Should I remove ShamrockSpring?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
59% remove it41% keep it
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
United States Rank #49,405
Reach 0.0007%
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 1.0.18.0 |
100.00% |
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ShamrockSpring
What is ShamrockSpring?
ShamrockSpring is an ad-supported (users may see additional banner and in-text link advertisements) web browser plugin distributed through various monetization platforms during installation. The browser extension includes various features that will modify the default or custom settings of the browser including the home page and search settings.
About (from Pinball)
The Software will display to you targeted Web sites and/or advertisements that are hosted by third parties ("Third Party Hosted Advertisements"). These Third Party Hosted Advertisements may place cookies on your hard drive and use the cookies to tailor delivery of content to you by profiling your use of a site or adver... Read more
Overview
Upon installation, it defines an auto-start registry entry which allows the program run on each boot for the user which installed it. 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 ShamrockSpringSACB.exe. The software installer includes 4 files and is usually about 1.3 MB (1,367,120 bytes).
- Possible malware installed by this program
- Automatically starts with Windows
- Displays unwanted advertisements
- May modify the web browser's home page
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in ShamrockSpring.
| shamrockspringSA.exe (e43e81eddb12e2441b1bdf89883a461c) has been flagged by the following 33 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
| Agnitum Outpost |
7.1.1 |
Adware.Shopper |
| AhnLab-V3 |
2013.08.19 |
Adware/Win32.Shopper |
| Avira AntiVir |
7.11.97.40 |
Adware/Shopper.wx |
| Antiy-AVL |
2.0.3.7 |
AdWare/Win32.Shopper.gen |
| avast! |
2014.9-140825 |
Win32:HotBar-BZ [Adw] |
| AVG |
2015.0.3371 |
Skodna.Generic_r.L |
| Bitdefender |
1.0.20.1185 |
Application.Generic.404382 |
| CAT-QuickHeal |
8.14.12.00 |
AdWare.Hotbar (Not a Virus) |
| Comodo Security |
16789 |
UnclassifiedMalware |
| Emsisoft Anti-Malware |
8.14.08.25.01 |
Application.Generic.404382 |
| ESET-NOD32 |
8.8701 |
probably a variant of Win32/Adware.180Solutions |
| Fortinet FortiGate |
8/25/2014 |
Adware/Shopper |
| F-Prot |
v6.4.7.1.166 |
W32/180Solutions.D.gen |
| F-Secure |
11.2014-25-08_2 |
Application.Generic.404382 |
| G Data |
14.8.22 |
Application.Generic.404382 |
| IKARUS anti.virus |
t3scan.2.0.127 |
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Shopper |
| Jiangmin |
KV140825 |
AdWare/Shopper.cj |
| K7 AntiVirus |
13.170.9312 |
Adware |
| K7GW |
13.12.7.0.12 |
Riskware |
| Kaspersky |
14.0.0.3352 |
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Shopper |
| Malwarebytes |
v2014.08.25.01 |
Adware.HotBar.SS |
| McAfee |
5600.7027 |
RDN/Generic PUP.x!ba |
| McAfee-GW-Edition |
7.7027 |
RDN/Generic PUP.x!ba |
| Microsoft Security Essentials |
1.163.1557.0 |
Adware:Win32/ClickPotato |
| MicroWorld-eScan |
15.0.0.711 |
Application.Generic.404382 |
| NANO AntiVirus |
0.26.0.53954 |
Trojan.Win32.180Solutions.ybwie |
| Panda Antivirus |
14.08.25.01 |
Generic Malware |
| Sophos |
4.91 |
Generic PUA AK |
| Symantec |
8/25/2014 rev. 2 |
WS.Reputation |
| Trend Micro |
10.465.25 |
TROJ_SPNR.0BGJ12 |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall |
7.2.237 |
TROJ_SPNR.0BGJ12 |
| Vba32 AntiVirus |
3.12.22.3 |
AdWare.Shopper |
| VIPRE Antivirus |
20656 |
Pinball Corporation |
View all 33 all detections
Program details
Displayed publisher: Pinball Corporation.
URL: www.shamrockspring.com
Help link: www.shamrockspring.com/support.html
Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\local\shamrockspringsa\bin\1.0.18.0
Uninstaller: "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\shamrockspringSA\bin\1.0.18.0\ShamrockSpringUninstaller.exe" Web
Estimated size: 1.3 MB
Files installed by ShamrockSpring
| Program executable: | ShamrockSpringSACB.exe |
| Path: | C:\users\user\appdata\local\shamrockspringsa\bin\1.0.18.0\ShamrockSpringSACB.exe |
| MD5: | c6ab084842a6365611c02b7be4e1304a |
Additional files:
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ShamrockSpringSACB.exe
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shamrockspringSAHook.dll
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ShamrockSpringUninstaller.exe
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(Malware detected) shamrockspringSA.exe
Behaviors exhibited
Scheduled Task
- shamrockspringSA.exe is scheduled as a task named 'RunAsStdUser Task' (runs on registration).
Startup File (User Run)
- shamrockspringSA.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'shamrockspringSA' and executes as "C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\shamrockspringSA\bin\1.0.18.0\shamrockspringSA.exe".
How do I remove ShamrockSpring?
You can uninstall ShamrockSpring 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 ShamrockSpring, 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 ShamrockSpring.
- 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) 71%
Win 10 7%
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WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 59%
Keep it 41%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
78.57% |
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| Windows XP |
7.14% |
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| Windows Vista |
7.14% |
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| Windows 10 |
7.14% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
57.14% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
14.29% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
7.14% |
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| Windows 10 Technical Prev... |
7.14% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
7.14% |
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| Windows Vista Home Basic |
7.14% |
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Geography
80.65% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
80.65% |
| United Kingdom |
9.68% |
| Canada |
3.23% |
| Germany |
3.23% |
| Netherlands |
3.23% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
21.43% |
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| Acer |
21.43% |
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| Toshiba |
14.29% |
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| Sony |
14.29% |
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| MSI |
7.14% |
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| GIGABYTE |
7.14% |
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| Dell |
7.14% |
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| ASUS |
7.14% |
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Common models |
| TOSHIBA Satellite Pro L45... |
7.69% |
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| TOSHIBA Satellite A505 |
7.69% |
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| Sony VPCZ1290S |
7.69% |
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| Sony VPCCW1S1E |
7.69% |
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| Micro-Star Co., Ltd. CR63... |
7.69% |
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| Hewlett-Packard p6520y |
7.69% |
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About (from Pinball Corporation)
Pinball Corporation delivers online content and monetization solutions for small to mid-sized web publishers, and keyword-based online advertising solutions for direct-response and ecommerce marketers.
Publisher URL: www.pinballcorp.com