Should I remove PennyBee?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
86% remove it14% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Reach 0.0013%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 11.73 days
346.01 days >
Average installed length: 181.80 days
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PennyBee
from Jambo Digital Ltd
What is PennyBee?
PennyBee (Deelply) is an advertising supported (adware) extension that runs in the context of the user's web browser as well as a process in the background. This adware program is typically bundled by a third-party download manager which bundles potentially unwanted software offers in order to monetize installs. Once running, the software is designed to deliver advertisements to the browser in a number of common formats such as banner, text hyper-links, inline text ads and/or transitional. These ads are not affiliated with nor endorsed by the underlying website on which they appear. Many banners are either injected in the header or footer of the web page or simply replace any legitimate ads the web site already has. Many of the advertisements are considered malvertising since they promote products that could cause harm to the user's PC. A typical promotion is for additional software downloads (including adware and bundlers) as well as price comparison and search ads. In some cases, ad placements may contain links to further information about the ad (by clicking the "Ads by PennyBee ".)
Overview
It adds registry entry for the current user which will allow the program to automatically start each time it is rebooted. 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 primary executable is named pennybee.exe. A majority of users end up uninstalling this less than a week of it being installed. The setup package generally installs about 3 files and is usually about 856.61 KB (877,169 bytes).
- Malware detected in the program
- Automatically starts with Windows
- Typically distributed through a pay-per-install bundle
- Displays unwanted advertisements
- The experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in PennyBee.
pennybee.exe (f1ad159a33ca806a16aaf846bb60ce71) has been flagged by the following 24 scanners: |
Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
Lavasoft Ad-Aware |
912 |
Adware.Generic.960026 |
Agnitum Outpost |
7.1.1 |
PUA.Toolbar.Montiera |
Avira AntiVir |
7.11.164.232 |
APPL/Montiera.K.8 |
Antiy-AVL |
1.0.0.1 |
Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric |
AVware |
1.5.0.16 |
Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
Baidu-International |
4.0.3.1486 |
Adware.Win32.Montiera.BK |
Bitdefender |
1.0.20.1090 |
Adware.Generic.960026 |
Comodo Security |
19046 |
UnclassifiedMalware |
Emsisoft Anti-Malware |
8.14.08.06.09 |
Adware.Generic.960026 |
ESET-NOD32 |
8.10189 |
a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Montiera.K |
Fortinet FortiGate |
8/6/2014 |
Riskware/Toolbar_Montiera |
F-Secure |
11.2014-06-08_4 |
Adware.Generic.960026 |
G Data |
14.8.24 |
Adware.Generic.960026 |
Malwarebytes |
v2014.08.06.09 |
PUP.Optional.PayByAds.A |
McAfee |
5600.7046 |
RDN/Generic.dx!ddp |
McAfee-GW-Edition |
7.7046 |
RDN/Generic.dx!ddp |
MicroWorld-eScan |
15.0.0.654 |
Adware.Generic.960026 |
Panda Antivirus |
14.08.06.09 |
Trj/CI.A |
Rising Antivirus |
23.00.65.14804 |
PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.1707BF3C!386383676 |
Sophos |
4.98 |
Generic PUA GL |
Symantec |
8/6/2014 rev. 4 |
Adware.BL |
Trend Micro |
10.465.06 |
ADW_MONTRA |
TrendMicro-HouseCall |
7.2.218 |
ADW_MONTRA |
VIPRE Antivirus |
31820 |
Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
View all 24 all detections
PennyBee has been found to be bundled with 3rd party software. If you have not purposefully installed this, you should be safe uninstalling it.
Program details
Displayed publisher: playnowradio
URL: www.pennybee.com
Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\local\pennybee\pennybee\1.3.8.3
Uninstaller: "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\PennyBee\pennybee\1.3.8.3\pennybee.exe" /uninstl
Estimated size: 856.61 KB
Files installed by PennyBee
Program executable: | pennybee.exe (Malware detected) |
Path: | C:\users\user\appdata\local\pennybee\pennybee\1.3.8.3\pennybee.exe |
MD5: | f1ad159a33ca806a16aaf846bb60ce71 |
Additional files:
Behaviors exhibited
Scheduled Task
- pennybee.exe is scheduled as a task named 'PennyBee' (Next runs on 07/07/2014 at 17:38).
Startup File (User Run)
- pennybee.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'PennyBee' and executes as C:\users\user\appdata\Local\PennyBee\pennybee\1.3.9.0\pennybee.exe.
How do I remove PennyBee?
You can uninstall PennyBee 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 PennyBee, 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 PennyBee.
- 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) 64%
Win XP 4%
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WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 86%
Keep it 14%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 |
76.00% |
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Windows 10 |
16.00% |
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Windows Vista |
4.00% |
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Windows XP |
4.00% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
Windows 7 Home Premium |
32.00% |
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Windows 7 Ultimate |
28.00% |
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Windows 7 Professional |
16.00% |
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Windows 8 |
4.00% |
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Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
4.00% |
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Windows 8.1 |
4.00% |
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Geography
24.14% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
United States |
24.14% |
Brazil |
20.69% |
Philippines |
10.34% |
India |
6.90% |
Germany |
6.90% |
United Kingdom |
6.90% |
Vietnam |
3.45% |
UA |
3.45% |
France |
3.45% |
Russia |
3.45% |
Mexico |
3.45% |
Spain |
3.45% |
Canada |
3.45% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard |
26.09% |
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Acer |
17.39% |
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GIGABYTE |
13.04% |
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ASUS |
13.04% |
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Dell |
8.70% |
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Sony |
4.35% |
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Samsung |
4.35% |
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Lenovo |
4.35% |
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Gateway |
4.35% |
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American Megatrends |
4.35% |
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Common models |
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
8.70% |
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Sony SVE1512E1EB |
4.35% |
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Sony SVD1122C5E |
4.35% |
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Samsung RV413/RV513 |
4.35% |
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Samsung 300E4A/300E5A/300... |
4.35% |
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MSI MS-7721 |
4.35% |
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