Should I remove Good Housekeeping?

What percent of users and experts removed it?

81% remove it19% keep it

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How common is it?

Reach <0.001%

Versions

Version	Distribution
3.2.0.55	100.00%

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Good Housekeeping

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What is Good Housekeeping?

Good Housekeeping toolbar is an advertising-supported web browser toolbar/extension that will make the following changes to the browser's settings:

- Changes the default home page and new tabs and protect these search settings
- Changes the default search engine in your Internet Browser, including the browser's built-in search box
- Adds an addition of alternative error page functionality, such as “Page Not Found” and DNS errors
- Tracks usage behavior. Information about the search queries submited in connection with the Toolbar and how it is interacted with search results may be used to personalize the content and advertisements

Overview

The program adds a toolbar to Microsoft Internet Explorer. The software is designed to connect to the Internet and adds a Windows Firewall exception in order to do so without being interfered with. The main program executable is encyclopediabritannicagamesbar.dll. Typically most users end up uninstalling this just after a few days. The software installer includes 6 files.

Possible malware installed by this program
Loads into the web browser
Typically distributed through a pay-per-install bundle
Injects advertisements unassociated with the underlying web page
Hijacks the web browser's home page
The experts agree, you should remove it!

Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Good Housekeeping.

dtuser.exe (bff3d44021f36e2d9873fa19769afef5) has been flagged by the following 3 scanners:
Anti-Virus software	Version	Detection
Agnitum Outpost	7.1.1	PUA.Toolbar.Visicom
Dr.Web	9.0.0.0324	Adware.Toolbar.283
ESET-NOD32	8.10717	a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Visicom.C

Good Housekeeping 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:\Program Files\goodhousekeepinggamesbar

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

Files installed by Good Housekeeping

Program module:	encyclopediabritannicagamesbar.dll
Name:	DTX Toolbar
	DTX kernel Module
Path:	C:\Program Files\goodhousekeepinggamesbar\encyclopediabritannicagamesbar.dll
MD5:	f2e7451b6e9260e2552c58ccd5d10804

Additional files:

encyclopediabritannicagamesbar64.dll - DTX Toolbar (DTX kernel Module)
(Malware detected) dtuser.exe - DtUser
encyclopediabritannicagamesbarX.dll - dtx Dynamic Link Library
encyclopediabritannicagamesbarX64.dll
uninstall.exe (by Iplay) - Good Housekeeping (Good Housekeeping Installer)

Behaviors exhibited

Internet Explorer BHO

encyclopediabritannicagamesbarX.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'Good Housekeeping' with the class of {a957f810-b1f4-4c3b-8478-124dd69aad2c}.

Internet Explorer Toolbar

encyclopediabritannicagamesbarX.dll is loaded as Internet Explorer Toolbar with the name 'Good Housekeeping' with the class of {a957f810-b1f4-4c3b-8478-124dd69aad2c}.

Windows Firewall Allowed Program

dtuser.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\iwingamestoolbar\dtuser.exe'.

How do I remove Good Housekeeping?

You can uninstall Good Housekeeping 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 Good Housekeeping, 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 Good Housekeeping.
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.