Should I remove Forward Alphabet Key?

What percent of users and experts removed it?

79% remove it21% keep it

Overall Sentiment

Bad

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How common is it?

Reach 0.0001%

Versions

Version	Distribution
1.0.0.0	100.00%

Forward Alphabet Key

Remove Forward Alphabet Key

What is Forward Alphabet Key?

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".

Overview

The primary executable is named answ2045.exe. A majority of users end up uninstalling this less than a week of it being installed. The setup package generally installs about 4 files and is usually about 2.66 MB (2,794,290 bytes).

Malware detected in the program
Displays unwanted advertisements
Most users and experts agree, you should remove it!

Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Forward Alphabet Key.

answ2045.exe (2b017f99e1868260e8087344c53b39b2) has been flagged by the following 20 scanners:
Anti-Virus software	Version	Detection
Lavasoft Ad-Aware	537	Application.Generic.1326869
Arcabit	1.0.0.425	Application.Generic.D143F15
avast!	2014.9-150816	Win32:Adware-CPO [PUP]
AVG	2016.0.3015	Generic6
AVware	1.5.0.21	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu-International	4.0.3.15816	Adware.Win32.ConvertAd.PB
Bitdefender	1.0.20.1140	Application.Generic.1326869
Cyren	5.4.16.7	W32/Application.BFMR-1291
Dr.Web	9.0.0.0228	Adware.ClickMeIn.1742
ESET-NOD32	9.11906	a variant of Win32/Adware.ConvertAd.PB
Fortinet FortiGate	8/16/2015	Riskware/ConvertAd
F-Secure	11.2015-16-08_1	Application.Generic.1326869
G Data	15.8.25	Application.Generic.1326869
K7 AntiVirus	13.205.16489	Adware
K7GW	13.205.16490	Adware ( 004c2a701 )
McAfee	5600.6671	Artemis!2B017F99E186
McAfee-GW-Edition	7.6671	BehavesLike.Win32.Dropper.vh
MicroWorld-eScan	16.0.0.684	Application.Generic.1326869
Symantec	8/16/2015 rev. 1	WS.Reputation
VIPRE Antivirus	41814	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT

View all 20 all detections

Program details

Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\local\2548da80-1431917737-1015-b6e3-8f71a37b5d89

Uninstaller: "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\2548DA80-1431917737-1015-B6E3-8F71A37B5D89\uninstall.exe"

Estimated size: 2.66 MB

Files installed by Forward Alphabet Key

Program executable:	answ2045.exe (Malware detected)
Path:	C:\users\user\appdata\local\2548da80-1431917737-1015-b6e3-8f71a37b5d89\answ2045.exe
MD5:	2b017f99e1868260e8087344c53b39b2

Additional files:

rnsh2602.exe
Uninstall.exe
rnsy1411.exe

How do I remove Forward Alphabet Key?

You can uninstall Forward Alphabet Key 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 Forward Alphabet Key, 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 Forward Alphabet Key.
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.