Should I remove Scheduled Tasks Optical Character Recognition?

What percent of users and experts removed it?

78% remove it22% keep it

Overall Sentiment

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How common is it?

Reach <0.001%

Versions

Version	Distribution
1.0.0.0	100.00%

Scheduled Tasks Optical Character Recognition

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What is Scheduled Tasks Optical Character Recognition?

This is an adware program. Per the publishers terms, "the Software interacts with your computer by converting words on pages you view into hyperlinks that are linked to advertisements; communicating with our servers to check for new offers, the placement of offers, the date and time you install and uninstall the Software, and whether an updated version of the Software is available; monitoring and recording the domain name of each page you view, the advertisements that appear on these pages, and the advertisements that you click."

Overview

The main program executable is pnso5b6d.exe. Typically most users end up uninstalling this just after a few days. The software installer includes 3 files and is usually about 1.03 MB (1,081,230 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 Scheduled Tasks Optical Character Recognition.

pnso5b6d.exe (599294d863d3d591f18f147637b701f8) has been flagged by the following 11 scanners:
Anti-Virus software	Version	Detection
Baidu-International	4.0.3.15816	Adware.Win32.Downloader.Gex
ESET-NOD32	9.11683	Win32/Adware.ConvertAd.NK
G Data	15.8.25	Win32.Application.Agent.ZCE1GD
K7 AntiVirus	13.204.16022	Adware
K7GW	13.204.16023	Adware ( 004c1d981 )
Kaspersky	14.0.0.1571	not-a-virus:HEUR:Adware.NSIS.ConvertAd
Panda Antivirus	15.08.16.06	Generic Suspicious
Qihoo-360	1.0.0.1015	HEUR/QVM42.1.Malware.Gen
SUPERAntiSpyware	9687	Trojan.Agent/Gen-FakeAlert
Symantec	8/16/2015 rev. 1	WS.Reputation
TrendMicro-HouseCall	7.2.228	TROJ_GEN.R047H07EJ15

Program details

Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\local\4c4c4544-1431284901-5610-8035-c8c04f5a5731

Uninstaller: C:\users\user\appdata\Local\4C4C4544-1431284901-5610-8035-C8C04F5A5731\Uninstall.exe

Estimated size: 1.03 MB

Files installed by Scheduled Tasks Optical Character Recognition

Program executable:	pnso5b6d.exe (Malware detected)
Path:	C:\users\user\appdata\local\4c4c4544-1431284901-5610-8035-c8c04f5a5731\pnso5b6d.exe
MD5:	599294d863d3d591f18f147637b701f8

Additional files:

rnst5B3C.exe
Uninstall.exe

How do I remove Scheduled Tasks Optical Character Recognition?

You can uninstall Scheduled Tasks Optical Character Recognition 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 Scheduled Tasks Optical Character Recognition, 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 Scheduled Tasks Optical Character Recognition.
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.