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Should I remove Home-use Search Engine?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
74% remove it26% keep it
Overall Sentiment
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How common is it?
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Versions

VersionDistribution
1.0.0.0 100.00%

Home-use Search Engine

What is Home-use Search Engine?

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

The main program executable is jnsoda65.exe. Typically most users end up uninstalling this just after a few days. The software installer includes 3 files and is usually about 509.55 KB (521,775 bytes).
  • Possible malware installed by this program
  • Displays unwanted advertisements
  • The wisdom of the crowd agrees, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Home-use Search Engine.
jnsoda65.exe (be572ab7127e10f4492d68580230cc34) has been flagged by the following 5 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareVersionDetection
avast! 2014.9-150413 Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
Baidu-International 4.0.3.15413 Adware.Win32.ConvertAd.77
Kaspersky 14.0.0.2199 not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.AdSvc
Symantec 4/13/2015 rev. 2 WS.Reputation
TrendMicro-HouseCall 7.2.103 TROJ_GEN.R0C1H07D815

Program detailsProgram details

Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\local\4c4c4544-1426443312-4810-804e-b9c04f375931
Uninstaller: "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\4C4C4544-1426443312-4810-804E-B9C04F375931\Uninstall.exe"
Estimated size: 509.55 KB

Program filesFiles installed by Home-use Search Engine

Program executable:jnsoda65.exe (Malware detected)
Path:C:\users\user\appdata\local\4c4c4544-1426443312-4810-804e-b9c04f375931\jnsoda65.exe
MD5:be572ab7127e10f4492d68580230cc34
Additional files:
  • rnsy2412.exe
  • Uninstall.exe

How do I remove Home-use Search Engine?

You can uninstall Home-use Search Engine 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 Home-use Search Engine, 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 Home-use Search Engine.
  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 10 50%
Win 8.1 50%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 74%
Keep it 26%
 
COUNTRY POPULARITY
100.00%
United States

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 10 100.00%

Distribution by countryGeography

100.00% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 100.00%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

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

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