Should I remove EasylifeGadget Updater?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
83% remove it17% keep it
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How common is it?
Reach <0.001%
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 1.0 |
100.00% |
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EasylifeGadget Updater
What is EasylifeGadget Updater?
EasylifeGadget Updater is an adware 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.
- Adds an alternative error page, DNS error and 'page not' found functionality.
- Adds additional functionality that is designed to protect the search and home page settings.
- Access the HTML of all pages visited as well as capture URLs of the pages and search terms.
- In many cases can inject advertising in the form of context ads, pop-ups and pop-unders.
About (from BetterSoft)
THE PLUGIN AND OTHER SERVICES COLLECT AND STORES INFORMATION CONCERNING THE WEB PAGES YOU VISIT AND YOUR ACTIVITY ON THOSE PAGES, SUCH AS IMPRESSIONS, CLICKS AND SEARCH TERMS. IN SOME CASES, INFORMATION COLLECTED BY THE PLUGIN AND OTHER SERVICES MAY BE PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE, AND IN SOME CASES INFORMATION (INCLUDING I... Read more
Overview
- Possible malware installed by this program
- Starts automatically
- Installed as part of a co-bundle
- Hijacks the web browser's home page
- Hijacks the browser's default search provider
- Generally known to have a low reputation
- The experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in EasylifeGadget Updater.
| EasylifeGadget Updater.exe (2960400094498dae47b36173286d76a0) has been flagged by the following 21 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
| AhnLab-V3 |
2013.05.25 |
PUP/Win32.BetterSoft |
| avast! |
2014.9-130526 |
Win32:PUP-gen [PUP] |
| Bitdefender |
1.0.20.730 |
Adware.BHO.Agent.E |
| Comodo Security |
16313 |
ApplicUnwnt |
| Emsisoft Anti-Malware |
8.13.05.26.01 |
Adware.BHO.Agent |
| eSafe |
7.0.17.0 |
Win32.Trojan |
| ESET-NOD32 |
7.8371 |
Win32/GenUpdater |
| Fortinet FortiGate |
5/26/2013 |
Riskware/BetterSoftAgent |
| F-Secure |
11.2013-26-05_1 |
Adware.BHO.Agent |
| G Data |
13.5.22 |
Adware.BHO.Agent |
| IKARUS anti.virus |
t3scan.2.0.0.0 |
AdWare.BHO.Agent |
| Kingsoft AntiVirus |
331020.49267 |
Win32.Troj.FakeIcon.cw.(kcloud) |
| McAfee |
5600.7087 |
Artemis!296040009449 |
| McAfee-GW-Edition |
7.7087 |
Artemis!296040009449 |
| MicroWorld-eScan |
14.0.0.438 |
Adware.BHO.Agent.E |
| nProtect |
13.05.24.04 |
Adware.BHO.Agent.E |
| Sophos |
4.89 |
Generic PUA DO |
| Trend Micro |
10.465.26 |
ADW_DLOAD |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall |
7.2.146 |
ADW_DLOAD |
| VIPRE Antivirus |
18076 |
Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| ViRobot |
2011.4.7.4223 |
Adware.BetterSoft.348160 |
| 2844174011.dll (c2f772d5eb7fc69d24361c2c0ebc6eb5) has been flagged by the following 22 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Software version | Detection |
| Lavasoft Ad-Aware |
12.0.163.0 |
Adware.BHO.Agent.E |
| AhnLab-V3 |
2013.12.03.00 |
PUP/Win32.BetterSoft |
| Avira AntiVir |
7.11.117.76 |
Adware/BetterSoft.A |
| avast! |
8.0.1489.320 |
Win32:PUP-gen [PUP] |
| AVG |
13.0.0.3169 |
Generic5.AEKX |
| Bitdefender |
7.2.5028.0 |
Adware.BHO.Agent.E |
| Comodo Security |
17373 |
ApplicUnwnt |
| Emsisoft Anti-Malware |
3.0.0.589 |
Adware.BHO.Agent.E (B) |
| ESET-NOD32 |
9122 |
Win32/GenUpdater |
| Fortinet FortiGate |
5.1.147.0 |
Riskware/BetterSoftAgent |
| F-Secure |
11.0.19100.45 |
Adware.BHO.Agent |
| G Data |
22 |
Adware.BHO.Agent.E |
| Kingsoft AntiVirus |
2013.4.9.267 |
Win32.Heur.KVMF58.hy.(kcloud) |
| McAfee |
5.600.0.1067 |
Generic PUP.t |
| McAfee-GW-Edition |
2013 |
Generic PUP.t |
| MicroWorld-eScan |
12.0.250.0 |
Adware.BHO.Agent.E |
| NANO AntiVirus |
0.28.0.56582 |
Riskware.Win32.Unwanted.cjedov |
| Sophos |
4.95.0 |
Generic PUA DO |
| Trend Micro |
9.740.0.1012 |
ADW_BHO |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall |
9.700.0.1001 |
ADW_BHO |
| VIPRE Antivirus |
23944 |
Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| ViRobot |
2011.4.7.4223 |
Adware.Agent.187904 |
View all 43 all detections
EasylifeGadget Updater 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
Installation folder: C:\ProgramData\BetterSoft\EasylifeGadget Updater
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files3\INSTAL~1\EASYLI~1\Setup.exe /remove /q0
Estimated size: 525.97 KB
Language: English (United States)
Files installed by EasylifeGadget Updater
| Program executable: | EasylifeGadget Updater.exe (Malware detected) |
| Updater |
| Path: | C:\ProgramData\BetterSoft\EasylifeGadget Updater\EasylifeGadget Updater.exe |
| MD5: | 2960400094498dae47b36173286d76a0 |
Additional files:
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(Malware detected) 2844174011.dll
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(Malware detected) EasylifeGadget Updater.exe - Updater
Behaviors exhibited
Scheduled Task
- EasylifeGadget Updater.exe is scheduled as a task named 'C:\WINXP\Tasks\schedule!3965101766.job'.
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
- EasylifeGadget Updater.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named schedule!2620036047.
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
| EasylifeGadget Updater.exe |
| Memory: | 1.87 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0009770726% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00052169% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00045538% | |
| CPU cycles/sec: | 29,016 | |
| I/O reads/min: | 154 Bytes | |
How do I remove EasylifeGadget Updater?
You can uninstall EasylifeGadget Updater 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 EasylifeGadget Updater, 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 EasylifeGadget Updater.
- 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 STARTS
Scheduled task? Yes
(Runs on Windows boot)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 83%
Keep it 17%
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MOST USED OS
~99%
Windows 7 (SP1)
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Geography
100.00% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
Publisher URL: www.bettersoft.com