Should I remove RocketTab:?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
87% remove it13% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #20,980
United States Rank #16,618
Reach 0.0099%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
Average installed length: 41.52 days
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 1.0 |
0.51% |
|
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RocketTab:
from Adknowledge, Inc.
What is RocketTab:?
RocketTab is an advertising supported browser extension also known as adware and is designed to deliver ads to the user's Internet browser as banners, context text-links and transitionals ads. The injected ads are not affiliated with the underlying website on which they appear. This program displays content by inserting into the web pages or displaying over parts of such web page advertisements, banner or coupons that would not otherwise appear. Injected ad placements may contain links to further information about the ad ("About this Ad"). This adware component will also report the browsing habits of the user as well as URLs and domain names the user visits so that it can update check for new offers and the placement of offers. It will also monitor and record the advertisements that appear on web pages as well as the ads the user clicks on.
Overview
Upon installation and setup, it defines an auto-start registry entry which makes this program run on each Windows boot for all user logins. 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 BrowserSafeguard.exe. Typically most users end up uninstalling this just after a few days. The software installer includes 6 files and is usually about 6.93 MB (7,265,760 bytes).
- Possible malware installed by this program
- Starts automatically
- Installed as part of a co-bundle
- Displays unwanted advertisements
- The experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in RocketTab:.
| BrowserSafeguard.exe (c9b4e288d6e7af76ef2f5d8c99047660) has been flagged by the following 4 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
| Baidu-International |
4.0.3.14825 |
Trojan.MSIL.iBryte.BF |
| Comodo Security |
19302 |
ApplicUnwnt |
| ESET-NOD32 |
8.10307 |
a variant of MSIL/Adware.iBryte.F |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall |
7.2.237 |
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0809 |
| uninstall.exe (119af71d24567f52192b5e16c7a9ee1e) has been flagged by the following 40 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Software version | Detection |
| Lavasoft Ad-Aware |
12.0.163.0 |
Gen:Variant.Adware.iBryte.10 |
| Agnitum Outpost |
5.5.1.3 |
PUA.iBryte! |
| AhnLab-V3 |
2015.08.08.00 |
PUP/Win32.IBryte |
| ALYac |
1.0.1.4 |
Gen:Variant.Adware.iBryte.10 |
| Antiy-AVL |
1.0.0.1 |
GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.iBryte |
| Arcabit |
1.0.0.425 |
Trojan.Adware.iBryte.10 |
| avast! |
8.0.1489.320 |
Win32:PUP-gen [PUP] |
| AVG |
15.0.0.4392 |
Downloader.DCB |
| Avira |
8.3.1.6 |
ADWARE/iBryte.Gen |
| AVware |
1.5.0.21 |
Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Baidu-International |
3.5.1.41473 |
Adware.MSIL.iBryte.N |
| Bitdefender |
7.2 |
Gen:Variant.Adware.iBryte.10 |
| Bkav FE |
1.3.0.7062 |
HW32.Packed.6237 |
| CAT-QuickHeal |
14.00 |
AdWare.iBryte.g5 (Not a Virus) |
| Comodo Security |
22956 |
UnclassifiedMalware |
| Emsisoft Anti-Malware |
3.5.0.642 |
Gen:Variant.Adware.iBryte.10 (B) |
| ESET-NOD32 |
12063 |
a variant of MSIL/Adware.iBryte.N |
| Fortinet FortiGate |
5.1.220.0 |
Adware/IBryte |
| F-Secure |
11.0.19100.45 |
Gen:Variant.Adware.iBryte |
| G Data |
25 |
Gen:Variant.Adware.iBryte.10 |
| IKARUS anti.virus |
T3.1.9.5.0 |
PUA.Downloader |
| Jiangmin |
16.0.100 |
Adware/iBryte.hjtv |
| K7 AntiVirus |
9.207.16827 |
Adware ( 004b20c21 ) |
| K7GW |
9.207.16827 |
Adware ( 004b20c21 ) |
| Kaspersky |
15.0.1.10 |
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte.jjw |
| Malwarebytes |
2.1.1.1115 |
PUP.Optional.RocketTab.PrxySvrRST |
| McAfee |
6.0.5.614 |
PUP-FST |
| McAfee-GW-Edition |
v2015 |
BehavesLike.Win32.Almanahe.vc |
| MicroWorld-eScan |
12.0.250.0 |
Gen:Variant.Adware.iBryte.10 |
| NANO AntiVirus |
0.30.24.3079 |
Riskware.Win32.IBryte.dltiln |
| Panda Antivirus |
4.6.4.2 |
Trj/Genetic.gen |
| Qihoo-360 |
1.0.0.1015 |
HEUR/QVM10.1.Malware.Gen |
| Rising Antivirus |
25.0.0.17 |
PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.17EBA268!401318504 |
| Sophos |
4.98.0 |
Generic PUA OC (PUA) |
| Symantec |
20141.2.0.56 |
Trojan.Gen.2 |
| Trend Micro |
9.740.0.1012 |
TROJ_SPNR.0BAM15 |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall |
9.700.0.1001 |
TROJ_SPNR.0BAM15 |
| Vba32 AntiVirus |
3.12.26.4 |
AdWare.iBryte |
| VIPRE Antivirus |
42714 |
Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Zillya |
2.0.0.2341 |
Adware.iBryte.Win32.6199 |
| Client.exe (7cee867f453c566c7ba04652ebdeb616) has been flagged by the following 39 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Software version | Detection |
| Lavasoft Ad-Aware |
12.0.163.0 |
Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.1422 |
| Agnitum Outpost |
5.5.1.3 |
PUA.Agent! |
| AhnLab-V3 |
2015.08.08.00 |
Adware/Win32.Mikey |
| ALYac |
1.0.1.4 |
Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.1422 |
| Arcabit |
1.0.0.425 |
Trojan.Adware.Mikey.D58E |
| avast! |
8.0.1489.320 |
Win32:IBryte-JP [PUP] |
| AVG |
15.0.0.4392 |
Downloader.DCE |
| Avira |
8.3.1.6 |
ADWARE/iBryte.Gen4 |
| AVware |
1.5.0.21 |
Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Baidu-International |
3.5.1.41473 |
Adware.Win32.Agent.Elnx |
| Bitdefender |
7.2 |
Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.1422 |
| CAT-QuickHeal |
14.00 |
AdWare.iBryte.g5 (Not a Virus) |
| Comodo Security |
22956 |
ApplicUnwnt |
| Cyren |
5.4.16.7 |
W32/Adware.VIAQ-6751 |
| Dr.Web |
7.0.13.5270 |
Adware.iBryte.576 |
| Emsisoft Anti-Malware |
3.5.0.642 |
Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.1422 (B) |
| ESET-NOD32 |
12063 |
a variant of Win32/Adware.iBryte.CD |
| Fortinet FortiGate |
5.1.220.0 |
MSIL/IBryte.A |
| F-Secure |
11.0.19100.45 |
Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey |
| G Data |
25 |
Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.1422 |
| Jiangmin |
16.0.100 |
Adware/iBryte.hnnn |
| K7 AntiVirus |
9.207.16827 |
Adware ( 004b32eb1 ) |
| K7GW |
9.207.16827 |
Adware ( 004b32eb1 ) |
| Kaspersky |
15.0.1.10 |
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte.jlr |
| Malwarebytes |
2.1.1.1115 |
PUP.Optional.RocketTab.PrxySvrRST |
| McAfee |
6.0.5.614 |
Artemis!7CEE867F453C |
| McAfee-GW-Edition |
v2015 |
BehavesLike.Win32.CryptDoma.vh |
| MicroWorld-eScan |
12.0.250.0 |
Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.1422 |
| NANO AntiVirus |
0.30.24.3079 |
Riskware.Win32.IBryte.dlufjx |
| Panda Antivirus |
4.6.4.2 |
Generic Suspicious |
| Qihoo-360 |
1.0.0.1015 |
HEUR/QVM10.1.Malware.Gen |
| Rising Antivirus |
25.0.0.17 |
PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.17EC9DCE!401382862 |
| Sophos |
4.98.0 |
Mal/Wintrim-A |
| SUPERAntiSpyware |
5.6.0.1032 |
Adware.iBryte/Variant |
| Symantec |
20141.2.0.56 |
Trojan.Gen.2 |
| Trend Micro |
9.740.0.1012 |
TROJ_GEN.R000C0EAM15 |
| VIPRE Antivirus |
42714 |
Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| ViRobot |
2014.3.20.0 |
Adware.Agent.2647552[h] |
| Zillya |
2.0.0.2341 |
Adware.iBryte.Win32.6303 |
View all 83 all detections
RocketTab: 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: RocketTab:
URL: www.adknowledge.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\BrowserSafeguard
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\BrowserSafeguard\uninstall.BrowserSafeguard.exe" /u=true /UserID=a620ba07-ea36-4819-be8b-dd4f4cdde90c /SourceID=browsersafeguard-roc
Estimated size: 6.93 MB
Files installed by RocketTab:
| Program executable: | BrowserSafeguard.exe (Malware detected) |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\BrowserSafeguard\BrowserSafeguard.exe |
| MD5: | c9b4e288d6e7af76ef2f5d8c99047660 |
Additional files:
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(Malware detected) uninstall.exe
-
Client.exe
Behaviors exhibited
Scheduled Task
- uninstall.exe is scheduled as a task named 'RocketTab Update Task' (Next runs on 4/6/2015 at 9:25 PM).
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
- uninstall.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named RocketTab Update Task.
3 Startup Files (User Run)
- uninstall.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'RocketTab Update Task' and executes as "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Search Extensions\uninstall.exe" /CheckUpdate=true.
- Client.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'RocketTab' and executes as "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Search Extensions\Client.exe".
- BrowserSafeguard.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'BrowserSafeguard' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Browsersafeguard\BrowserSafeguard.exe".
3 Startup Files (All Users Run)
- uninstall.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'RocketTab Update Task' which loads as "C:\Program Files\Search Extensions\uninstall.exe" /CheckUpdate=true.
- Client.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'RocketTab' which loads as "C:\Program Files\Search Extensions\Client.exe".
- BrowserSafeguard.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'BrowserSafeguard' which loads as "C:\Program Files\BrowserSafeguard\BrowserSafeguard.exe".
How do I remove RocketTab:?
You can uninstall RocketTab: 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 RocketTab:, 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 RocketTab:.
- 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 XP 3%
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HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
 |
Uninstall it 87%
Keep it 13%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
60.71% |
|
| Windows 10 |
32.65% |
|
| Windows Vista |
3.57% |
|
| Windows XP |
3.06% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
36.79% |
|
| Windows 8.1 |
20.21% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
10.88% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
10.36% |
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| Windows 8 |
4.66% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
3.11% |
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Geography
58.04% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
58.04% |
| United Kingdom |
10.98% |
| France |
7.06% |
| Canada |
6.27% |
| Germany |
5.10% |
| India |
3.92% |
| Norway |
2.75% |
| Italy |
2.75% |
| Brazil |
1.57% |
| NG |
0.39% |
| Sweden |
0.39% |
| Netherlands |
0.39% |
| DK |
0.39% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
29.41% |
|
| Dell |
22.79% |
|
| Acer |
22.06% |
|
| ASUS |
8.82% |
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| Toshiba |
5.88% |
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| Samsung |
5.88% |
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| Lenovo |
3.68% |
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| Gateway |
0.74% |
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| Alienware |
0.74% |
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Common models |
| HP G62 Notebook PC |
2.63% |
|
| Samsung 355V4C/355V4X/355... |
2.63% |
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| ASUSTeK K53E |
1.75% |
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| Dell Dell System Inspir... |
1.75% |
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| Acer Aspire 7741 |
1.75% |
|
| Acer Aspire E1-571 |
1.75% |
|