Should I remove Living Marine Aquarium Screen Saver?

What percent of users and experts removed it?

65% remove it35% keep it

Overall Sentiment

Bad

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How common is it?

Reach 0.0002%

Versions

Version	Distribution
1.1	33.33%
1.0	66.67%

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Living Marine Aquarium Screen Saver

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What is Living Marine Aquarium Screen Saver?

Living Marine Aquarium Screen Saver uses the InstallX download and install manager to bundle additional adware type offers.

Overview

Living Marine Aquarium Screen Saver is a program developed by Freeze.com. The most used version is 1.0, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. It adds a background controller service that is set to automatically run. Delaying the start of this service is possible through the service manager. A scheduled task is added to Windows Task Scheduler in order to launch the program at various scheduled times (the schedule varies depending on the version). The software is designed to connect to the Internet and adds a Windows Firewall exception in order to do so without being interfered with. The main program executable is UNINSTAL.EXE. A vast majority of those who have this installed end up removing it just after a couple weeks. The software installer includes 9 files and is usually about 5.38 MB (5,639,950 bytes). In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 7 (SP1) as well as Windows XP. While about 88% of users of Living Marine Aquarium Screen Saver come from the United States, it is also popular in Austria.

Possible malware installed by this program
Adds a background Windows Service
Many experts agree, if you don't use it you should remove it!

Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Living Marine Aquarium Screen Saver.

UNINSTAL.EXE (47592d728e8ceeca42c1bf39b29569bf) has been flagged by the following 5 scanners:
Anti-Virus software	Version	Detection
McAfee	5600.7278	Artemis!47592D728E8C
McAfee-GW-Edition	7.7278	Artemis!47592D728E8C
Panda Antivirus	13.12.03.06	Generic Malware
Trend Micro	10.465.03	TROJ_Generic.ADV
TrendMicro-HouseCall	7.2.337	TROJ_Generic.ADV
remove.exe (9b2ebddf8c07be026b4f2da817955616) has been flagged by the following 2 scanners:
Anti-Virus software	Software version	Detection
AhnLab-V3	2011.07.16.00	Win-Adware/Freeze.256
Jiangmin	13.0.900	Backdoor/Wollf.ax

Program details

Displayed publisher: Freeze.com, LLC

URL: www.freeze.com

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\ScreenSaver.com\Living Marine Aquarium

Uninstaller: C:\Program Files1\SCREEN~1.COM\LIVING~1\UNINSTAL.EXE /U C:\Program Files1\SCREEN~1.COM\LIVING~1\INSTALL.LOG

Estimated size: 5.38 MB

Files installed by Living Marine Aquarium Screen Saver

Program executable:	UNINSTAL.EXE (Malware detected)
Path:	C:\Program Files\ScreenSaver.com\living marine aquarium full\UNINSTAL.EXE
MD5:	47592d728e8ceeca42c1bf39b29569bf

Additional files:

SlideShow.exe - FlashSlideShow Application (FlashSlideShow MFC Application)
ASKernel.exe
PTest.exe
(Malware detected) remove.exe
runss.exe
UNINSTAL.EXE
VBuilder.exe
kernel.exe
undata.exe

Behaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task

UNINSTAL.EXE is scheduled as a task with the class '{F71A9918-1861-4EFE-AE94-530BDDE46DD4}' (runs on registration).

Service

UNINSTAL.EXE runs as a service named 'Browser System Enahncer' (671c50b0).

Windows Firewall Allowed Program

UNINSTAL.EXE is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files1\Yahoo!\MESSEN~1\UNWISE.EXE'.

How do I remove Living Marine Aquarium Screen Saver?

You can uninstall Living Marine Aquarium Screen Saver from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.

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.

When you find the program Living Marine Aquarium Screen Saver, 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).

Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Living Marine Aquarium Screen Saver.
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.