Should I remove Feathering Operator?

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1.0.0.0	100.00%

Remove Feathering Operator

This is a WinCheck/CMI (variant) adware/browser hijacker variant that injects code into the user's web browser (IE, Chrome and Firefox). It is known as an ad-injector, a malicious process that once inside the web browser will hijack existing advertisements of underlying web sites (not associated with the website itself). It will also inject new ads in white space on the site or images that have standard banner sizes. These ads are typically for promoting shopping discount coupons, ads for PC optimizers or bundled PUP offers, or malvertising since it runs on sketchy ad networks.This runs as a startup process called WinCheck in the user's startup registry (Run key) and will execute each time the computer is restarted and the user logs in.

How do you know if you are infected? First, if you have this program installed then this adware is most likely still running. Next, you see ads in the browser that say something like "Ads by WinCheck".

The primary executable is named pnswb9eb.exe. A majority of users end up uninstalling this less than a week of it being installed. The setup package generally installs about 6 files and is usually about 836.62 KB (856,694 bytes).

Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\local\dbad4214-1430123834-a2fc-b097-436f913c8cfe

Uninstaller: C:\users\user\appdata\Local\DBAD4214-1430123834-A2FC-B097-436F913C8CFE\Uninstall.exe

Estimated size: 836.62 KB

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 Feathering Operator, 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 Feathering Operator.
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) 62% Win 10 38%

USER ACTIONS Uninstall it 79% Keep it 21%

AVERAGE INSTALL LIFESPAN 1.96 Days

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

United States	50.00%
Germany	11.11%
Italy	11.11%
Brazil	5.56%
France	5.56%
United Kingdom	5.56%
Indonesia	5.56%
Saudi Arabia	5.56%

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

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