Groovorio
What is Groovorio?
Groovorio is an web browser advertisement extension that delivers ads to the user's web browser. Ads are in the form of traditional banners as well as context-hyper links. Ads delivered are injected on any web page the software decides to include it on and not just those affiliated with the software or its affiliates. The program periodically connects with its remote servers to download new ad feeds and will report back the domains and URLs the user visits as well as the links and advertisements the user clicks on while browsing the web. This adware is mostly bundled with 3rd party download managers that include a number of additional offers, all potentially unwanted programs.
About (from Crawler)
Groovorio's toolbar allows you to retrieve 3rd party content, such as radio stations, games, stock quotes and other information, as well as perform search queries and launch your social network's chat. The Toolbar may contain plugins from 3rd party software vendors who have separate licenses and agreements. This featur... Read more
Overview
- Loads into the web browser
- Installed as part of a co-bundle
- Injects advertisements unassociated with the underlying web page
- The experts agree, you should remove it!
Groovorio 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
Displayed publisher: Groovorio
URL: www.getgroovorio.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Groovorio
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files1\GROOVO~1\\uninstall.exe"
Estimated size: 1.26 MB
Files installed by Groovorio
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uninstall.exe (by Setup ©) - Groovorio (Setup)
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Sqlite3.dll
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Adobe AIR Updater.exe (by Adobe Systems) - Adobe AIR (Adobe AIR Installer)
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airappinstaller.exe (by Adobe Systems) - Adobe AIR Application Installer
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NPSWF32.dll - Shockwave Flash (Shockwave Flash 11.5 r502)
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template.exe
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WebKit.dll - WebKit DLL used by Adobe AIR (WebKit dynamic link library)
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AdobeCP15.dll - AdobeCP Dynamic Link Library
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Adobe AIR Application Installer.exe - Adobe AIR 1.0.1
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Adobe AIR.dll - Adobe AIR
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AdobeCP.dll
Behaviors exhibited
Google Chrome Plugin
- NPSWF32.dll is loaded in the Google Chrome web browser as 'NPSWF32.dll'.
Mozilla Plugin
- NPSWF32.dll is loaded into Mozilla Firefox under the product name 'Adobe Flash Player 10.1 Plugin' with a plugin key of '@adobe.com/FlashPlayer' for all users of the PC.
How do I remove Groovorio?
You can uninstall Groovorio 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 Groovorio, 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 Groovorio.
- 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.
How do I reset my web browser?
If your web browser homepage and search settings have been modfied by Groovorio you can restore them to their previous default settings.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
- 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.
- The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.
Mozilla Firefox
- At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
- To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
- When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.
Google Chrome
- Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
- 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.
- 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.
- Restart Google Chrome.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 46%
Win XP 0%
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HOW DOES IT RUN?
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Plugs into Mozilla Firefox
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 87%
Keep it 13%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
50.42% |
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| Windows 10 |
41.64% |
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| Windows Vista |
4.90% |
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| Windows XP |
3.04% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
33.45% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
24.57% |
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| Windows 8 |
7.94% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
7.68% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
6.57% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
4.27% |
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Geography
78.03% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
78.03% |
| United Kingdom |
4.95% |
| France |
3.57% |
| Italy |
2.99% |
| Brazil |
2.42% |
| India |
2.42% |
| Canada |
1.15% |
| Germany |
0.92% |
| Netherlands |
0.40% |
| Chile |
0.29% |
| Colombia |
0.29% |
| Peru |
0.29% |
| Mexico |
0.23% |
| Singapore |
0.17% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
38.91% |
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| Dell |
20.51% |
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| Acer |
13.94% |
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| Toshiba |
10.93% |
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| ASUS |
6.58% |
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| Lenovo |
4.46% |
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| Samsung |
3.01% |
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| GIGABYTE |
1.00% |
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| Intel |
0.67% |
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Common models |
| HP 2000 Notebook PC |
6.41% |
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| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
5.72% |
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| HP 15 Notebook PC |
5.49% |
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| HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... |
3.66% |
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| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
3.43% |
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| HP Pavilion 15 Notebook P... |
2.75% |
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