
- ESET-NOD32 considers it a variant of Win32/bProtector.A
- AhnLab detects it as Adware/Win32.Bromngr
- Kaspersky as AdWare.Win32.Bromngr.b
- Jiangmin as AdWare/Bromngr.o

Variations of this are also installed through bundling as well with various freeware products under the names Browser Manager and Browser Protect.

About (from Bit89 Inc)

BrowserProtect keeps your browsers safe from homepage, search providers, extensions and other hijacks. Easy, comprehensive and FREE anti-hijack browser protection for Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. BrowserProtect is a browser anti-hijack solution to protect your browser against obtrusiv... Read more

Overview

Malware detected in the program
Connects to the Internet
Installs a Windows Service
Typically distributed through a pay-per-install bundle
This program has a poor reputation
The experts agree, you should remove it!

Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in BrowserProtect.

BrowserProtect.exe (3b2ddfabcc929174cd7212d11cef0e0e) has been flagged by the following 12 scanners:
Anti-Virus software	Version	Detection
Comodo Security	15985	UnclassifiedMalware
Dr.Web	9.0.0.0143	Adware.BGuard.7
ESET-NOD32	7.8246	a variant of Win32/bProtector.A
IKARUS anti.virus	t3scan.2.0.0.0	not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SuspectCRC
Jiangmin	KV130523	AdWare/Bromngr.o
K7 AntiVirus	13.164.8548	Adware
K7GW	13.12.7.0.8	Adware
Sophos	4.88	BProtector
Trend Micro	10.465.23	ADW_BPROTECT
TrendMicro-HouseCall	7.2.143	ADW_BPROTECT
Vba32 AntiVirus	3.12.20.2	AdWare.Bromngr
VIPRE Antivirus	17002	Bprotector (fs)
BrowserProtect.dll (26421d99023a53f2157d75c45dec205c) has been flagged by the following 35 scanners:
Anti-Virus software	Software version	Detection
Lavasoft Ad-Aware	12.0.163.0	Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Bprotector.1
AhnLab-V3	2013.12.11.00	Adware/Win32.Agent
Avira AntiVir	7.11.119.12	APPL/BProtector.Gen
Antiy-AVL	2.0.3.7	AdWare/Win32.Bromngr
avast!	8.0.1489.320	Win32:BProtect-A [PUP]
AVG	13.0.0.3169	Generic5.TTQ
Baidu-International	3.5.1.41473	Adware.WIn32.bProtector.45
Bitdefender	7.2	Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Bprotector.1
Bkav FE	1.3.0.4613	W32.Clodb11.Trojan.d09b
Clam AntiVirus	0.97.3	Win.Adware.BProtector
CMC Antivirus	1.1.0.977	AdWare.Win32.Bromngr!O
Comodo Security	17420	Application.Win32.bProtector.KA
Dr.Web	7.00.6.10310	Adware.BGuard.47
ESET-NOD32	9157	a variant of Win32/bProtector.A
Fortinet FortiGate	4	Adware/Bromngr
F-Secure	11.0.19100.45	Application:W32/BProtector.A
G Data	22	Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Bprotector.1
K7GW	9.174.10469	Adware ( 0042b51f1 )
Kaspersky	9.0.0.837	Trojan.Win32.Bromngr.h
Kingsoft AntiVirus	2013.04.09.267	Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud)
Malwarebytes	1.75.0001	PUP.Optional.BProtector
McAfee	6.0.4.564	Adware-Bprotect.a
McAfee-GW-Edition	2013	Artemis!26421D99023A
Microsoft Security Essentials	1.10100	TrojanDropper:Win32/Rotbrow.A
MicroWorld-eScan	12.0.250.0	Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Bprotector.1
NANO AntiVirus	0.28.0.56692	Trojan.Win32..bocbfk
nProtect	2013-12-11.01	Trojan-Clicker/W32.Bromngr.2212304
Sophos	4.95.0	BProtector
Symantec	20131.1.5.61	Adware.GoonSquad
The Hacker		Trojan/Bprotector
Trend Micro	9.740-1012	ADW_BROMNGR
TrendMicro-HouseCall	9.700-1001	ADW_BROMNGR
Vba32 AntiVirus	3.12.24.3	AdWare.Bromngr
VIPRE Antivirus	24236	Bprotector (fs)
ViRobot	2011.4.7.4223	Adware.Agent.2212304

View all 47 all detections

BrowserProtect has been found to be bundled with 3rd party software. If you have not purposefully installed this, you should be safe uninstalling it.

Program details

URL: www.bit89.com/contact.html

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

Installation folder: C:\ProgramData\browserprotect\2.5.986.67\{c16c1ccb-7046-4e5c-a2f3-533ad2fec8e8}

Uninstaller: "C:\ProgramData\BrowserProtect\2.5.986.67\{c16c1ccb-7046-4e5c-a2f3-533ad2fec8e8}\uninstall.exe" /Uninstall /{15D2D75C-9CB2-4efd-BAD7-B9B4CB4BC693} /su

Estimated size: 7.61 MB

Files installed by BrowserProtect

Program executable:	BrowserProtect.exe (Malware detected)
Name:	Application Manager
Signed by:	Bit89 Inc.
Path:	C:\ProgramData\browserprotect\2.5.986.67\{c16c1ccb-7046-4e5c-a2f3-533ad2fec8e8}\BrowserProtect.exe
MD5:	3b2ddfabcc929174cd7212d11cef0e0e
	The PerformerSoft Browser Manager (Application Manager) program classified mostly as exhibiting adware like actions, is bundled with PerformerSoft products including PC Performer. Browser Manager is designed to protect its bundled programs...

Additional files:

BrowserProtect.dll (by PerformerSoft) - Application Manager (Protector)
(Malware detected) BrowserProtect.exe (by PerformerSoft)
uninstall.exe

Behaviors exhibited

Service

BrowserProtect.exe runs as a service named 'Video Performer Manager' (Video Performer Manager).

Network connections

BrowserProtect.exe connects to ec2-174-129-23-216.compute-1.amazonaws.com (174.129.23.216 port 80).

Resource utilization averages
Show technical details

BrowserProtect.exe
Memory:	3.43 MB	21.09 MB average
Total CPU:	0.0001662613%	0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:	0.00009147%	0.016088% average
User CPU:	0.00007479%	0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:	7,636,167	8,062,084 average
Switches/sec:	12	70 average
I/O reads/min:	18 Bytes	435.61 KB average
I/O writes/min:	0 Bytes	105.02 KB average

How do I remove BrowserProtect?

You can uninstall BrowserProtect 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 BrowserProtect, 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 BrowserProtect.
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) 62%

Win 7 0%

HOW IT RUNS

Windows Service? Yes

(Installs a service)

USER ACTIONS

Uninstall it 88%

Keep it 12%

Windows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

Windows 7	73.26%
Windows XP	11.64%
Windows Vista	8.60%
Windows 10	6.47%
Windows Server 2003	0.02%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium	36.99%
Windows 7 Ultimate	21.30%
Microsoft Windows XP	11.48%
Windows 7 Professional	9.42%
Windows Vista Home Premiu...	6.43%
Windows 8	2.91%

Geography

29.10% of installs come from the United States

Which countries install it?

United States	29.10%
Germany	11.41%
Brazil	5.79%
United Kingdom	4.59%
Spain	3.95%
Italy	3.63%
France	2.33%
India	2.08%
Belgium	1.69%
Australia	1.65%
Poland	1.48%
Indonesia	1.44%
Hungary	1.44%
Mexico	1.36%

PC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

Hewlett-Packard	28.08%
Acer	21.24%
Dell	19.32%
ASUS	7.08%
GIGABYTE	6.44%
Toshiba	5.92%
Samsung	3.96%
American Megatrends	2.64%
Intel	2.20%
Lenovo	2.16%
Sahara	0.96%
Common models
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ...	7.22%
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P...	6.77%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ...	5.87%
HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P...	2.71%
Dell Inspiron N5110	2.37%
HP G62 Notebook PC	2.37%

About Bit89 Inc

Bit89 Inc. is the owner of Bit89.

Publisher URL: www.bit89.com

Learn more about Bit89 Inc

10 comments

KaS•over a year ago

Discontinued in after 2011 it is no longer maintained and now contains malware according to Firefox themselves: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/blocked/i286

Euph0ria•over a year ago

If you use AVG you're already failing. Try the free version of bitdefender or ad-aware,.. or ANYTHING else. AVG is the lowest performing AV software available.

Malwaresux•over a year ago

Just spent 4 hours expunging this from an elderly person's computer. It had ridden in on something else she thought she needed to install. It had hijacked her home page in Fire Fox, IE and Chrome. One of the more obnoxious things it installed was "Delta Search," a real piece of shit. AVG failed to find all the crap Browser "Protect" installed. The machine was laden with tracking software and pop ups. When she tried to visit the site www.foxnews.com," She got a notice that this site was not allowed- was this piece of crap produced by the NBC/ MSNBC? Anyway, after manually uninstalling 6 pieces of shit this thing had installed, going through Fire Fox, IE and Chrome, manually deleting pieces of Delta Search and getting rid of the proxy server they had her using, I was still getting directed to the delta, and could not get Google to be set as the default browser. Finally ran AVG again and was left with a file AVG could not deal with which referenced game tool bar. Removed this item from program files, and finally got rid of all vestiges of the browser hi jacking Browser "Protect." After cleaning up the registry and defraging the drive, her computer is back to normal. The software vendor/ supplier "Bit89" needs to be hauled into court. It is purely vicious malware.

Jaco•over a year ago

This program is found by Revo Uninstaller and can be removed by it. Revo also scans for leftovers.

Stanley89•over a year ago

I noticed that in the add/remove programs that BrowserProtect was installed against my wishes in contrast to the other poster the BetterInternet did not install. With the new release I would like to warn everyone that BetterInternet & BrowserProtect will self install even after choosing not to install any third party adware using the installer.

Angeluz•over a year ago

It is a virus, please how uninstall the malware browserprotect?

JK•over a year ago

Certainly malware. Hijacks browser searches and new tabs for all browsers.

karenRW (Expert)•over a year ago

I have recently noticed a folder called BrowserProtect. Not sure what it was I ran a virus scan with AVG and it reported that the file was infected and failed to remove. I then looked into the folder and one of the files was BrowserProtect.exe and an uninstall.exe. I then tried to uninstall using the uninstall.exe and it asked for permission to continue and i clicked yes, then nothing happened. After this I searched the web for information and came accross the website www.bit89.com which has an uninstall section and looking at it I had to download an uninstaller, nothing happened. My anti-virus then done its scheduled scan and when it got to the BrowserProtect folder AVG froze.

Question Mark•over a year ago

On Win XP the Windows task manager shows 2 instances of BrowserProtect.exe: User and SYSTEM. The user instance constantly generates a huge amount of page faults - although there is plenty of available RAM. Why?

santi•over a year ago

This program doesn't show in the uninstall utility of windows. I am sick of this program, I don't know how to remove it.