Should I remove BrowserProtect?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
66% remove it34% keep it
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #4,756
United States Rank #10,245
Reach 0.1095%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 22.96 days
677.40 days >
Average installed length: 355.92 days
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BrowserProtect
What is BrowserProtect?
The PerformerSoft BrowserProtect (Browser Manager) program classified mostly as exhibiting 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. PerformerSoft BrowserProtect is a third party web browser add-in classified mostly as adware 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.
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
- Possible malware installed by this program
- Adds a background Windows Service
- Installed as part of a co-bundle
- Generally known to have a low reputation
- Many experts agree, if you don't use it you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in BrowserProtect.
| BrowserProtect.exe (981794879e8fd26cdd6abcff3f3f65ef) has been flagged by the following 11 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
| Comodo Security |
16531 |
Application.Win32.Bprotect.f |
| ESET-NOD32 |
7.8516 |
a variant of Win32/bProtector.A |
| Fortinet FortiGate |
7/2/2013 |
Adware/Bprotect |
| McAfee |
5600.7123 |
Adware-Bprotect |
| McAfee-GW-Edition |
7.7123 |
Adware-Bprotect |
| PC Tools |
2013 |
Adware.GoonSquad!rem |
| Sophos |
4.90 |
BProtector |
| Symantec |
7/2/2013 rev. 3 |
Adware.GoonSquad |
| Trend Micro |
10.465.02 |
ADW_GOONSQUAD |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall |
7.2.183 |
ADW_GOONSQUAD |
| VIPRE Antivirus |
19226 |
Bprotector (fs) |
| srvBrowserProtect.exe (b336707fa84752ae515981aa9dd7c5af) has been flagged by the following 9 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Software version | Detection |
| Baidu-International |
3.5.1.41473 |
Trojan.Win32.BrowserProtectIU.A |
| Bkav FE |
1.3.0.4562 |
W32.Clod70e.Trojan.0b78 |
| ESET-NOD32 |
9070 |
a variant of Win32/BrowserProtectIU.A |
| IKARUS anti.virus |
T3.1.5.6.0 |
Win32.Malware |
| K7GW |
9.173.10249 |
Trojan ( 0048e8551 ) |
| Kingsoft AntiVirus |
2013.4.9.267 |
Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud) |
| McAfee |
5.600.0.1067 |
Artemis!B336707FA847 |
| McAfee-GW-Edition |
2013 |
Artemis!B336707FA847 |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall |
9.700.0.1001 |
TROJ_GEN.F47V1024 |
View all 20 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
Installation folder: C:\ProgramData\browserprotect\2.6.1339.144\{c16c1ccb-7046-4e5c-a2f3-533ad2fec8e8}
Uninstaller: "C:\ProgramData\BrowserProtect\2.6.1339.144\{c16c1ccb-7046-4e5c-a2f3-533ad2fec8e8}\uninstall.exe" /Uninstall /{15D2D75C-9CB2-4efd-BAD7-B9B4CB4BC693} /
Estimated size: 8.37 MB
Files installed by BrowserProtect
| Program executable: | srvBrowserProtect.exe |
| Name: | srvBrowserProtect |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\browserprotect\srvBrowserProtect.exe |
| MD5: | ca383b635d8aecd622e36bf46ec3b54e |
Additional files:
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srvBrowserProtect.exe - srvBrowserProtect
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BrowserProtectIU.exe - BrowserProtectIU
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uninstall.exe
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BrowserProtect.dll (by PerformerSoft) - Application Manager (Protector)
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(Malware detected) BrowserProtect.exe (by PerformerSoft)
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Interop.Shell32.dll - Ensamblado importado de la biblioteca de tipos 'Shell32'.
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Newtonsoft.Json.dll (by Newtonsoft) - Json.NET (Json.NET .NET 2.0)
Behaviors exhibited
2 Services
- srvBrowserProtect.exe runs as a service named 'Browser Protect' (srvBrowserProtect).
- BrowserProtect.exe runs as a service named 'BrowserProtect' (BrowserProtect).
Windows Firewall Allowed Program
- BrowserProtect.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\ProgramData\BrowserDefender\2.6.1519.190\{c16c1ccb-7046-4e5c-a2f3-533ad2fec8e8}\BrowserDefender.exe'.
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
| srvBrowserProtect.exe |
| Memory: | 15.33 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0002239980% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00010686% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00011714% | |
| BrowserProtect.exe |
| Memory: | 4.34 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0063014730% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00174375% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00455772% | |
| CPU cycles/sec: | 2,210,804 | |
| Switches/sec: | 9 | |
| I/O reads/min: | 148 Bytes | |
| I/O writes/min: | 23 Bytes | |
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.
HOW IT RUNS
Windows Service? Yes
(Installs a service)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 66%
Keep it 34%
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GLOBAL RANK
 #4,756
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
72.78% |
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| Windows 10 |
12.18% |
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| Windows XP |
9.63% |
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| Windows Vista |
5.37% |
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| Windows Server 2003 |
0.05% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
31.43% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
23.71% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
10.09% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
9.72% |
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| Windows 8 |
4.28% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
4.04% |
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Geography
15.86% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
15.86% |
| Germany |
7.27% |
| Italy |
4.73% |
| France |
4.13% |
| Brazil |
3.73% |
| United Kingdom |
3.50% |
| Japan |
2.73% |
| MA |
2.64% |
| MK |
2.32% |
| Mexico |
2.32% |
| DZ |
2.14% |
| India |
1.91% |
| Belgium |
1.82% |
| Spain |
1.73% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
25.80% |
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| Acer |
22.68% |
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| Dell |
20.09% |
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| ASUS |
8.68% |
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| Toshiba |
7.31% |
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| Samsung |
5.10% |
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| GIGABYTE |
4.19% |
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| Lenovo |
2.36% |
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| American Megatrends |
2.05% |
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| Intel |
0.91% |
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| Sahara |
0.84% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
5.33% |
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| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
5.33% |
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| Dell Inspiron 1525 |
2.76% |
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| Dell Inspiron N5010 |
2.76% |
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| Dell Inspiron 1545 |
2.37% |
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| HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
2.37% |
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About Bit89 Inc
Bit89 Inc. is the owner of Bit89.
Publisher URL: www.bit89.com