Should I remove Internet Helper Anti-phishing?

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2.0.1.1	19.13%
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1.3.1.0	54.26%
1.2.0.0	19.51%

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Remove Internet Helper Anti-phishing

This is a Visicom Media toolbar which is an ad-supported (users may see additional banner, search, pop-up, pop-under, interstitial and in-text link advertisements) cross web browser plugin for Internet Explorer (BHO) and Firefox/Chrome (plugin) and distributed through various monitization platforms during installation. The browser extension includes various features that will modify the default or custom settings of the browser including the home page, search settings and in some cases will modify Internet Explorer's load time threshold, place a lock file within firefox to prevent competing software from changing its settings as well as disable the browser's Content Security Policy in order to allow for cross site scripting of the plugin.

The most used version is 1.3.1.0, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. Upon installation and setup, it defines an auto-start registry entry which makes this program run on each Windows boot for all user logins. It adds a background controller service that is set to automatically run. Delaying the start of this service is possible through the service manager. The main program executable is internetHelper_antiphishing.exe. The software installer includes 6 files and is usually about 1.11 MB (1,167,336 bytes).

Installation folder: C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Internet Helper Anti-phishing

Uninstaller: C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Internet Helper Anti-phishing\uninstall.exe

Estimated size: 1.11 MB

• internetHelper_antiphishing.exe connects to 173.45.161.117 (port 80).
• internetHelper_antiphishing.exe connects to 173.45.161.117 (port 80).

internetHelper_antiphishing.exe
Memory:	7.89 MB	21.09 MB average
Total CPU:	0.0068557548%	0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:	0.00382744%	0.016088% average
User CPU:	0.00302832%	0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:	966,538	8,062,084 average
Switches/sec:	2	70 average
I/O reads/min:	122.72 KB	435.61 KB average
I/O writes/min:	1.1 KB	105.02 KB average

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 Internet Helper Anti-phishing, 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 Internet Helper Anti-phishing.
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) 54% Win 8.1 0%

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

USER ACTIONS Uninstall it 57% Keep it 43%

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

United Kingdom	59.61%
United States	32.43%
Germany	4.79%
Canada	0.74%
France	0.40%
Belgium	0.34%
Iran	0.34%
Brazil	0.13%
Greece	0.13%
Italy	0.13%
MA	0.07%
CY	0.07%
South Africa	0.07%
Thailand	0.07%

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

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