Should I remove Price Metér?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
88% remove it12% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #9,557
United States Rank #18,980
Reach 0.0388%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 10.52 days
310.30 days >
Average installed length: 163.04 days
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 1.1.4.6 |
5.37% |
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| 1.1.4.5 |
1.44% |
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| 1.1.4.2 |
0.13% |
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| 1.1.3.7 |
4.97% |
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| 1.1.3.4 |
0.79% |
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| 1.1.3.2 |
0.26% |
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| 1.1.2.7 |
70.94% |
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| 1.1.2.3 |
12.70% |
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| 1.1.1.1 |
3.40% |
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Price Metér
from DealPly Technologies Ltd.
What is Price Metér?
Price Meter injects advertising (coupons, discounts, comparative prices, etc.) in the user's Internet browser by running as an extension and/or add-on. Ads are delivered in the form of search-related ads, banner and video ads, and text-links and some popup/popunder ads. These ads are typically injected in the header of footer are of the web page. It will also convert words on pages you view into hyperlinks that are linked to advertisements. This application is classified as adware and/or a PUP based on its behavior. The software is distributed through third party installers that may include it as an additional or sponsored offer.
About (from DealPly Technologies)
PriceMeter helps you save money (and time!) by bringing the lowest prices and the best deals directly to you while you're browsing and shopping online! The PriceMeter Tool will offer you the best deal for the product or service you are looking for (and even discount coupons!) It's so easy to use, you won't have to visi... Read more
Overview
- Possible malware installed by this program
- Automatically starts with Windows
- Known to include offers within the setup
- Displays unwanted advertisements
- The experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Price Metér.
| pricemeter.exe (970b2d67c712adeb3d1605f25d503e47) has been flagged by the following 25 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
| Agnitum Outpost |
7.1.1 |
Riskware.Agent |
| avast! |
2014.9-141121 |
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw] |
| AVG |
2015.0.3283 |
Generic5 |
| Avira |
7.11.183.220 |
APPL/DealPly.Q.1 |
| AVware |
1.5.0.21 |
Adware.DealPly |
| Baidu-International |
4.0.3.141121 |
Adware.Win32.DealPly.81 |
| Bkav FE |
1.3.0.4959 |
W32.LavoxteLTJ.Trojan |
| Comodo Security |
20035 |
ApplicUnwnt |
| Dr.Web |
9.0.0.0325 |
Adware.Downware.6629 |
| ESET-NOD32 |
8.10696 |
a variant of Win32/DealPly.Q |
| Fortinet FortiGate |
11/21/2014 |
Riskware/DealPly |
| F-Prot |
v6.4.7.1.166 |
W32/A-b4cd7179 |
| G Data |
14.11.24 |
Win32.Application.Dealply |
| K7 AntiVirus |
13.185.13943 |
Trojan |
| K7GW |
13.185.13943 |
Trojan ( 0049a7a81 ) |
| Kaspersky |
14.0.0.2911 |
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.DealPly |
| Malwarebytes |
v2014.11.21.07 |
PUP.Optional.PriceMeter.A |
| McAfee |
5600.6939 |
Adware-Dealply |
| McAfee-GW-Edition |
7.6939 |
Adware-Dealply |
| Sophos |
4.98 |
DealPly Updater |
| Symantec |
11/21/2014 rev. 6 |
Adware.DealPly |
| Trend Micro |
10.465.21 |
ADW_PRICEMET |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall |
7.2.325 |
ADW_PRICEMET |
| VIPRE Antivirus |
34640 |
Adware.DealPly |
| Zillya |
2.0.0.1977 |
Adware.DealPly.Win32.54 |
| pricemeterd.exe (140a108c8b9748b81b0f7a96454104cc) has been flagged by the following 16 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Software version | Detection |
| AhnLab-V3 |
2015.01.26.00 |
PUP/Win32.PriceMeter |
| AVware |
1.5.0.21 |
Adware.DealPly |
| Baidu-International |
3.5.1.41473 |
Adware.Win32.DealPly.BQ |
| ESET-NOD32 |
11070 |
a variant of Win32/DealPly.Q |
| F-Prot |
4.7.1.166 |
W32/A-b4cd7179!Eldorado |
| G Data |
24 |
Win32.Application.Dealply.D |
| Jiangmin |
16.0.100 |
AdWare/DealPly.oe |
| Kaspersky |
15.0.1.10 |
not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.DealPly.heur |
| Malwarebytes |
1.75.0.1 |
PUP.Optional.PriceMeter.A |
| McAfee |
6.0.5.614 |
Artemis!140A108C8B97 |
| McAfee-GW-Edition |
v2014.2 |
BehavesLike.Win32.BadFile.fh |
| Qihoo-360 |
1.0.0.1015 |
Win32/Virus.Adware.520 |
| Sophos |
4.98.0 |
Generic PUA IC |
| Symantec |
20141.2.0.56 |
Adware.DealPly |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall |
9.700.0.1001 |
TROJ_GEN.R0C1H05KB14 |
| VIPRE Antivirus |
36966 |
Adware.DealPly |
| pricemeterw.exe (aa037438f4234c217ba0e683ca539522) has been flagged by the following 11 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Software version | Detection |
| Antiy-AVL |
1.0.0.1 |
Trojan/Win32.TGeneric |
| AVG |
14.0.0.3972 |
Generic_r.NL |
| Baidu-International |
3.5.1.41473 |
Adware.Win32.DealPly.bQ |
| ESET-NOD32 |
9977 |
a variant of Win32/DealPly.Q |
| Malwarebytes |
1.75.0.1 |
PUP.Optional.PriceMeter.A |
| McAfee |
6.0.4.564 |
Artemis!AA037438F423 |
| McAfee-GW-Edition |
2013 |
Artemis!AA037438F423 |
| Sophos |
4.98.0 |
Generic PUA OM |
| Symantec |
20131.1.5.61 |
Adware.DealPly |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall |
9.700.0.1001 |
TROJ_GEN.R047H05FF14 |
| VIPRE Antivirus |
30504 |
Adware.DealPly |
View all 52 all detections
Price Metér has been seen bundling various 3rd party software during the installation process. Make sure to check for and remove unused programs.
Program details
Displayed publisher: Price Meter
URL: support.pricemeter.net
Help link: www.pricemeter.net
Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\local\pricemeter
Uninstaller: "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\PriceMeter\uninst.exe" /uninstall
Estimated size: 54.23 MB
Files installed by Price Metér
| Program executable: | pricemeter.exe (Malware detected) |
| Name: | PriceMeter |
| Path: | C:\users\user\appdata\local\pricemeter\pricemeter.exe |
| MD5: | 970b2d67c712adeb3d1605f25d503e47 |
Additional files:
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libcef.dll - Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF) Dynamic Link Library
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icudt.dll (by The ICU Project) - International Components for Unicode (ICU Data DLL)
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(Malware detected) pricemeterd.exe (by PriceMeter)
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(Malware detected) pricemeterw.exe (by PriceMeter) - PriceMeterW
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pme.exe - PriceMeter Express
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uninst.exe - Price Metér
Behaviors exhibited
3 Scheduled Tasks
- pricemeterw.exe is scheduled as a task named 'pricemeterwatcher' (runs daily at 11:42 PM).
- pricemeterd.exe is scheduled as a task named 'pricemeterdownloader' (runs on registration).
- pricemeter.exe is scheduled as a task named 'pricemetertask' (runs daily at 23:42).
Startup File (User Run)
- pricemeterw.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'PriceMeterW' and executes as "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\PriceMeter\pricemeterw.exe".
How do I remove Price Metér?
You can uninstall Price Metér 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 Price Metér (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).
- Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Price Metér.
- 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) 47%
Win 7 0%
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WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
 |
Uninstall it 88%
Keep it 12%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
57.31% |
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| Windows 10 |
35.64% |
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| Windows XP |
3.79% |
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| Windows Vista |
3.26% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
20.26% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
20.00% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
12.11% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
9.61% |
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| Windows 8 |
7.24% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro |
4.61% |
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Geography
14.78% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
14.78% |
| India |
14.40% |
| Brazil |
14.01% |
| Italy |
9.00% |
| France |
5.14% |
| Germany |
3.60% |
| Australia |
2.70% |
| Philippines |
2.57% |
| United Kingdom |
2.44% |
| Thailand |
2.31% |
| Vietnam |
2.19% |
| Belgium |
2.06% |
| Netherlands |
2.06% |
| Argentina |
1.80% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
25.75% |
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| Acer |
23.74% |
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| Dell |
14.08% |
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| ASUS |
12.68% |
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| Toshiba |
6.44% |
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| Samsung |
5.03% |
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| Lenovo |
4.63% |
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| GIGABYTE |
3.42% |
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| Sahara |
1.41% |
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| Intel |
1.41% |
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| Medion |
0.80% |
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| Sony |
0.60% |
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Common models |
| Positivo Positivo M... |
3.92% |
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| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
3.92% |
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| HP Pavilion g4 Notebook P... |
2.75% |
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| ASUS All Series |
2.35% |
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| Dell Inspiron 3521 |
2.35% |
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| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
2.35% |
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