Should I remove winengine?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
69% remove it31% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #36,408
Reach 0.0031%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 210.93 days
865.19 days >
Average installed length: 454.59 days
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 20.020 |
100.00% |
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winengine
by Ad business Crown Solutions
What is winengine?
winengine is a type of adware program infection. When you get winengine pop-ups on your computer, you may inadvertently install an unwanted program on your computer and malicious extensions in your web browser which effects IE, Chrome as well as Firefox. These program are designed to help you save everything you make a purchase online. With winengine, available compared deals are shown to you right as you browse in forms of text box.
Overview
Upon installation, it defines an auto-start registry entry which allows the program run on each boot for the user which installed it. The main program executable is rkr0.exe. A vast majority of those who have this installed end up removing it just after a couple weeks. The software installer includes 4 files and is usually about 1.41 MB (1,477,933 bytes).
- Possible malware installed by this program
- Automatically starts with Windows
- Many experts agree, if you don't use it you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in winengine.
| rkr0.exe (6f5f777e26b1cdf96a503cb963b2bf25) has been flagged by the following 16 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
| Lavasoft Ad-Aware |
537 |
Adware.Cyclon.A |
| ALYac |
1.0.1.4 |
Adware.Cyclon.A |
| avast! |
2014.9-150816 |
Win32:Malware-gen |
| AVG |
2016.0.3015 |
Generic |
| AVware |
1.5.0.21 |
Cyclon-Media (fs) |
| Bitdefender |
1.0.20.1140 |
Adware.Cyclon.A |
| Emsisoft Anti-Malware |
8.15.08.16.06 |
Adware.Cyclon |
| F-Secure |
11.2015-16-08_1 |
Adware.Cyclon.A |
| G Data |
15.8.25 |
Adware.Cyclon |
| MicroWorld-eScan |
16.0.0.684 |
Adware.Cyclon.A |
| nProtect |
15.03.30.01 |
Adware.Cyclon.A |
| Symantec |
8/16/2015 rev. 1 |
Adware.Gen |
| Tencent |
1.0.0.1 |
Win32.Risk.Adw.Wrhf |
| Trend Micro |
10.465.16 |
ADW_CYCLON |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall |
7.2.228 |
ADW_CYCLON |
| VIPRE Antivirus |
38918 |
Cyclon-Media (fs) |
View all 16 all detections
Program details
Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\Local\winengine
Uninstaller: "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\winengine\ark_uninstaller.exe"
Estimated size: 1.41 MB
Files installed by winengine
| Program executable: | rkr0.exe (Malware detected) |
| Path: | C:\users\user\appdata\Local\winengine\rkr0.exe |
| MD5: | 6f5f777e26b1cdf96a503cb963b2bf25 |
Additional files:
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ark_uninstaller.exe
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Notif.exe
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rkr1.exe
Behaviors exhibited
2 Startup Files (User Run)
- rkr1.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'winengine2' and executes as C:\users\user\appdata\Local\winengine\rkr1.exe.
- rkr0.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'winengine' and executes as C:\users\user\appdata\Local\winengine\rkr0.exe.
How do I remove winengine?
You can uninstall winengine 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 winengine, 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 winengine.
- 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 10 51%
Win Vista (SP2) 5%
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WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 69%
Keep it 31%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 10 |
50.82% |
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| Windows 7 |
39.34% |
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| Windows XP |
4.92% |
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| Windows Vista |
4.92% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
22.95% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
22.95% |
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| Windows 10 Home |
11.48% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro |
9.84% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
6.56% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
6.56% |
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Geography
50.00% of installs come from Germany
Which countries install it?
| Germany |
50.00% |
| Italy |
31.82% |
| United States |
10.61% |
| Spain |
6.06% |
| Mexico |
1.52% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
26.67% |
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| Acer |
24.44% |
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| ASUS |
13.33% |
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| Medion |
13.33% |
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| Lenovo |
8.89% |
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| American Megatrends |
6.67% |
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| MSI |
2.22% |
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| GIGABYTE |
2.22% |
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| Dell |
2.22% |
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Common models |
| HP ENVY 17 Notebook PC |
3.77% |
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| TOSHIBA SATELLITE C50D-A-... |
1.89% |
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| Sony SVE1713A6EW |
1.89% |
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| Samsung 905S3G/906S3G/915... |
1.89% |
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| Packard Bell BV ISTART 31... |
1.89% |
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| Packard Bell ixtreme M586... |
1.89% |
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