BrowserDefender
Published by Bit89 Inc
BrowserDefender Publisher's Description
Keeps your browsers safe from homepage, search providers, extensions and other hijacks. Easy, comprehensive and FREE anti-hijack browser protection for Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and... Read more
Details
| Location: | C:\ProgramData\browserdefender\2.6.1339.144\{c16c1ccb-7046-4e5c-a2f3-533ad2fec8e8} |
| Install size: | 7.88 MB (8,266,060 bytes) |
| About URL: | http://www.bit89.com/contact.html |
| Help link: | http://www.bit89.com/uninstall.html |
| Uninstall: | "C:\ProgramData\BrowserDefender\2.6.1339.144\{c16c1ccb-7046-4e5c-a2f3-533ad2fec8e8}\uninstall.exe" /Uninstall /{15D2D75C-9CB2-4efd-BAD7-B9B4CB4BC693} |
Trust
The trust score is the reputation of BrowserDefender based on a number of factors including malware scans, behvaior, uninstall trends and general user experiences.
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Below average
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Reasons behind trust score
- Files installed (BrowserDefender.exe) are flagged as malware by multiple antivirus programs.
- Adds a recurring scheduled task to Windows.
- Very poorly rated by third-party sources and expert users.
- Known to be bundled through third-party installers.
11
Malware detections
| BrowserDefender.exe has been detected by the following 11 antivirus programs: |
Comodo Internet Security |
as Application.Win32.Bprotect.~L |
Dr.Web |
as Adware.BGuard.27 |
ESET NOD32 |
as a variant of Win32/bProtector.A |
G Data |
as Win32.Application.BHO.A |
K7 AntiVirus |
as Riskware |
K7 Antivirus Gateway |
as Riskware |
Kaspersky |
as UDS:DangerousObject.Multi.Generic |
McAfee |
as Adware-Bprotect!DAF56EC5E652 |
McAfee Gateway Anti-Malware |
as Adware-Bprotect!DAF56EC5E652 |
Trend Micro HouseCall |
as TROJ_GEN.F47V0816 |
VIPRE Antivirus |
as Bprotector (fs) |
BrowserDefender installs 7 unique (by hash) versions of the file BrowserDefender.exe that contain multiple malware detections.
Trends
Global Reach
Install and Uninstall Trends
Technical Details
| BrowserDefender.exe (Main Executable) |
| Common path: | C:\ProgramData\browserdefender\2.6.1562.220\{c16c1ccb-1111-4e5c-a2f3-533ad2fec8e8}\BrowserDefender.exe |
| Behavior: | Service |
| Name: | Application Manager |
| MD5: | 11 daf56ec5e652f629d6d2b3930ff199f6 |
| uninstall.exe |
| Publisher: | PerformerSoft |
| MD5: | 817020d6776aa093be15ccab4b07ed13 |
| BrowserDefender.dll |
| Publisher: | PerformerSoft |
| Description: | Protector |
| MD5: | 148412605e3d016fe2d9c243b227a8a1 |
| lpk.dll |
| MD5: | 870ca40c1dd5e471b715a18c77b2f841 |
| uninstaller.exe |
| Publisher: | PerformerSoft |
| MD5: | 945a3d259cfae0aae80fb2d1c043d8d0 |
Geography of Installations
Installs by Country
16.2% |
9.9% |
6.4% |
5.7% |
5.0% |
3.6% |
3.0% |
3.0% |
2.9% |
2.8% |
2.7% |
2.1% |
2.0% |
1.9% |
1.8% |
1.8% |
1.6% |
1.6% |
1.1% |
1.1% |
US |
DE |
BR |
GB |
IT |
FR |
PL |
TW |
IN |
TR |
JP |
ID |
MK |
MX |
AU |
RU |
ES |
NL |
PH |
SA |
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