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Should I remove Common dictionary?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
88% remove it12% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Bad
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #20,161
United States Rank #10,023
Reach 0.0108%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 3.68 days
108.66 days >
Average installed length: 57.09 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
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Common dictionary

What is Common dictionary?

Distributed and operated by UNLIMITED DOWNLOADS LLC., this adware will monitor and track a user's web browsing behavior in order to deliver targeted advertisements.

This includes inserting into web pages or displaying ads over parts of existing web page advertisements, banners, coupons or text links that would not otherwise appear. It will communicate with the adware's servers to check for new offers and the placement of offers as well as monitoring and recording the domain name of each page the user views, the advertisements that appear on these pages and the ads the user clicks on. In addition the app may display alerts and popups for updating or installing new applications many of which are ad-supported browser extensions.

About  (from Jet Applications)

Common dictionary allows you to lookup words from the english dictionary without using a web-browser or some other slow tools! It's easy to use and completely free.
Overview
  • Malware detected in the program
  • Delivered through a thrid-party offer
  • Displays unwanted advertisements
  • The experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Common dictionary.
Common dictionary.exe (083d061435ab223ea8e262f62023752f) has been flagged by the following 2 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareVersionDetection
Symantec 11/20/2014 rev. 5 WS.Reputation
The Hacker 6.8.0.5.481 Posible_Worm32
Common dictionary 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

Displayed publisher: Common dictionary
URL: www.common-dictionary.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\common files\common dictionary
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Common dictionary\uninst.exe
Estimated size: 8.18 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Common dictionary

Program executable:Common dictionary.exe (Malware detected)
Name:Common dictionary
Path:C:\Program Files\common files\common dictionary\Common dictionary.exe
MD5:083d061435ab223ea8e262f62023752f
Additional files:
  • Common dictionary.exe - Common dictionary
  • uninst.exe
  • service.exe - Service Application (Service)
  • node.exe (by Joyent, Inc) - Node.js (Evented I/O for V8 JavaScript)

How do I remove Common dictionary?

You can uninstall Common dictionary 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 Common dictionary, 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 Common dictionary.
  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 7 0%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 88%
Keep it 12%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#20,161

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 51.42%
Windows 10 38.21%
Windows Vista 7.08%
Windows XP 3.30%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 35.85%
Windows 8.1 26.42%
Windows 7 Professional 9.43%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 6.13%
Windows 7 Ultimate 4.72%
Windows 8 3.77%

Distribution by countryGeography

98.91% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 98.91%
  Canada 0.54%
  Colombia 0.27%
  Germany 0.27%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 37.58%
Toshiba 21.21%
Dell 20.61%
ASUS 9.09%
Acer 4.85%
Lenovo 3.64%
GIGABYTE 1.21%
Samsung 1.21%
Gateway 0.61%
Common models
HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... 3.79%
HP 2000 Notebook PC 2.27%
HP G60 Notebook PC 2.27%
HP Pavilion dv4 Notebook ... 2.27%
HP 15 Notebook PC 2.27%
Dell XPS 8700 2.27%

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