Should I remove Web Check?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
66% remove it34% keep it
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #15,230
United States Rank #25,638
Reach 0.0182%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 12.23 days
360.91 days >
Average installed length: 189.63 days
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Web Check
from WebCheck
What is Web Check?
WebCheck is a web browser extension and toolbar that delivers contextual based advertising as well as modify the user's web browser home and search pages to provide advertising and search.
What the browser extension does:
- Displays contextual advertising by injecting banner and text ads.
- Changes the default search engine.
- Changes the default browser home page.
- Adds search from the address bar.
- Adds alternative redirection "page not found" and DNS errors.
Overview
It adds a Browser Helper Object (BHO) to Internet Explorer. The primary executable is named WebCheck.dll. Many users end up uninstalling this after less than a month of it being installed. The setup package generally installs about 3 files.
- Malware detected in the program
- Integrates into the web browser
- May modify the web browser's home page
- The wisdom of the experts agree, if you don't use it you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Web Check.
| webcheck.dll (3eccc3e2fa04d4c86e3cdf0b18a25480) has been flagged by the following 2 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
| Symantec |
8/7/2014 rev. 5 |
WS.Reputation |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall |
7.2.219 |
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0617 |
Bundled relationships
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Program details
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\web check
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Web Check\Uninst.exe
Files installed by Web Check
| Program module: | WebCheck.dll |
| Name: | Web Check |
| WebCheckBHO |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\web check\WebCheck.dll |
| MD5: | d0b4a85d21845fbf6093cab4e1960286 |
Additional files:
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Uninst.exe
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WebCheck.dll - Web Check (WebCheckBHO)
Behaviors exhibited
Internet Explorer BHO
- webcheck.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'Web Check' with the class of {E155F23C-9931-47c6-A619-20E6FCA86D75}.
How do I remove Web Check?
You can uninstall Web Check 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 Web Check, 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 Web Check.
- 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 Web Check you can restore them to their previous default settings.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
- Click the Advanced tab, and then click Reset. Select the Delete personal settings check box if you would also like to remove search providers, Accelerators and home pages. When Internet Explorer finishes applying default settings, click Close, and then click OK.
- The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.
Mozilla Firefox
- At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
- To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
- When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.
Google Chrome
- Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
- Select Settings. In the "Search" section, click Manage search engine. Check if (Default) is displayed next to your preferred search engine. If not, mouse over it and click Make default. Mouse over any other suspicious search engine entries that are not familiar and click X to remove them.
- When the "Show Home button" checkbox is selected, a web address appears below it. If you want the Homepage button to open up a different webpage, click Change to enter a link.
- Restart Google Chrome.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 69%
Win Vista 0%
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 66%
Keep it 34%
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GLOBAL RANK
 #15,230
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
70.67% |
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| Windows 10 |
18.72% |
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| Windows XP |
5.87% |
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| Windows Vista |
4.75% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
51.83% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
9.01% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
8.17% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
6.20% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
5.92% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
3.94% |
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Geography
73.30% of installs come from Germany
Which countries install it?
| Germany |
73.30% |
| United States |
17.17% |
| Austria |
4.09% |
| Switzerland |
1.63% |
| South Africa |
0.54% |
| United Kingdom |
0.54% |
| LY |
0.27% |
| Thailand |
0.27% |
| Sri Lanka |
0.27% |
| Macau |
0.27% |
| Luxembourg |
0.27% |
| Netherlands |
0.27% |
| Czech Republic |
0.27% |
| Egypt |
0.27% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Acer |
26.54% |
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| Medion |
14.22% |
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| Dell |
13.27% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
12.32% |
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| ASUS |
9.00% |
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| GIGABYTE |
8.06% |
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| Samsung |
6.16% |
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| Toshiba |
4.74% |
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| Lenovo |
2.37% |
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| American Megatrends |
1.90% |
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| Intel |
1.42% |
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Common models |
| MEDIONPC MS-7728 |
5.71% |
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| Acer Aspire 5741G |
2.86% |
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| Acer Aspire 7741 |
2.86% |
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| MEDIONPC MS-7616 |
2.14% |
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| MEDIONPC MS-7708 |
2.14% |
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| Acer Aspire V3-571G |
1.43% |
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