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Should I remove High-tech Bullet Point?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
81% remove it19% keep it
Overall Sentiment
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How common is it?
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Versions

VersionDistribution
1.0.0.0 100.00%

High-tech Bullet Point

What is High-tech Bullet Point?

This adware (AKA WinCheck, CMI, ConvertAd) is an ad Injector that is typically bundled with unwanted software offers. This particular ad injector is an unwanted software program that is deceptive, difficult to remove as well as impacts the security of the user's privacy and computer health. It also displays intrusive advertisements in the browser which promote and trick users into installing other unwanted adware or malware. The program, which runs as a startup process in the background works by injecting into the browser ads on web pages that either do not normally appear or by replacing existing ads that are part of the existing site with ads from different companies with low quality offerings as well as malware. It works by monitoring and intercepting the user's web browser connections and injecting new content before the browser serve it up.

Overview

During setup, the program creates a startup registration point in Windows in order to automatically start when any user boots the PC. The primary executable is named bnsa4af9.exe. A majority of users end up uninstalling this less than a week of it being installed.
  • Malware detected in the program
  • Starts automatically
  • Displays unwanted advertisements
  • The experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in High-tech Bullet Point.
bnsa4af9.exe (1aa5b197f6b703ea2d659c7a05478b79) has been flagged by the following 12 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareVersionDetection
Lavasoft Ad-Aware 537 Application.Generic.1302880
AVware 1.5.0.21 Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu-International 4.0.3.15816 Adware.Win32.ConvertAd.QX
Bitdefender 1.0.20.1140 Application.Generic.1302880
ByteHero BDV 8.16.2015.10 Trojan.Exception.gen.101
ESET-NOD32 9.11710 a variant of Win32/Adware.ConvertAd.QX
Fortinet FortiGate 8/16/2015 Riskware/ConvertAd
F-Secure 11.2015-16-08_1 Application.Generic.1302880
G Data 15.8.25 Application.Generic.1302880
MicroWorld-eScan 16.0.0.684 Application.Generic.1302880
Symantec 8/16/2015 rev. 1 WS.Reputation
VIPRE Antivirus 40690 Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT

Program detailsProgram details

Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\local\da275bd0-1432376039-81e4-38e9-54a050c78631
Uninstaller: "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\DA275BD0-1432376039-81E4-38E9-54A050C78631\uninstall.exe"

Program filesFiles installed by High-tech Bullet Point

Program executable:bnsa4af9.exe (Malware detected)
Path:C:\users\user\appdata\local\da275bd0-1432376039-81e4-38e9-54a050c78631\bnsa4af9.exe
MD5:1aa5b197f6b703ea2d659c7a05478b79
Additional files:
  • Uninstall.exe

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Startup File (All Users Run)
  • bnsa4AF9.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'WinCheck' which loads as C:\users\user\appdata\Local\DA275BD0-1432376039-81E4-38E9-54A050C78631\bnsa4AF9.exe.

How do I remove High-tech Bullet Point?

You can uninstall High-tech Bullet Point from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
  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 High-tech Bullet Point, 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 High-tech Bullet Point.
  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 10 50%
 
HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 81%
Keep it 19%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 50.00%
Windows 10 50.00%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Ultimate 50.00%
Windows 8.1 50.00%

Distribution by countryGeography

71.43% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 71.43%
  Canada 14.29%
  Philippines 14.29%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 50.00%
ASUS 50.00%

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