Should I remove PremiumSustainer?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
75% remove it25% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Reach 0.0007%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 385.58 days
853.18 days >
Average installed length: 448.28 days
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 2.3.0.1229 |
7.14% |
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Other programs by PremiumSoft
PremiumSustainer
from PremiumSoft
What is PremiumSustainer?
PremiumSustainer is an adware program that is usually bundled by third party installers and download managers. Once installed, this ad-supported web browser extension will run within the context of the user's browser (supports Internet Explorer, Chrome and Firefox) and is primarily designed to inject advertisements in a number of formats within the web pages the user is visiting. Ad insertion takes place in the form of both full banner adverts as well as text-hyperlinks that are injected over existing HTML content. As for the banners, these are either inserted within existing white space in the rendered HTML or by overwriting the pages ads. In either case, these ads are not associated by the underlying website and are simply injected by the adware through an extension, BHO or plugin depending on the browser.
Overview
During setup, the program registers itself to launch on boot through a Windows Schedule Task in order to automatically start-up (this is typically done to avoid any UAC prompts). The primary executable is named PremiumSustainer.exe. A majority of users end up uninstalling this less than a week of it being installed. The setup package is about 760.38 KB (778,634 bytes) when donwloaded.
- Malware detected in the program
- Automatically starts with Windows
- Displays unwanted advertisements
- This program has a poor reputation
- The experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in PremiumSustainer.
| PremiumSustainer.exe (deba33db167548f8bbac30f5d78eb168) has been flagged by the following 43 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
| Lavasoft Ad-Aware |
807 |
Trojan.GenericKD.1867152 |
| Agnitum Outpost |
7.1.1 |
PUA.Downware |
| AhnLab-V3 |
2014.11.19 |
PUP/Win32.Downloader |
| Antiy-AVL |
1.0.0.1 |
Trojan[Downloader]/Win32.Agent |
| AVG |
2015.0.3285 |
Downloader.Generic14 |
| Avira |
7.11.187.66 |
Adware/InstallRex.73153 |
| AVware |
1.5.0.21 |
Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Baidu-International |
4.0.3.141120 |
PUA.Win32.InstallCore.81 |
| Bitdefender |
1.0.20.1620 |
Trojan.GenericKD.1867152 |
| CAT-QuickHeal |
11.14.14.00 |
TrojanDownloader.Agent.r4 |
| Clam AntiVirus |
0.98/21511 |
Win.Trojan.Agent-795744 |
| Comodo Security |
20130 |
UnclassifiedMalware |
| Dr.Web |
9.0.0.0324 |
Adware.Downware.8561 |
| Emsisoft Anti-Malware |
8.14.11.20.02 |
Trojan.GenericKD.1867152 |
| ESET-NOD32 |
8.10747 |
Win32/TrojanDownloader.Agent.ACF |
| Fortinet FortiGate |
11/20/2014 |
W32/Agent.ACF!tr.dldr |
| F-Prot |
v6.4.7.1.166 |
W32/A-a81f4aca |
| F-Secure |
11.2014-20-11_5 |
Trojan.GenericKD.1867152 |
| G Data |
14.11.24 |
Trojan.GenericKD.1867152 |
| IKARUS anti.virus |
t3scan.1.8.3.0 |
Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Agent |
| K7 AntiVirus |
13.185.14057 |
Trojan-Downloader |
| K7GW |
13.185.14064 |
Trojan-Downloader ( 0048c92d1 ) |
| Kaspersky |
14.0.0.2919 |
Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Agent |
| Malwarebytes |
v2014.11.20.02 |
Trojan.Downloader |
| McAfee |
5600.6941 |
RDN/Generic Downloader.x!la |
| McAfee-GW-Edition |
7.6941 |
BehavesLike.Win32.Downloader.bc |
| MicroWorld-eScan |
15.0.0.972 |
Trojan.GenericKD.1867152 |
| NANO AntiVirus |
0.28.6.63474 |
Riskware.Win32.Downware.dfhshr |
| Norman |
10.20141120 |
Troj_Generic.VXEQZ |
| nProtect |
14.11.18.01 |
Trojan-Downloader/W32.Agent.773632.B |
| Qihoo-360 |
1.0.0.1015 |
Trojan.Generic |
| Rising Antivirus |
23.00.65.141118 |
PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.175192FA!391222010 |
| Sophos |
4.98 |
Troj/Agent-AJEL |
| SUPERAntiSpyware |
10227 |
Trojan.Agent/Gen-Graftor |
| Symantec |
11/20/2014 rev. 5 |
SecurityRisk.Downldr |
| Tencent |
1.0.0.1 |
Win32.Trojan-downloader.Agent.Wvuo |
| The Hacker |
6.8.0.5.496 |
Trojan/Downloader.Agent.acf |
| Total Defense |
37.0.11288 |
Win32/Tnega.NEHXPEC |
| Trend Micro |
10.465.20 |
TROJ_SPNR.0BJ314 |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall |
7.2.324 |
TROJ_SPNR.0BJ314 |
| Vba32 AntiVirus |
3.12.26.3 |
TrojanDownloader.Agent |
| ViRobot |
2011.4.7.4223 |
Trojan.Win32.A.Downloader.773632.A |
| Zillya |
2.0.0.1986 |
Downloader.Agent.Win32.223830 |
View all 43 all detections
Program details
Displayed publisher: PremiumSustainer
Installation folder: C:\ProgramData\trusted publisher\premiumsustainer
Uninstaller: "C:\ProgramData\trusted publisher\premiumsustainer\premiumsustainer.exe" /uninstall
Estimated size: 760.38 KB
Files installed by PremiumSustainer
| Program executable: | PremiumSustainer.exe (Malware detected) |
| Path: | C:\ProgramData\trusted publisher\premiumsustainer\PremiumSustainer.exe |
| MD5: | deba33db167548f8bbac30f5d78eb168 |
Behaviors exhibited
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
- PremiumSustainer.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named GS-Booster-S-3168119747.
How do I remove PremiumSustainer?
You can uninstall PremiumSustainer 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 PremiumSustainer, 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 PremiumSustainer.
- 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) 43%
Win 7 7%
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HOW IT STARTS
Scheduled task? Yes
(Runs on Windows boot)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 75%
Keep it 25%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
50.00% |
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| Windows 10 |
42.86% |
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| Windows Vista |
7.14% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
28.57% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
21.43% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
7.14% |
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| Windows 7 Starter |
7.14% |
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| Windows 10 Pro |
7.14% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro |
7.14% |
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Geography
26.32% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
26.32% |
| Portugal |
10.53% |
| Germany |
10.53% |
| Chile |
5.26% |
| Singapore |
5.26% |
| Mexico |
5.26% |
| New Zealand |
5.26% |
| Pakistan |
5.26% |
| Netherlands |
5.26% |
| Croatia |
5.26% |
| Canada |
5.26% |
| Italy |
5.26% |
| United Kingdom |
5.26% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| ASUS |
33.33% |
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| Medion |
16.67% |
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| Lenovo |
16.67% |
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| Sony |
8.33% |
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| Samsung |
8.33% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
8.33% |
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| Acer |
8.33% |
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Common models |
| Sony VPCEB33FG |
8.33% |
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| Samsung 300E4C/300E5C/300... |
8.33% |
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| MEDION MS-7800 |
8.33% |
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| MEDION H77H2-EM |
8.33% |
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| LENOVO Lenovo H330 |
8.33% |
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| LENOVO 20080 |
8.33% |
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