Should I remove ShopAtHome.com BrowserAppCore Service Chrome?

What percent of users and experts removed it?

67% remove it33% keep it

Overall Sentiment

Bad

What do people think about it?

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How common is it?

Global Rank #12,938

United States Rank #5,965

Reach 0.0241%

Lifespan of installation (until removal)

< 15.32 days

452.06 days >

Average installed length: 237.52 days

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ShopAtHome.com BrowserAppCore Service Chrome

from Belcaro Group Inc.

Remove ShopAtHome.com BrowserAppCore Service Ch...

What is ShopAtHome.com BrowserAppCore Service Chrome? (from Belcaro Group)

During installation, the Browser App may automatically change the default search engine used by your Web browser, whether via a built-in search box or otherwise, to our search engine. Using the ShopAtHome.com search engine allows us to deliver targeted search results based on the information we have about you. We will ... Read more

Overview

ShopAtHome.com BrowserAppCore Service Chrome is a program developed by Belcaro Group. 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 BAC_PAC.js. A vast majority of those who have this installed end up removing it just after a couple weeks. The software installer includes 28 files and is usually about 3.81 MB (4,000,244 bytes). In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 7 (SP1) as well as Windows 10. While about 99% of users of ShopAtHome.com BrowserAppCore Service Chrome come from the United States, it is also popular in Canada and Chile.

Starts automatically
Many experts agree, if you don't use it you should remove it!

Program details

Displayed publisher: ShopAtHome.com

URL: www.shopathome.com

Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\Roaming\ShopAtHome.com BrowserAppCore Service

Uninstaller: C:\users\user\appdata\Roaming\ShopAtHome.com BrowserAppCore Service\uninstaller.exe browser=chrome

Estimated size: 3.81 MB

Files installed by ShopAtHome.com BrowserAppCore Service Chrome

Program executable:	BAC_PAC.js
Path:	C:\users\user\appdata\Roaming\ShopAtHome.com BrowserAppCore Service\BAC_PAC.js
MD5:	572fcd70de0de2e5beaf744a06df8b4b

Additional files:

NotificationDialog.exe (by ShopAtHome.com) - Belcaro.BrowserAppCore.NotificationWebFormsApp
Belcaro.BrowserAppCore.ActionEngine.dll (by ShopAtHome.com) - Belcaro.Sah.BrowserAppCore.RedirectProcessor
Belcaro.BrowserAppCore.DefaultSearchProvider.dll - Belcaro.BrowserAppCore.DefaultSearchProvider
Belcaro.BrowserAppCore.CommunicationEngine.dll - Belcaro.BrowserAppCore.CommunicationEngine
Belcaro.BrowserAppCore.BrowserMessaging.dll - Belcaro.BrowserAppCore.BrowserMessaging
Belcaro.BrowserAppCore.RulesEngine.dll - Belcaro.Sah.BrowserAppCore.RulesEngine
Belcaro.BrowserAppCore.Suppression.dll - Belcaro.Sah.BrowserAppCore.Suppression
Belcaro.BrowserAppCore.XMLDataProvider.dll - Belcaro.BrowserAppCore.XMLDataProvider
Belcaro.BrowserAppCore.XmlEngine.dll - Belcaro.Sah.BrowserAppCore.XmlEngine
Belcaro.BrowserAppCore.Models.dll - Belcaro.Sah.BrowserAppCore.Models
Belcaro.BrowserAppCore.HeartBeat.dll - Belcaro.BrowserAppCore.HeartBeat
Belcaro.BrowserAppCore.Utils.dll - Belcaro.Sah.BrowserAppCore.Utils
Belcaro.BrowserAppCore.UserInfo.dll - Belcaro.BrowserAppCore.UserInfo
SahCoreNet.dll - ShopAtHome.com Application Core
Belcaro.BrowserAppCore.Logging.dll - Belcaro.BrowserAppCore.Logging
Belcaro.BrowserAppCore.Common.dll - Belcaro.BrowserAppCore.Common
SahProcessManager.exe - Belcaro.ProcessManager
Belcaro.BrowserAppCore.WebSocketServer.dll - WebSocketServer
ShopAtHome_BAC_Service.exe - ShopAtHome BrowserAppCore Service
BAC_PAC.js

Behaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task

SahProcessManager.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Reset ShopAtHome BAC' (Next runs on 1/27/2015 at 10:07 PM).

Startup File (All Users Run)

SahProcessManager.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'BrowserAppCoreService' which loads as C:\users\user\appdata\Roaming\ShopAtHome.com BrowserAppCore Service\SahProcessManager.exe "C:\users\user\appdata\Roaming\ShopAtHome.com BrowserAppCore Service\ShopAtHome_BAC_Service.exe" "restart".

Resource utilization averages
Show technical details

ShopAtHome_BAC_Service.exe
Memory:	46.45 MB	21.09 MB average
Total CPU:	0.0011854368%	0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:	0.00050462%	0.016088% average
User CPU:	0.00068081%	0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:	3,797,655	8,062,084 average
I/O reads/min:	35.32 KB	435.61 KB average
I/O writes/min:	17 Bytes	105.02 KB average

How do I remove ShopAtHome.com BrowserAppCore Service Chrome?

You can uninstall ShopAtHome.com BrowserAppCore Service Chrome 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 ShopAtHome.com BrowserAppCore Service Chrome, 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 ShopAtHome.com BrowserAppCore Service Chrome.
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 Vista 0%

HOW IT STARTS

Automatically starts? Yes

(Found in the run registry)

USER ACTIONS

Uninstall it 67%

Keep it 33%

Windows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

Windows 7	47.58%
Windows 10	38.11%
Windows Vista	10.95%
Windows XP	3.37%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium	39.11%
Windows 8.1	19.24%
Windows 10 Home	12.26%
Windows Vista Home Premiu...	9.51%
Windows 7 Professional	5.50%
Microsoft Windows XP	3.17%

Geography

98.56% of installs come from the United States

Which countries install it?

United States	98.56%
Canada	0.60%
Chile	0.12%
Brazil	0.12%
Australia	0.12%
Indonesia	0.12%
Germany	0.12%
LR	0.12%
Malaysia	0.12%

PC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

Hewlett-Packard	41.18%
Dell	26.05%
Acer	13.73%
Toshiba	11.48%
ASUS	3.92%
Lenovo	2.24%
GIGABYTE	0.84%
Intel	0.56%
Common models
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ...	4.19%
HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P...	4.19%
HP 15 Notebook PC	3.72%
HP 2000 Notebook PC	3.26%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ...	3.26%
TOSHIBA Satellite C655	2.79%

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