Should I remove Early Winter Snow?

What percent of users and experts removed it?

65% remove it35% keep it

Overall Sentiment

Bad

What do people think about it?

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How common is it?

Reach <0.001%

Versions

Version	Distribution
1.0	100.00%

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Early Winter Snow

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What is Early Winter Snow?

Early Winter Snow is a potentially unwanted application that runs in the web browser as a toolbar and web extension. The web extension is primarily designed to take control of the user's browser in order to modify the search provider and redirect web searches to what ever search engine partner the publisher has a revenue relationship with. In doing so, the toolbar performs a number of behaviors in order to maximize the potential of a user to click on sponsored advertising through search. This includes but not limited to:

- Changing the web browser's default home page to the affiliate search portal.
- Changing the browser's search provider, built-in search box as well as the address bar.
- Ability to modify the 'new tab' functionality to launch the modified search portal page.
- Provide automatic updates of the toolbar without the user's initiation.
- Adds an alternative error page and page not found functionality.

Overview

The main program executable is SearchInstaller.exe. A vast majority of those who have this installed end up removing it just after a couple weeks. The software installer includes 5 files and is usually about 805.08 KB (824,400 bytes).

May modify the web browser's home page
Many experts agree, if you don't use it you should remove it!

Program details

URL: brandthunder.com

Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\local\brand thunder\cortez\themes

Uninstaller: C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Brand Thunder\Cortez\Themes\uninstall_f5f04d2a-33e5-4c26-9376-94bd083dfa7e.exe

Estimated size: 805.08 KB

Files installed by Early Winter Snow

Program executable:	SearchInstaller.exe
Name:	Bing Powered WebSearch+
Path:	C:\users\user\appdata\local\brand thunder\cortez\themes\uofmarylandpersona\SearchInstaller.exe
MD5:	5ccf7854dba95c0db4607eb6bd6f1a66

Additional files:

uninstall_f5f04d2a-33e5-4c26-9376-94bd083dfa7e.exe - $(^Name)
uofmarylandpersona.dll - University of Maryland Browser Theme Assembly (University of Maryland)
christmassantapersona.dll - Santa Browser Theme Assembly (Santa)
nasa.dll - NASA Browser Theme Assembly (NASA)
SearchInstaller.exe - Bing Powered WebSearch+

How do I remove Early Winter Snow?

You can uninstall Early Winter Snow 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 Early Winter Snow, 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 Early Winter Snow.
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.