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Should I remove Music remote Addon?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
82% remove it18% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Bad
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #25,600
United States Rank #15,791
Reach 0.0067%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 18.49 days
545.49 days >
Average installed length: 286.62 days

Music remote Addon

What is Music remote Addon?

Music remote Addon is a web browser extension that will integrate itself into Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer. The extension/toolbar will modify the browser's search and home pages as well as various other features such as 404 erros and DNS redirections, etc as well as may change some browser settings that might cause lessen its security levels. This is a potentially unwanted program and may interfere with the functions of some of the browser's normal features and web search behaviors. In many cases in addition to modify the search provider and default home pages, the toolbar will push additional advertisements to the browser.

Overview

The program adds a toolbar to Microsoft Internet Explorer. The primary executable is named KangoEngine.exe. A majority of users end up uninstalling this less than a week of it being installed. The setup package generally installs about 13 files and is usually about 1.13 MB (1,188,451 bytes).
  • Integrates into the web browser
  • Delivered through a thrid-party offer
  • Injects advertisements unassociated with the underlying web page
  • Hijacks the web browser's home page
  • Hijacks the browser's default search provider
  • The experts agree, you should remove it!
Music remote Addon has been found to be bundled with 3rd party software. If you have not purposefully installed this, you should be safe uninstalling it.

Program detailsProgram details

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\music remote\1.0
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Music Remote\1.0\uninstall.exe"
Estimated size: 1.13 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Music remote Addon

Program executable:KangoEngine.exe
Name:Kango
Kango Engine
Path:C:\Program Files\music remote\1.0\KangoEngine.exe
MD5:fdfc0e08659a5daef98100eecc8ab6c9
Additional files:
  • KangoBHO.dll - Kango (Kango BHO)
  • KangoEngine.exe - Kango Engine
  • background - Copy.js
  • background.js
  • content.js
  • content_active_tab_monitoring.js
  • extension_info.json
  • FF8Installer.exe
  • jquery-1.9.1.min.js
  • main.js
  • musicremote_1.0.exe
  • popup.js
  • Uninstall.exe

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Internet Explorer BHO
  • KangoBHO.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'Music RemoteBHO' with the class of {CA6D5FD2-AD35-44F8-AFEF-B36C908CE901} (Music Remote BHO).
Internet Explorer Toolbar
  • KangoBHO.dll is loaded as Internet Explorer Toolbar with the name 'Music Remote' with the class of {D2C31D2B-35BE-4C2B-ACCB-A78877274E60}.
Internet Explorer Web Browser
  • KangoBHO.dll installs an IE Web Browser in Internet Explorer named 'Music Remote' with a class of {D2C31D2B-35BE-4C2B-ACCB-A78877274E60}.

Program resource utilizationResource utilization averages

KangoEngine.exe
Memory:9.58 MB
21.09 MB average
Total CPU:0.0000626766%
0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:0.00003057%
0.016088% average
User CPU:0.00003211%
0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:1,672,433
8,062,084 average
I/O reads/min:1017 Bytes
435.61 KB average
I/O writes/min:4 Bytes
105.02 KB average

How do I remove Music remote Addon?

You can uninstall Music remote Addon 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 Music remote Addon (remove only), 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 Music remote Addon.
  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.

How do I reset my web browser?

If your web browser homepage and search settings have been modfied by Music remote Addon you can restore them to their previous default settings.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Mozilla Firefox
Google Chrome

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 57%
Win 8.1 1%
 
HOW DOES IT RUN?
Plugs into Internet Explorer
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 82%
Keep it 18%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 58.33%
Windows 10 28.03%
Windows Vista 7.58%
Windows XP 6.06%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 46.97%
Windows 8.1 15.91%
Windows 7 Professional 7.58%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 6.82%
Microsoft Windows XP 6.06%
Windows 8 6.06%

Distribution by countryGeography

83.51% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 83.51%
  Germany 8.25%
  France 3.61%
  Canada 3.09%
  Switzerland 0.52%
  United Kingdom 0.52%
  Iran 0.52%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 41.35%
Dell 25.96%
Acer 14.42%
ASUS 9.62%
Toshiba 3.85%
Lenovo 1.92%
Gateway 1.92%
Alienware 0.96%
Common models
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 3.57%
HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... 2.68%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 2.68%
Dell Dell System Inspir... 1.79%
HP 2000 Notebook PC 1.79%
Dell Inspiron 660s 1.79%

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