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What percent of users and experts removed it?
77% remove it23% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Bad
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How common is it?
Reach 0.0003%

Versions

VersionDistribution
1.0.0.0 100.00%

Italic Soften

What is Italic Soften?

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 beThis 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.fore 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 bnsr6682.exe. A majority of users end up uninstalling this less than a week of it being installed.
  • Malware detected in the program
  • Automatically starts with Windows
  • Displays unwanted advertisements
  • The experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Italic Soften.
bnsr6682.exe (4c2e4e763e1f16f0e4563b9a64e73edb) has been flagged by the following 9 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareVersionDetection
Lavasoft Ad-Aware 537 Application.Generic.1298862
AVG 2016.0.3015 Generic6
Baidu-International 4.0.3.15816 Adware.Win32.ConvertAd.PR
Bitdefender 1.0.20.1140 Application.Generic.1298862
ESET-NOD32 9.11711 a variant of Win32/Adware.ConvertAd.PR
F-Secure 11.2015-16-08_1 Application.Generic.1298862
G Data 15.8.25 Application.Generic.1298862
MicroWorld-eScan 16.0.0.684 Application.Generic.1298862
Symantec 8/16/2015 rev. 1 WS.Reputation

Program detailsProgram details

Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\local\c9ed1f54-1431942399-58cc-d97f-d4ef9700d4ad
Uninstaller: "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\C9ED1F54-1431942399-58CC-D97F-D4EF9700D4AD\uninstall.exe"

Program filesFiles installed by Italic Soften

Program executable:bnsr6682.exe (Malware detected)
Path:C:\users\user\appdata\local\c9ed1f54-1431942399-58cc-d97f-d4ef9700d4ad\bnsr6682.exe
MD5:4c2e4e763e1f16f0e4563b9a64e73edb
Additional files:
  • Uninstall.exe

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Startup File (All Users Run)
  • bnsr6682.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'WinCheck' which loads as C:\users\user\appdata\Local\C9ED1F54-1431942399-58CC-D97F-D4EF9700D4AD\bnsr6682.exe.

How do I remove Italic Soften?

You can uninstall Italic Soften 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 Italic Soften, 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 Italic Soften.
  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 XP 17%
 
HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 77%
Keep it 23%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 50.00%
Windows 10 33.33%
Windows XP 16.67%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 33.33%
Windows 7 Professional 16.67%
Windows 8.1 16.67%
Microsoft Windows XP 16.67%
Windows 10 Home 16.67%

Distribution by countryGeography

63.64% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 63.64%
  Russia 9.09%
  Indonesia 9.09%
  Saudi Arabia 9.09%
  United Kingdom 9.09%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 60.00%
Toshiba 20.00%
ASUS 20.00%
Common models
TOSHIBA SATELLITE C660 16.67%
HP-Pavilion BQ464AA-ABA s... 16.67%
Hewlett-Packard p6803w 16.67%
Hewlett-Packard p6-2302ea... 16.67%
ECS G31T-M7 16.67%
ASUSTeK K84C 16.67%

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