Should I remove GinyasBrowserCompanion?

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Remove GinyasBrowserCompanion by Blabbers Commu...

Ginyas Browser Companion is a browser extension (Browser Helper Object in IE) that promises to save time and money for users while shopping online. It is often install on a computer bundled with various third party programs. Once installed it will monitor web page activity and inject affiliate links within various shopping sites in order to collect revenue. The add-in also displays various forms of advertising such as popups, pop unders as well as injected inline links.

"The Ginyas Browser Companion is a freeware that serves online ads which may automatically provide browsing related information such as offers, coupons, special marketing deals, similar sites, etc. These advertisements may appear be in the form of pop-ups, pop unders, in text links and similar forms when you browse the internet and is bundled with many third party software applications. If you have the Browser Companion add-on installed, this means that you agreed to download it during the installation of such third party software."

BrowserCompanion is detected as malware from through a various number of antivirus programs. ESET-NOD32 detects BCHelper.exe as a variant of Win32/BrowserCompanion.A, while Malwarebytes detects it as PUP.Blabbers.

• BrowserCompanion

Displayed publisher: Ginyas

URL: ginyas.com

Help link: ginyas.com/how_it_works

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\browsercompanion

Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\BrowserCompanion\uninstall.exe

Estimated size: 1.17 MB

BCHelper.exe
Memory:	1.98 MB	21.09 MB average
Total CPU:	0.0003707032%	0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:	0.00032653%	0.016088% average
User CPU:	0.00004418%	0.015104% average

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 GinyasBrowserCompanion, 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 GinyasBrowserCompanion.
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.

1. Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
2. Click the Advanced tab, and then click Reset. Select the Delete personal settings check box if you would also like to remove search providers, Accelerators and home pages. When Internet Explorer finishes applying default settings, click Close, and then click OK.
3. The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.

1. At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
2. To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
3. When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.

1. Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
2. Select Settings. In the "Search" section, click Manage search engine. Check if (Default) is displayed next to your preferred search engine. If not, mouse over it and click Make default. Mouse over any other suspicious search engine entries that are not familiar and click X to remove them.
3. When the "Show Home button" checkbox is selected, a web address appears below it. If you want the Homepage button to open up a different webpage, click Change to enter a link.
4. Restart Google Chrome.

OS VERSIONS Win 7 (SP1) 66% Win Vista 0%

HOW IT STARTS Automatically starts? Yes (Found in the run registry)

USER ACTIONS Uninstall it 61% Keep it 39%

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

Germany	18.15%
Brazil	9.86%
United States	9.55%
Italy	9.08%
Saudi Arabia	6.57%
France	4.23%
Spain	3.29%
Belgium	2.66%
Thailand	2.35%
Argentina	2.19%
Mexico	2.03%
Sweden	2.03%
MA	1.88%
Netherlands	1.88%

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

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