Yahoo! BrowserPlus 2.9.8
What is Yahoo! BrowserPlus?
BroswerPlus is an open source technology for web browsers that allows developers to create rich web applications with desktop capabilities. It exposes new functions to JavaScript that allow web applications to have secure access to desktop facilities. Web pages can interact with BrowserPlus through a set of APIs that work in all popular browsers.
About (from Yahoo!)
BrowserPlus is a technology for web browsers that allows developers to create rich web applications with desktop capabilities. The most unique attribute of BrowserPlus is its ability to update and add new services on the fly without a browser restart or even reloading the page! As a user, this means no more installers ... Read more
Overview
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 primary executable is named BrowserPlusPrefs.exe. The setup package generally installs about 19 files and is usually about 13.27 MB (13,916,710 bytes).
Program details
URL: www.yahoo.com
Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\local\yahoo!\browserplus
Uninstaller: C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Yahoo!\BrowserPlus\BrowserPlusUninstaller.exe
Estimated size: 13.27 MB
Files installed by Yahoo! BrowserPlus 2.9.8
| Program executable: | BrowserPlusPrefs.exe |
| Name: | Y! BrowserPlus |
| BrowserPlus Control Panel |
| Path: | C:\users\user\appdata\local\yahoo!\browserplus\2.9.8\BrowserPlusPrefs.exe |
| MD5: | 8dd114e90fc8f008773e5be26c795abe |
| BrowserPlusPrefs.exe is the BrowserPlus Control Panel process. |
Additional files:
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BrowserPlusUninstaller.exe - Y! BrowserPlus (BrowserPlus Uninstaller)
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npybrowserplus_2.8.1.dll - BrowserPlus (from Yahoo!) v2.8.1 (BrowserPlus -- Improve your browser! -- http://browserplus.yahoo.com/)
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npybrowserplus_2.9.2.dll - BrowserPlus (from Yahoo!) v2.9.2
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npybrowserplus_2.9.8.dll - BrowserPlus (from Yahoo!) v2.9.8
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BPAlertCenter.dll - BrowserPlus Alert Center
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YImage.dll - Yahoo! Messenger (YImage Module)
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BrowserPlusPrefs.exe - BrowserPlus Control Panel
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YBPAddon_2.8.1.dll - Y! BrowserPlus IE Addon
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YBPAddon_2.9.2.dll
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YBPAddon_2.9.8.dll
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BrowserPlusCore.exe - BrowserPlusCore
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BrowserPlusService.exe
Behaviors exhibited
2 Google Chrome Plugins
- npybrowserplus_2.9.8.dll is loaded in the Google Chrome web browser as 'npybrowserplus_2.9.8.dll'.
- npybrowserplus_2.9.2.dll is loaded in the Google Chrome web browser as 'npybrowserplus_2.9.2.dll'.
2 Mozilla Plugins
- npybrowserplus_2.9.8.dll is loaded into Mozilla Firefox under the product name 'Yahoo! BrowserPlus' with a plugin key of '@yahoo.com/BrowserPlus,version=2.9.8'.
- npybrowserplus_2.9.2.dll is loaded into Mozilla Firefox under the product name 'Yahoo! BrowserPlus' with a plugin key of '@yahoo.com/BrowserPlus,version=2.9.2'.
Scheduled Task
- BrowserPlusUninstaller.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{CE5AAB69-722B-47B2-BD81-9F8DD3B75F90}' (runs on registration).
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
| BrowserPlusPrefs.exe |
| Memory: | 10.64 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.1566084401% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.06330979% | |
| User CPU: | 0.09329865% | |
| Switches/sec: | 14 | |
| I/O reads/min: | 42.41 KB | |
| I/O writes/min: | 5.54 KB | |
| BrowserPlusCore.exe |
| Memory: | 1.95 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0538635059% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.02356528% | |
| User CPU: | 0.03029822% | |
| Switches/sec: | 6 | |
| I/O reads/min: | 32.56 KB | |
| I/O writes/min: | 17.09 KB | |
How do I remove Yahoo! BrowserPlus?
You can uninstall Yahoo! BrowserPlus 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 Yahoo! BrowserPlus 2.9.8, 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 Yahoo! BrowserPlus.
How do I reset my web browser?
If your web browser homepage and search settings have been modfied by Yahoo! BrowserPlus 2.9.8 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) 62%
Win Vista (SP1) 0%
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HOW DOES IT RUN?
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Plugs into Mozilla Firefox
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 6%
Keep it 94%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
67.64% |
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| Windows Vista |
19.53% |
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| Windows XP |
9.03% |
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| Windows 10 |
3.79% |
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| Windows Server 2003 |
0.02% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
50.28% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
16.05% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
8.96% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
8.59% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
5.40% |
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| Windows 10 Home |
2.52% |
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Geography
72.79% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
72.79% |
| United Kingdom |
3.20% |
| Taiwan |
2.68% |
| Canada |
2.03% |
| Germany |
1.96% |
| Philippines |
1.88% |
| Romania |
1.27% |
| India |
1.11% |
| United Arab Emirates |
0.93% |
| Iran |
0.92% |
| Australia |
0.76% |
| Indonesia |
0.64% |
| Malaysia |
0.64% |
| Saudi Arabia |
0.57% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
31.80% |
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| Dell |
28.67% |
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| Acer |
14.25% |
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| Toshiba |
13.10% |
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| ASUS |
3.33% |
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| GIGABYTE |
3.17% |
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| Lenovo |
1.37% |
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| Samsung |
1.13% |
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| Intel |
1.08% |
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| American Megatrends |
0.90% |
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| Sahara |
0.61% |
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| Sony |
0.59% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
6.53% |
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| HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
4.82% |
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| Dell Inspiron 1545 |
4.48% |
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| HP G60 Notebook PC |
3.34% |
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| HP G62 Notebook PC |
2.92% |
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| Dell Inspiron 530 |
2.50% |
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About Yahoo!
Yahoo! is a major internet brand that provides search, contents, and other web services.
Publisher URL: www.yahoo.com