Should I remove Pointer Microphone?

What percent of users and experts removed it?

76% remove it24% keep it

Overall Sentiment

Bad

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How common is it?

Reach <0.001%

Versions

Version	Distribution
1.0.0.0	100.00%

Pointer Microphone

Remove Pointer Microphone

What is Pointer Microphone?

This is an ad Injector type of malware that is typically bundled with unwanted software offers for legitimate software and once installed is deceptive, difficult to remove as well as impacts the security of the user's computer by displaying intrusive advertisements in the web browser which promote and trick users into installing other unwanted adware or malware. Once installed, it 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. (This is a variant of the CMI/WinCheck family of adware.)

Overview

The main program executable is ansf3998.exe. Typically most users end up uninstalling this just after a few days. The software installer includes 3 files and is usually about 1.95 MB (2,041,202 bytes).

Possible malware installed by this program
Displays unwanted advertisements
The experts agree, you should remove it!

Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Pointer Microphone.

ansf3998.exe (02dff32f68c5afa44a0db8b1b887430f) has been flagged by the following 19 scanners:
Anti-Virus software	Version	Detection
Lavasoft Ad-Aware	537	Application.Generic.1264452
Agnitum Outpost	7.1.1	PUA.ConvertAd
AhnLab-V3	2015.08.09	PUP/Win32.ConvertAd
Arcabit	1.0.0.425	Application.Generic.D134B44
avast!	2014.9-150816	Win32:Dropper-gen [Drp]
AVG	2016.0.3015	Generic6
Baidu-International	4.0.3.15816	Adware.Win32.ConvertAd.JV
Bitdefender	1.0.20.1140	Application.Generic.1264452
Comodo Security	22965	ApplicUnwnt
ESET-NOD32	9.12065	Win32/Adware.ConvertAd.JV
Fortinet FortiGate	8/16/2015	Riskware/ConvertAd
F-Secure	11.2015-16-08_1	Application.Generic.1264452
G Data	15.8.25	Application.Generic.1264452
McAfee-GW-Edition	7.6671	BehavesLike.Win32.CryptDoma.th
MicroWorld-eScan	16.0.0.684	Application.Generic.1264452
Rising Antivirus	23.00.65.15814	PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.18E2AA41!417507905
Sophos	4.98	Generic PUA OH (PUA)
Symantec	8/16/2015 rev. 1	WS.Reputation
Tencent	1.0.0.1	Win32.Trojan.Generic.Fsh

View all 19 all detections

Program details

Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\local\4c4c4544-1429222743-5a10-804d-b2c04f444331

Uninstaller: "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\4C4C4544-1429222743-5A10-804D-B2C04F444331\uninstall.exe"

Estimated size: 1.95 MB

Files installed by Pointer Microphone

Program executable:	ansf3998.exe (Malware detected)
Path:	C:\users\user\appdata\local\4c4c4544-1429222743-5a10-804d-b2c04f444331\ansf3998.exe
MD5:	02dff32f68c5afa44a0db8b1b887430f

Additional files:

rnsf3D90.exe
Uninstall.exe

How do I remove Pointer Microphone?

You can uninstall Pointer Microphone 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 Pointer Microphone, 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 Pointer Microphone.
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.