Should I remove windows primead package?

What percent of users and experts removed it?

71% remove it29% keep it

Overall Sentiment

Bad

What do people think about it?

Be the first to rate (click star to rate)

How common is it?

Reach 0.0001%

Versions

Version	Distribution
1.0	100.00%

windows primead package

Remove windows primead package

Overview

Upon installation and setup, it defines an auto-start registry entry which makes this program run on each Windows boot for all user logins. The main program executable is primead.exe. Typically most users end up uninstalling this just after a few days. The software installer includes 2 files and is usually about 1.42 MB (1,490,432 bytes). In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 7 as well as Windows 7 (SP1). While about 71% of users of windows primead package come from the United States, it is also popular in China and Korea.

Possible malware installed by this program
Starts automatically

Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in windows primead package.

primead.exe (c006139a22d8ee6ec9f9abe659cb4fea) has been flagged by the following 19 scanners:
Anti-Virus software	Version	Detection
AhnLab-V3	2013.09.23	Win-PUP/Helper.PrimeAd.825344
Avira AntiVir	7.11.103.168	DR/Delphi.Gen
Bitdefender	1.0.20.1340	Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.Elzob.20143
Comodo Security	16986	ApplicUnwnt
Emsisoft Anti-Malware	8.13.09.25.03	Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.Elzob.20143
Fortinet FortiGate	9/25/2013	Adware/Fam.NB
F-Secure	11.2013-25-09_4	Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.Elzob.20143
G Data	13.9.22	Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.Elzob.20143
IKARUS anti.virus	t3scan.2.0.127	Win32.SuspectCrc
Kingsoft AntiVirus	331020.49267	Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud)
McAfee	5600.7209	Artemis!C006139A22D8
McAfee-GW-Edition	7.7209	Artemis!C006139A22D8
Microsoft Security Essentials	1.163.1557.0	Adware:Win32/Kremiumad
MicroWorld-eScan	14.0.0.804	Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.Elzob.20143
Panda Antivirus	13.09.25.03	Generic Malware
Sophos	4.93	Mal/Overt-A
Symantec	9/25/2013 rev. 4	Trojan.Gen
TrendMicro-HouseCall	7.2.268	TROJ_GEN.F47V0911
VIPRE Antivirus	21734	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT

View all 19 all detections

Program details

Displayed publisher: windows primead package

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\primead

Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\primead\uninstall_primead.exe delete

Estimated size: 1.42 MB

Files installed by windows primead package

Program executable:	primead.exe (Malware detected)
Path:	C:\Program Files\primead\primead.exe
MD5:	c006139a22d8ee6ec9f9abe659cb4fea

Additional files:

uninstall_primead.exe

Behaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)

primead.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named windows primead package.

Startup File (All Users Run)

primead.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'primead.exe' which loads as C:\Program Files\primead\primead.exe.

How do I remove windows primead package?

You can uninstall windows primead package 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 windows primead package, 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 windows primead package.
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.