Should I remove PlayVolcano?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
53% remove it47% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Reach 0.0007%
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 1.0.10.0 |
100.00% |
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PlayVolcano
What is PlayVolcano?
PlayVolcano is an ad-supported (users may see additional banner and in-text link advertisements) web browser plugin distributed through various monetization platforms during installation. The browser extension includes various features that will modify the default or custom settings of the browser including the home page and search settings.
About (from Pinball)
The Software will display to you targeted Web sites and/or advertisements that are hosted by third parties ("Third Party Hosted Advertisements"). These Third Party Hosted Advertisements may place cookies on your hard drive and use the cookies to tailor delivery of content to you by profiling your use of a site or adver... Read more
Overview
Upon installation, it defines an auto-start registry entry which allows the program run on each boot for the user which installed it. 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 main program executable is PlayVolcanoSA.exe. The software installer includes 4 files and is usually about 1.26 MB (1,321,258 bytes).
- Possible malware installed by this program
- Automatically starts with Windows
- Connects to a server over the Internet
- Displays unwanted advertisements
- May modify the web browser's home page
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in PlayVolcano.
| PlayVolcanoSA.exe (f298443fe6f779692caefa4c3d2640cc) has been flagged by the following 23 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
| Avira AntiVir |
7.11.44.202 |
TR/HotBarBZ.A.3 |
| Antiy-AVL |
2.0.3.7 |
AdWare/Win32.HotBar |
| avast! |
2014.9-130701 |
Win32:HotBar-BZ [Adw] |
| AVG |
2014.0.3484 |
Skodna.Generic_r.L |
| Bitdefender |
1.0.20.910 |
Application.Generic.408814 |
| Comodo Security |
13717 |
UnclassifiedMalware |
| Dr.Web |
9.0.0.0182 |
Adware.Zango.15 |
| Emsisoft Anti-Malware |
8.13.07.01.07 |
Riskware.AdWare.Win32.Shopper!IK |
| eSafe |
7.0.17.0 |
Win32.Trojan |
| ESET-NOD32 |
7.7536 |
probably a variant of Win32/Adware.180Solutions |
| F-Prot |
v6.4.6.5.141 |
W32/180Solutions.D.gen |
| F-Secure |
11.2013-01-07_2 |
Application.Generic.408814 |
| G Data |
13.7.22 |
Application.Generic.408814 |
| IKARUS anti.virus |
t3scan.1.1.122.0 |
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Shopper |
| Jiangmin |
KV130701 |
Adware/HotBar.kb |
| K7 AntiVirus |
13.153.7676 |
Adware |
| Kaspersky |
14.0.0.3339 |
not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.HotBar |
| Kingsoft AntiVirus |
331020.94139 |
Win32.Malware.Generic.a.(kcloud) |
| McAfee |
5600.7122 |
Artemis!F298443FE6F7 |
| McAfee-GW-Edition |
7.7122 |
Artemis!F298443FE6F7 |
| Sophos |
4.81 |
Hotbar |
| Symantec |
7/1/2013 rev. 2 |
WS.Reputation |
| VIPRE Antivirus |
13322 |
Pinball Corporation |
View all 23 all detections
Program details
Displayed publisher: Pinball Corporation.
URL: www.playvolcano.com
Help link: www.playvolcano.com/support.html
Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\local\playvolcanosa\bin\1.0.10.0
Uninstaller: "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\PlayVolcanoSA\bin\1.0.10.0\PlayVolcanoUninstaller.exe" Web
Estimated size: 1.26 MB
Files installed by PlayVolcano
| Program executable: | PlayVolcanoSA.exe (Malware detected) |
| Path: | C:\users\user\appdata\local\playvolcanosa\bin\1.0.10.0\PlayVolcanoSA.exe |
| MD5: | f298443fe6f779692caefa4c3d2640cc |
Additional files:
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PlayVolcanoSACB.exe
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(Malware detected) PlayVolcanoSA.exe
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PlayVolcanoSAHook.dll
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PlayVolcanoUninstaller.exe
Behaviors exhibited
Scheduled Task
- PlayVolcanoSA.exe is scheduled as a task named 'RunAsStdUser Task' (runs on registration).
Startup File (User Run)
- PlayVolcanoSA.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'PlayVolcanoSA' and executes as "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\PlayVolcanoSA\bin\1.0.10.0\PlayVolcanoSA.exe".
Network connections
- PlayVolcanoSA.exe connects to 204.141.87.83 (port 80).
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
| PlayVolcanoSA.exe |
| Memory: | 8.1 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.1505500803% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.12724987% | |
| User CPU: | 0.02330021% | |
| PlayVolcanoSACB.exe |
| Memory: | 19.09 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0883793500% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.05774897% | |
| User CPU: | 0.03063038% | |
| Switches/sec: | 2 | |
How do I remove PlayVolcano?
You can uninstall PlayVolcano 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 PlayVolcano, 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 PlayVolcano.
- 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 7 15%
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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 53%
Keep it 47%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
69.23% |
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| Windows XP |
15.38% |
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| Windows Vista |
15.38% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
30.77% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
30.77% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
15.38% |
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| Windows Vista Business |
15.38% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
7.69% |
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Geography
47.37% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
47.37% |
| Iran |
15.79% |
| Italy |
10.53% |
| Australia |
5.26% |
| Germany |
5.26% |
| France |
5.26% |
| India |
5.26% |
| Portugal |
5.26% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
30.77% |
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| ASUS |
30.77% |
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| Toshiba |
7.69% |
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| Samsung |
7.69% |
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| Dell |
7.69% |
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| Acer |
7.69% |
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| American Megatrends |
7.69% |
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Common models |
| TOSHIBA Satellite Pro C66... |
9.09% |
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| Samsung R520/R522/R620 ... |
9.09% |
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| HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... |
9.09% |
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| HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
9.09% |
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| HP Compaq 6720s |
9.09% |
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| HP 520 Notebook PC |
9.09% |
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About (from Pinball Corporation)
Pinball Corporation delivers online content and monetization solutions for small to mid-sized web publishers, and keyword-based online advertising solutions for direct-response and ecommerce marketers.
Publisher URL: www.pinballcorp.com