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Should I remove TeeveeWatch?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
61% remove it39% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Bad
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How common is it?
Global Rank #37,034
United States Rank #23,161
Reach 0.0030%

Versions

VersionDistribution
1.0.22.0 32.20%
1.0.21.0 3.39%
1.0.15.0 16.95%
1.0.13.0 6.78%
1.0.12.0 3.39%
1.0.10.0 11.86%
1.0.9.0 1.69%
1.0.8.0 13.56%
1.0.7.0 1.69%
1.0.2.0 8.47%

TeeveeWatch

What is TeeveeWatch?

From the privacy policy:
"Included with the Software may be third party software from a Pinball Corporation partner. Your registration for and use of any third party software is subject to that third party’s privacy policy, if any. If you register for or use third party software, both Pinball Corporation and the third party software provider will receive any information collected by Pinball Corporation in conjunction with your registration, and Pinball Corporation's use of your information is subject to this Privacy Policy. To determine how a Pinball Corporation partner may use your registration information, or may otherwise independently be collecting other information through your use of third party software, please refer to the third party software provider's privacy policy."

About  (from Pinball)

Our Software product automatically collects information from you to enable the Software’s services. By installing the Software, you authorize Pinball Corporation to periodically collect certain information (1) (e.g., keywords and portions of Web site addresses or complete URLs) from the Web sites you visit and upload...  Read more
Overview
  • Possible malware installed by this program
  • Automatically starts with Windows
  • Known to include offers within the setup
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in TeeveeWatch.
teeveewatchSA.exe (d200b64789e3fc1e592bbecdea0d8710) has been flagged by the following 20 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareVersionDetection
Agnitum Outpost 7.1.1 Adware.Agent
Avira AntiVir 7.11.78.244 SPR/Tool.774144.3
avast! 2014.9-130809 Win32:HotBar-BZ [Adw]
Bitdefender 1.0.20.1105 Application.Generic.480730
Comodo Security 16266 UnclassifiedMalware
Dr.Web 9.0.0.0221 Adware.Zango.15
Emsisoft Anti-Malware 8.13.08.09.01 Application.Generic.480730
ESET-NOD32 7.8340 probably a variant of Win32/Adware.180Solutions
F-Prot v6.4.7.1.166 W32/180Solutions.D.gen
F-Secure 11.2013-09-08_6 Application.Generic.480730
G Data 13.8.22 Application.Generic.480730
IKARUS anti.virus t3scan.2.0.0.0 not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Shopper
K7 AntiVirus 13.167.8704 Adware
Malwarebytes v2013.08.09.01 Adware.HotBar.CP
Microsoft Security Essentials 1.163.1557.0 Adware:Win32/Hotbar
MicroWorld-eScan 14.0.0.663 Application.Generic.480730
NANO AntiVirus 0.24.0.52214 Trojan.Win32.Zango.bfaudz
Trend Micro 10.465.09 ADW_ZANGO
TrendMicro-HouseCall 7.2.221 ADW_ZANGO
VIPRE Antivirus 17804 Pinball Corporation
       View all 20 all detections
TeeveeWatch has been seen bundling various 3rd party software during the installation process. Make sure to check for and remove unused programs.

Program detailsProgram details

Displayed publisher: Pinball Corporation.
URL: www.teeveewatch.com
Help link: www.teeveewatch.com/support.html
Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\local\teeveewatchsa\bin\1.0.10.0
Uninstaller: "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\teeveewatchSA\bin\1.0.10.0\TeeveeWatchUninstaller.exe" Web
Estimated size: 1.28 MB

Program filesFiles installed by TeeveeWatch

Program executable:teeveewatchSA.exe
Path:C:\users\user\appdata\local\teeveewatchsa\bin\1.0.9.0\teeveewatchSA.exe
MD5:4fecb30c09fdf5d3ab2db5896d107374
Additional files:
  • TeeveeWatchSACB.exe
  • (Malware detected) teeveewatchSA.exe
  • teeveewatchSAHook.dll
  • TeeveeWatchUninstaller.exe

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task
  • teeveewatchSA.exe is scheduled as a task named 'RunAsStdUser Task' (runs on registration).
Startup File (User Run)
  • teeveewatchSA.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'teeveewatchSA' and executes as "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\teeveewatchSA\bin\1.0.8.0\teeveewatchSA.exe".

How do I remove TeeveeWatch?

You can uninstall TeeveeWatch 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 TeeveeWatch, 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 TeeveeWatch.
  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.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 64%
Win XP 2%
 
WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 61%
Keep it 39%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 71.19%
Windows 10 20.34%
Windows Vista 6.78%
Windows XP 1.69%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 56.90%
Windows 8 17.24%
Windows 7 Ultimate 6.90%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 5.17%
Windows 7 Starter 3.45%
Windows 7 Professional 3.45%

Distribution by countryGeography

84.62% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 84.62%
  United Kingdom 6.59%
  Netherlands 3.30%
  Canada 3.30%
  Iran 1.10%
  Italy 1.10%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 50.94%
Acer 16.98%
Dell 7.55%
Toshiba 7.55%
ASUS 5.66%
Lenovo 5.66%
Samsung 3.77%
Sony 1.89%
Common models
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 9.26%
HP G60 Notebook PC 3.70%
Hewlett-Packard p6649c 3.70%
Hewlett-Packard p6610f 1.85%
TOSHIBA Satellite Pro C66... 1.85%
Sony VPCEH34FX 1.85%

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

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