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Should I remove SpeedChecker?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
83% remove it17% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Bad
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How common is it?
Global Rank #17,003
United States Rank #16,574
Reach 0.0148%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 2.41 days
71.10 days >
Average installed length: 37.36 days

SpeedChecker

What is SpeedChecker?

SpeedChecker is a potentially unwanted adware program that injects ads into the user's browser. This includes inserting into web pages or displaying ads over parts of existing web page advertisements, banners, coupons or text links that would not otherwise appear. It will communicate with the adware's servers to check for new offers and the placement of offers as well as monitoring and recording the domain name of each page the user views, the advertisements that appear on these pages and the ads the user clicks on. In addition the app may display alerts and popups for updating or installing new applications many of which are ad-supported browser extensions.

Overview

During setup, the program registers itself to launch on boot through a Windows Schedule Task in order to automatically start-up (this is typically done to avoid any UAC prompts). It adds a background controller service that is set to automatically run. Delaying the start of this service is possible through the service manager. It adds a Browser Helper Object (BHO) to Internet Explorer. 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). In the Mozilla Firefox browser, it will add an add-on. The main program executable is SpeedChecker.exe. Typically most users end up uninstalling this just after a few days. The software installer includes 148 files and is usually about 3.28 MB (3,440,086 bytes).
  • Possible malware installed by this program
  • Automatically starts with Windows
  • Loads into the web browser
  • Installs a Windows Service
  • Typically distributed through a pay-per-install bundle
  • Injects advertisements unassociated with the underlying web page
  • The experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in SpeedChecker.
SpeedChecker.exe (43099fe84a0d2383bc8017f3dedca5dd) has been flagged by the following 14 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareVersionDetection
Lavasoft Ad-Aware 807 Trojan.Generic.11705438
AVware 1.5.0.21 Revizer (fs)
Baidu-International 4.0.3.141120 Adware.Win32.AddLyrics.77
Bitdefender 1.0.20.1620 Trojan.Generic.11705438
Emsisoft Anti-Malware 8.14.11.20.02 Trojan.Generic.11705438
F-Secure 11.2014-20-11_5 Trojan.Generic.11705438
G Data 14.11.24 Trojan.Generic.11705438
IKARUS anti.virus t3scan.1.8.3.0 Trojan.SuspectCRC
McAfee 5600.6941 Artemis!43099FE84A0D
McAfee-GW-Edition 7.6941 BehavesLike.Win32.BadFile.bm
MicroWorld-eScan 15.0.0.972 Trojan.Generic.11705438
nProtect 14.11.13.01 Trojan.Generic.11705438
Symantec 11/20/2014 rev. 5 WS.Reputation
VIPRE Antivirus 34772 Revizer (fs)
178.dll (6c170e653d953b6204af434e31d93dd1) has been flagged by the following 33 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareSoftware versionDetection
Lavasoft Ad-Aware 12.0.163.0 Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.103904
Agnitum Outpost 5.5.1.3 PUA.AddLyrics!
AhnLab-V3 2014.11.14.00 PUP/Win32.Generic
Antiy-AVL 1.0.0.1 Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric
avast! 8.0.1489.320 Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
AVG 15.0.0.4189 Generic_r.SI
Avira 7.11.185.104 Adware/AddLyrics.E.3
AVware 1.5.0.21 Revizer.b (fs)
Baidu-International 3.5.1.41473 Adware.Win32.AddLyrics.bBM
Bitdefender 7.2 Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.103904
Comodo Security 20073 ApplicUnwnt
Dr.Web 7.0.10.8210 Trojan.Lyrics.167
Emsisoft Anti-Malware 3.0.0.600 Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.103904 (B)
ESET-NOD32 10721 a variant of Win32/AdWare.AddLyrics.BM
Fortinet FortiGate 5.0.999.0 Riskware/AddLyrics
F-Prot 4.7.1.166 W32/A-6b1bf21b!Eldorado
F-Secure 11.0.19100.45 Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.103904
G Data 24 Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.103904
IKARUS anti.virus T3.1.8.3.0 PUA.AdLyrics
K7 AntiVirus 9.185.14007 Adware ( 004a0d2c1 )
K7GW 9.185.14007 Adware ( 004a0d2c1 )
McAfee 6.0.5.614 RDN/Generic PUP.x!cmz
McAfee-GW-Edition v2014.2 BehavesLike.Win32.Trojan.dh
MicroWorld-eScan 12.0.250.0 Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.103904
NANO AntiVirus 0.28.6.63362 Trojan.Win32.Lyrics.dexang
Panda Antivirus 4.6.4.1 Trj/Genetic.gen
Qihoo-360 1.0.0.1015 HEUR/QVM30.1.Malware.Gen
Sophos 4.98.0 Generic PUA PE
Symantec 20141.1.0.330 Trojan.FakeAV
Trend Micro 9.740.0.1012 TROJ_SPNR.14IN14
TrendMicro-HouseCall 9.700.0.1001 TROJ_SPNR.14IN14
VIPRE Antivirus 34772 Revizer.b (fs)
Zillya 2.0.0.1982 Backdoor.PePatch.Win32.43438
M4SpeedCheckerUt178.exe (56cda86331763b4ca95521bb576728fa) has been flagged by the following 26 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareSoftware versionDetection
Lavasoft Ad-Aware 12.0.163.0 Gen:Variant.Adware.AddLyrics.18
AegisLab 1.5 AdWare.MSIL.DomaIQ
Antiy-AVL 1.0.0.1 Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric
avast! 8.0.1489.320 Win32:Adware-BXP [Adw]
AVG 14.0.0.4040 AdLoad.F
Avira 7.11.180.40 Adware/AddLyrics.17.20
AVware 1.5.0.21 Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu-International 3.5.1.41473 Adware.Win32.AddLyrics.bBU
Bitdefender 7.2 Gen:Variant.Adware.AddLyrics.18
CMC Antivirus 1.1.0.977 Trojan.Win32.Swizzor.1!O
Comodo Security 19867 ApplicUnwnt
Emsisoft Anti-Malware 3.0.0.600 Gen:Variant.Adware.AddLyrics.18 (B)
ESET-NOD32 10597 a variant of Win32/AdWare.AddLyrics.BU
Fortinet FortiGate 5.1.152.0 Riskware/AddLyrics
F-Secure 11.0.19100.45 Gen:Variant.Adware.AddLyrics.18
G Data 24 Gen:Variant.Adware.AddLyrics.18
Malwarebytes 1.75.0.1 PUP.Optional.Graftor
McAfee 6.0.5.614 Artemis!56CDA8633176
McAfee-GW-Edition v2014.2 BehavesLike.Win32.Backdoor.dm
MicroWorld-eScan 12.0.250.0 Gen:Variant.Adware.AddLyrics.18
Qihoo-360 1.0.0.1015 Win32/Virus.Adware.3fe
Sophos 4.98.0 Generic PUA PH
Symantec 20141.1.0.330 PUA.Downloader
Trend Micro 9.740.0.1012 TROJ_GEN.R047C0OIQ14
TrendMicro-HouseCall 9.700.0.1001 TROJ_GEN.R047C0OIQ14
VIPRE Antivirus 34118 Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
i1SpeedCheckeru59.exe (b26cbd3f05b062b71565a09ffe69c305) has been flagged by the following 21 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareSoftware versionDetection
Lavasoft Ad-Aware 12.0.163.0 Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.155179
AegisLab 1.5 AdWare.MSIL.DomaIQ
AVG 14.0.0.4025 Generic5.BOXG
Avira 7.11.175.180 Adware/Graftor.155179
AVware 1.5.0.16 Revizer (fs)
Baidu-International 3.5.1.41473 Adware.Win32.AddLyrics.BBQ
Bitdefender 7.2 Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.155179
Emsisoft Anti-Malware 3.0.0.600 Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.155179 (B)
Fortinet FortiGate 5.1.152.0 Riskware/AddLyrics
F-Secure 11.0.19100.45 Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.155179
G Data 24 Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.155179
K7 AntiVirus 9.183.13535 Adware ( 004a9acb1 )
K7GW 9.183.13535 Adware ( 004a9acb1 )
Malwarebytes 1.75.0.1 PUP.Optional.AdLyrics
McAfee 6.0.4.564 Artemis!B26CBD3F05B0
McAfee-GW-Edition v2014.2 BehavesLike.Win32.CryptDoma.hh
MicroWorld-eScan 12.0.250.0 Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.155179
Panda Antivirus 10.0.3.5 Trj/Genetic.gen
Rising Antivirus 25.0.0.11 PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.1751A0DA!391225562
TrendMicro-HouseCall 9.700.0.1001 TROJ_GEN.R0C1H09IE14
VIPRE Antivirus 33558 Revizer (fs)
V1SpeedCheckerj.exe (a756f7020185a35aac67b54dc346a38a) has been flagged by the following 20 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareSoftware versionDetection
Lavasoft Ad-Aware 12.0.163.0 Trojan.Generic.11823064
AVG 15.0.0.4189 Generic5.CHVN
Baidu-International 3.5.1.41473 Adware.Win32.AddLyrics.77
Bitdefender 7.2 Trojan.Generic.11823064
Emsisoft Anti-Malware 3.0.0.600 Trojan.Generic.11823064 (B)
ESET-NOD32 10721 a variant of Win32/AdWare.AddLyrics.CC
F-Secure 11.0.19100.45 Trojan.Generic.11823064
G Data 24 Trojan.Generic.11823064
IKARUS anti.virus T3.1.8.3.0 Trojan.SuspectCRC
K7 AntiVirus 9.185.14007 Adware ( 004af5fe1 )
K7GW 9.185.14007 Adware ( 004af5fe1 )
Malwarebytes 1.75.0.1 PUP.Optional.Graftor
McAfee 6.0.5.614 Artemis!A756F7020185
McAfee-GW-Edition v2014.2 BehavesLike.Win32.Backdoor.dm
MicroWorld-eScan 12.0.250.0 Trojan.Generic.11823064
nProtect 2014-11-13.01 Trojan.Generic.11823064
Panda Antivirus 4.6.4.1 Trj/Genetic.gen
Sophos 4.98.0 Generic PUA DC
Symantec 20141.1.0.330 PUA.Downloader
TrendMicro-HouseCall 9.700.0.1001 TROJ_GEN.R0C9H05IS14
178_x64.dll (3234bd5c79e7a2992f488642b49e6992) has been flagged by the following 4 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareSoftware versionDetection
AVware 1.5.0.16 Revizer.b (fs)
Symantec 20141.1.0.330 WS.Reputation.1
TrendMicro-HouseCall 9.700.0.1001 Suspicious_GEN.F47V0923
VIPRE Antivirus 33824 Revizer.b (fs)
       View all 118 all detections
SpeedChecker has been found to be bundled with 3rd party software. If you have not purposefully installed this, you should be safe uninstalling it.

Program detailsProgram details

Displayed publisher: SpeedChecker-software
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\ver7speedchecker
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\ver7SpeedChecker\Uninstall.exe
Estimated size: 3.28 MB

Program filesFiles installed by SpeedChecker

Program executable:SpeedChecker.exe (Malware detected)
Name:SpeedChecker
Path:C:\Program Files\ver7speedchecker\SpeedChecker.exe
MD5:43099fe84a0d2383bc8017f3dedca5dd
Additional files:
  • (Malware detected) SpeedChecker.exe - SpeedChecker
  • (Malware detected) 178.dll
  • 178.xpi
  • (Malware detected) 178_x64.dll
  • 184_x64.dll
  • i1SpeedCheckeru59.dll
  • (Malware detected) i1SpeedCheckeru59.exe
  • M4SpeedCheckerUt178.dll
  • (Malware detected) M4SpeedCheckerUt178.exe
  • R3SpeedCheckerK00.dll
  • Uninstall.exe
  • (Malware detected) V1SpeedCheckerj.exe

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

2 Internet Explorer BHOs
  • 178_x64.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'SpeedChecker' with the class of {F6887F11-1522-088A-CF8F-5DCF4BA51A34}.
  • 178.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'SpeedChecker' with the class of {F6887F11-1522-088A-CF8F-5DCF4BA51A34}.
2 Scheduled Tasks
  • V1SpeedCheckerj.exe is scheduled as a task named 'SpeedChecker_wd' (runs daily at 12:55).
  • i1SpeedCheckeru59.exe is scheduled as a task named 'SpeedChecker Update' (runs daily at 12:43).
2 Scheduled Tasks (Boot/Login)
  • V1SpeedCheckerj.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named SpeedChecker_wd.
  • i1SpeedCheckeru59.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named SpeedChecker Update.
Service
  • M4SpeedCheckerUt178.exe runs as a service named 'SpeedChecker' (SpeedChecker) "SpeedChecker".

How do I remove SpeedChecker?

You can uninstall SpeedChecker from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
  1. 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.
  2. When you find the program SpeedChecker, 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).
  3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove SpeedChecker.
  4. 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.

How do I reset my web browser?

If your web browser homepage and search settings have been modfied by SpeedChecker you can restore them to their previous default settings.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Mozilla Firefox
Google Chrome

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 43%
Win XP 0%
 
HOW IT RUNS
Windows Service? Yes
(Installs a service)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 83%
Keep it 17%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 48.97%
Windows 10 43.49%
Windows XP 4.11%
Windows Vista 3.42%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 27.93%
Windows 8.1 26.21%
Windows 7 Ultimate 10.00%
Windows 7 Professional 7.24%
Windows 8.1 Connected 5.17%
Microsoft Windows XP 4.14%

Distribution by countryGeography

42.53% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 42.53%
  Germany 7.47%
  Canada 7.18%
  France 6.03%
  Brazil 5.75%
  Australia 3.74%
  Netherlands 3.45%
  Italy 3.45%
  United Kingdom 3.45%
  Belgium 2.30%
  Mexico 2.01%
  Saudi Arabia 1.72%
  Norway 1.44%
  Argentina 1.44%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 36.14%
Acer 19.31%
Dell 17.33%
ASUS 8.91%
Toshiba 8.91%
Lenovo 3.47%
Samsung 2.48%
GIGABYTE 1.98%
Medion 0.99%
Apple 0.50%
Common models
HP Pavilion 15 Notebook P... 4.55%
HP 15 Notebook PC 3.79%
HP Pavilion 17 Notebook P... 3.79%
ASUSTeK X551MA 3.03%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 2.27%
ASUSTeK K55VD 1.52%

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