Should I remove Hard Drive Alt?

Lifespan of installation (until removal)

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Version	Distribution
1.0.0.0	100.00%

Remove Hard Drive Alt

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".

Upon installation and setup, it defines an auto-start registry entry which makes this program run on each Windows boot for all user logins. The main program executable is bnsxb7fc.exe. Typically most users end up uninstalling this just after a few days.

Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\local\c073d2c7-1429515754-dd11-a70e-001e333eb143

Uninstaller: "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\C073D2C7-1429515754-DD11-A70E-001E333EB143\uninstall.exe"

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 Hard Drive Alt, 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 Hard Drive Alt.
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.

OS VERSIONS Win 7 (SP1) 50% Win 7 8%

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

USER ACTIONS Uninstall it 76% Keep it 24%

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

United States	41.18%
Brazil	17.65%
Canada	11.76%
Germany	11.76%
Argentina	5.88%
DZ	5.88%
India	5.88%

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

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