Should I remove Greyscale Punctuation?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
82% remove it18% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Reach 0.0004%
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 1.0.0.0 |
100.00% |
|
Greyscale Punctuation
What is Greyscale Punctuation?
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 main program executable is bnsz2200.exe. Typically most users end up uninstalling this just after a few days.
- Possible malware installed by this program
- Displays unwanted advertisements
- The experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Greyscale Punctuation.
| bnsz2200.exe (c258aa178c4ff429b8dcbad27a6ea5e9) has been flagged by the following 14 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
| Lavasoft Ad-Aware |
537 |
Application.Generic.1296157 |
| AVG |
2016.0.3015 |
Generic6 |
| Baidu-International |
4.0.3.15816 |
Adware.Win32.ConvertAd.PC |
| Bitdefender |
1.0.20.1140 |
Application.Generic.1296157 |
| Comodo Security |
22304 |
ApplicUnwnt |
| ESET-NOD32 |
9.11717 |
Win32/Adware.ConvertAd.PC |
| Fortinet FortiGate |
8/16/2015 |
Riskware/ConvertAd |
| F-Secure |
11.2015-16-08_1 |
Application.Generic.1296157 |
| G Data |
15.8.25 |
Application.Generic.1296157 |
| McAfee |
5600.6671 |
Artemis!C258AA178C4F |
| McAfee-GW-Edition |
7.6671 |
Artemis |
| MicroWorld-eScan |
16.0.0.684 |
Application.Generic.1296157 |
| Sophos |
4.98 |
Generic PUA MB |
| Tencent |
1.0.0.1 |
Trojan.Win32.Qudamah.Gen.6 |
View all 14 all detections
Program details
Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\Local\F4EED962-1431944954-E311-B737-A01D4808F502
Uninstaller: "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\F4EED962-1431944954-E311-B737-A01D4808F502\uninstall.exe"
Files installed by Greyscale Punctuation
| Program executable: | bnsz2200.exe (Malware detected) |
| Path: | C:\users\user\appdata\Local\F4EED962-1431944954-E311-B737-A01D4808F502\bnsz2200.exe |
| MD5: | c258aa178c4ff429b8dcbad27a6ea5e9 |
Additional files:
-
Uninstall.exe
-
(Malware detected) bnsq2A0.exe
How do I remove Greyscale Punctuation?
You can uninstall Greyscale Punctuation 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 Greyscale Punctuation, 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 Greyscale Punctuation.
- 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) 57%
Win XP 14%
|
|
USER ACTIONS
 |
Uninstall it 82%
Keep it 18%
|
|
|
AVERAGE INSTALL LIFESPAN
262.39
Days
|
Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
57.14% |
|
| Windows 10 |
28.57% |
|
| Windows XP |
14.29% |
|
Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 10 Pro |
14.29% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
14.29% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
14.29% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
14.29% |
|
| Windows 8.1 |
14.29% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
14.29% |
|
Geography
69.23% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
69.23% |
| South Africa |
7.69% |
| Brazil |
7.69% |
| Russia |
7.69% |
| Canada |
7.69% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Lenovo |
40.00% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
20.00% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
20.00% |
|
| Acer |
20.00% |
|
Common models |
| PHILCO 14M-W549 |
16.67% |
|
| MSI MS-7636 |
16.67% |
|
| LENOVO 6073ADU |
16.67% |
|
| HP 15 Notebook PC |
16.67% |
|
| Gigabyte G41M-Combo |
16.67% |
|
| Apple Inc. iMac14,1 |
16.67% |
|