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What percent of users and experts removed it?
59% remove it41% keep it
Overall Sentiment
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How common is it?
Global Rank #6,389
Reach 0.0704%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 16.01 days
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Average installed length: 248.09 days

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Bubble Dock

What is Bubble Dock?  (from Nosibay)

News, games, Facebook, email, web TV, Youtube videos, shortcuts, apps, RSS, podcasts ... all your content is accessible with one click on your desktop. It's simple: just click on one of the icons on the dock to access the information you want! With Bubble Store, your application directory 100% free, choose from over a ...  Read more

Overview

Bubble Dock is a software program developed by Nosibay. It adds registry entry for the current user which will allow the program to automatically start each time it is rebooted. 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 primary executable is named Bubble Dock.exe. The setup package generally installs about 12 files and is usually about 11.59 MB (12,154,995 bytes). The installed file Bubble Dock Update.exe is the auto-update component of the program which is designed to check for software updates and notify and apply them when new versions are discovered. Relative to the overall usage of users who have this installed on their PCs, most are running Windows 7 (SP1) and Windows 10. While about 29% of users of Bubble Dock come from France, it is also popular in United Kingdom and Italy.
  • Malware detected in the program
  • Automatically starts with Windows
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Bubble Dock.
LBubble Dock.exe (c257d2532a4a154f354a54f4b55cc013) has been flagged by the following 10 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareVersionDetection
AVware 1.5.0.21 BubbleDock (fs)
Bkav FE 1.3.0.6379 W32.HfsAdware
ESET-NOD32 9.11282 a variant of Win32/BubbleDock.A potentially unwanted
IKARUS anti.virus t3scan.1.8.6.0 PUA.BubbleDock
K7 AntiVirus 13.200.15187 Unwanted-Program
K7GW 13.200.15177 Unwanted-Program ( 004ae5b11 )
McAfee 5600.6671 Artemis!C257D2532A4A
McAfee-GW-Edition 7.6671 Artemis
Sophos 4.98 Bubble Dock
VIPRE Antivirus 38190 BubbleDock (fs)
Bubble Dock Update.exe (56515231885e41e7801737796db02296) has been flagged by the following 3 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareSoftware versionDetection
Malwarebytes 1.75.0001 PUP.Optional.BubbleDock.A
Vba32 AntiVirus 3.12.24.3 suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h
VIPRE Antivirus 24012 BubbleDock (fs)
       View all 13 all detections
Bubble Dock has been found to be bundled with 3rd party software. If you have not purposefully installed this, you should be safe uninstalling it.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.bubbledock.com
Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\roaming\nosibay\bubble dock
Uninstaller: "C:\users\user\appdata\Roaming\Nosibay\Bubble Dock\Uninstall Bubble Dock.exe"
Estimated size: 11.59 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Bubble Dock

Program executable:Bubble Dock.exe
Name:Bubble Dock
Path:C:\users\user\appdata\roaming\nosibay\bubble dock\Bubble Dock.exe
MD5:205231fdc04d07d966b055342af8d02c
Additional files:
  • Bubble Dock Addons.exe - Bubble Dock (Bubble Dock installer)
  • Bubble Dock Update.exe
  • Bubble Dock.exe
  • (Malware detected) LBubble Dock.exe
  • Uninstall Bubble Dock.exe
  • WindowsHook.dll

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task
  • LBubble Dock.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{710DB433-FD1F-4C73-A787-D09345E82901}' (runs on registration).
Startup File (User Run)
  • LBubble Dock.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Bubble Dock' and executes as "C:\users\user\appdata\Roaming\Nosibay\Bubble Dock\LBubble Dock.exe" /winstartup.

How do I remove Bubble Dock?

You can uninstall Bubble Dock 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 Bubble Dock (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 Bubble Dock.
  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) 51%
Win 10 0%
 
WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 59%
Keep it 41%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 56.38%
Windows 10 29.13%
Windows Vista 7.93%
Windows XP 6.56%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 36.35%
Windows 8.1 13.47%
Windows 8 10.57%
Windows 7 Ultimate 9.05%
Windows 7 Professional 8.76%
Microsoft Windows XP 6.44%

Distribution by countryGeography

29.23% of installs come from France
Which countries install it?
  France 29.23%
  United Kingdom 28.35%
  Italy 23.32%
  Spain 10.70%
  United States 1.84%
  Belgium 0.88%
  DZ 0.88%
  MA 0.80%
  TN 0.72%
  Switzerland 0.32%
  Iran 0.32%
  Canada 0.24%
  Argentina 0.16%
  Germany 0.16%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 29.90%
Acer 25.83%
ASUS 12.86%
Dell 8.90%
Toshiba 8.36%
Samsung 6.86%
GIGABYTE 2.79%
American Megatrends 1.61%
Lenovo 1.50%
Packard Bell 0.75%
Intel 0.64%
Common models
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HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 4.92%
HP Pavilion 15 Notebook P... 3.04%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 3.04%
HP G62 Notebook PC 2.58%
TOSHIBA Satellite C660 2.34%

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