Browser Manager

Browser Manager

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by Bit89 Inc

What is Browser Manager?

Browser Manager is software application developed by Bit89 Inc. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 73.55% of installations running this operating system. Browser Manager's installer is typically 2.00 MB in size and installs around 5 files.

Browser Manager is most popular in the United States with 28.9% of installations residing in this country.

About Browser Manager?

The Browser Manager (also known as Application Manager) is a third-party web browser add-in that was previously bundled with PerformerSoft products such as PC Performer. While PerformerSoft had attempted to monetize their products with the Bit89 line of browser adware products, it is unclear if this is still the case. Caution is advised when dealing with Bit89.com, the maker of this program, as they are known for distributing adware and malware. This web browser plug-in has been reported to negatively impact the performance and stability of web browsers and PCs. It is known to monitor users' search queries and browsing habits in order to send targeted ads and modify search settings and results. Browser Manager has been detected as malware/adware by several antivirus software programs: - AVG detects it as Generic5.RQU - Comodo classifies it as 'UnclassifiedMalware' - ESET-NOD32 detects it as a variant of Win32/bProtector.A - VIPRE labels it as Bprotector (fs) - Trend detects it as a trojan called TROJ_GEN.RCBH1LH - PCTools identifies it as Adware.GoonSquad!rem This malware program is often bundled with various PerformerSoft programs, including their PC optimization software and included toolbars. It is important to exercise caution when dealing with and removing Browser Manager and associated programs.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in Browser Manager.

uninstall.exe (MD5: af3ff6682de6431796e07ccc53182fb5) has been flagged by 21 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
AhnLab-V3 ASD.Prevention
Avira AntiVir APPL/BProtector.Gen
Antiy-AVL AdWare/Win32.Bromngr
avast! Win32:BProtect-A [PUP]
AVG Generic5.WON.dropper
Bkav FE W32.Clodce7.Trojan.28e4
Dr.Web Adware.Siggen.26732
ESET-NOD32 probably a variant of Win32/bProtector.A
Fortinet FortiGate Adware/Bromngr
F-Secure Application:W32/BProtector.B
K7 AntiVirus Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 )
K7GW Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 )
Kingsoft AntiVirus Win32.Troj.Bromngr.b.(kcloud)
McAfee Adware-Bprotect.b
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis!AF3FF6682DE6
Microsoft Security Essentials TrojanDropper:Win32/Rotbrow.B
Sophos BProtector
Trend Micro TROJ_SPNR.0BEJ13
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_SPNR.0BEJ13
Vba32 AntiVirus AdWare.Bromngr
VIPRE Antivirus Bprotector (fs)
mngr.dll (MD5: e290b77cec601fdd5975e10885903e35) has been flagged by 37 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Lavasoft Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Bprotector.1
Avira AntiVir APPL/BProtector.Gen
avast! Win32:BProtect-A [PUP]
AVG Generic5.RQR
Bitdefender Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Bprotector.1
Bkav FE W32.Clod6db.Trojan.344a
Clam AntiVirus Win.Adware.BProtector
Comodo Security UnclassifiedMalware
Dr.Web Adware.BGuard.7
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Bprotector.1 (B)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/bProtector.A
F-Secure Application:W32/BProtector.A
G Data Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Bprotector.1
Jiangmin AdWare/Bromngr.j
K7GW Adware ( 0040fa4c1 )
Kaspersky Trojan.Win32.Bromngr.b
Kingsoft AntiVirus Win32.Troj.Bromngr.b.(kcloud)
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.BProtector
McAfee Adware-Bprotect.a
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis!E290B77CEC60
Microsoft Security Essentials TrojanDropper:Win32/Rotbrow.A
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Bprotector.1
Sophos BProtector
SUPERAntiSpyware Adware.BProtector
Trend Micro ADW_BROMNGR
TrendMicro-HouseCall ADW_BROMNGR
Vba32 AntiVirus AdWare.Bromngr
VIPRE Antivirus Bprotector (fs)
Antiy-AVL AdWare/Win32.Bromngr
K7 AntiVirus Adware
nProtect Trojan-Clicker/W32.Agent.2069528
Rising Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Generic.14B763F0
Agnitum Outpost Adware.Generic!/WXP2/ZY5I8
Panda Antivirus Trj/OCJ.C
AhnLab-V3 Adware/Win32.Agent
Fortinet FortiGate Riskware/BProtect
Symantec Adware.GoonSquad
browsemngr.exe (MD5: 9fcd0930616714a752f48ddba54f3109) has been flagged by 48 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Agnitum Outpost Adware.Generic!/WXP2/ZY5I8
Antiy-AVL AdWare/Win32.Bromngr
AVG Generic5.RQV
Dr.Web Adware.BGuard.7
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/bProtector.A
K7 AntiVirus Adware
K7GW Adware
nProtect Trojan-Clicker/W32.Agent.2312216
Panda Antivirus Trj/OCJ.C
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.RCBH1AU
Vba32 AntiVirus AdWare.Bromngr
VIPRE Antivirus Bprotector (fs)
eSafe Win32.Trojan
Fortinet FortiGate Adware/Bromngr
Sophos BProtector
The Hacker Trojan/Agent.blgm
AhnLab-V3 Win32/Neshta
Avira AntiVir W32/Neshta.A
avast! Win32:Neshta-D [Trj]
Bitdefender Win32.Neshta.A
CAT-QuickHeal W32.Neshta.A
Clam AntiVirus W32.Neshuta.A
Commtouch SDK W32/HLLP.41472
Comodo Security Win32.Neshta.A
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Win32.Neshta.A (B)
F-Prot W32/HLLP.41472
F-Secure Win32.Neshta.A
G Data Win32.Neshta.A
IKARUS anti.virus Virus.Win32.Neshta
Jiangmin Virus.Neshta.a
Kaspersky Virus.Win32.Neshta.a
Kingsoft AntiVirus Win32.Troj.Neshta.c.(kcloud)
Malwarebytes Rogue.InternetSecurityEssentials
McAfee W32/HLLP.41472.e
McAfee-GW-Edition Heuristic.BehavesLike.Win32.Suspicious.L
Microsoft Security Essentials Virus:Win32/Neshta.A
NANO AntiVirus Virus.Win32.Neshta.cdby
Norman Neshta.C
PC Tools Malware.Neshuta
Rising Antivirus Win32.Netsha.a
Symantec W32.Neshuta
Total Defense Win32/Neshta.A
Trend Micro PE_NESHTA.A
ViRobot Win32.Neshta.B
Lavasoft Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Bprotector.1
Bkav FE W32.Clod6db.Trojan.344a
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Bprotector.1
SUPERAntiSpyware Adware.BProtector
browsemngr.dll (MD5: d1923e1e6a0f21a270a4db562a26eb44) has been flagged by 35 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Avira AntiVir APPL/BProtector.Gen
Antiy-AVL AdWare/Win32.Bromngr
avast! Win32:BProtect-A [PUP]
Bitdefender Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Bprotector.1
Dr.Web Adware.BGuard.7
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Bprotector.1 (B)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/bProtector.A
F-Secure Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Bprotector.1
G Data Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Bprotector.1
K7 AntiVirus Adware
K7GW Adware
Kingsoft AntiVirus Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud)
McAfee Adware-Bprotect.a
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Bprotector.1
nProtect Trojan-Clicker/W32.Agent.2069528
Rising Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Generic.14B763F0
Sophos BProtector
Trend Micro ADW_BPROTECT
TrendMicro-HouseCall ADW_BPROTECT
Vba32 AntiVirus AdWare.Bromngr
VIPRE Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Agnitum Outpost Adware.Generic!/WXP2/ZY5I8
AVG Generic5.RQV
Panda Antivirus Trj/OCJ.C
Lavasoft Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Bprotector.1
AhnLab-V3 Adware/Win32.Agent
Clam AntiVirus Win.Adware.BProtector
Comodo Security Application.Win32.bProtector.KA
Fortinet FortiGate Riskware/BProtect
Kaspersky Trojan.Win32.Bromngr.au
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.BProtector
Microsoft Security Essentials TrojanDropper:Win32/Rotbrow.A
Symantec Adware.GoonSquad
Bkav FE W32.Clodce7.Trojan.28e4
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis!AF3FF6682DE6
mngr.exe (MD5: dcd3195a30144a9c6e24f7f8c273c256) has been flagged by 48 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
AhnLab-V3 Adware/Win32.Bromngr
AVG Generic5
Comodo Security UnclassifiedMalware
Dr.Web Adware.BGuard.7
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/bProtector.A
Fortinet FortiGate Adware/Bromngr
K7 AntiVirus Adware
Panda Antivirus Trj/OCJ.C
PC Tools Adware.GoonSquad!rem
SUPERAntiSpyware Adware.BProtector
Symantec Adware.GoonSquad
Trend Micro ADW_PROT
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.RCBH1LH
Vba32 AntiVirus AdWare.Bromngr.b
VIPRE Antivirus Bprotector (fs)
Lavasoft Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Bprotector.1
Avira AntiVir APPL/BProtector.Gen
avast! Win32:BProtect-A [PUP]
Bitdefender Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Bprotector.1
Bkav FE W32.Clod6db.Trojan.344a
Clam AntiVirus Win.Adware.BProtector
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Bprotector.1 (B)
F-Secure Application:W32/BProtector.A
G Data Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Bprotector.1
Jiangmin AdWare/Bromngr.j
K7GW Adware ( 0040fa4c1 )
Kaspersky Trojan.Win32.Bromngr.b
Kingsoft AntiVirus Win32.Troj.Bromngr.b.(kcloud)
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.BProtector
McAfee Adware-Bprotect.a
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis!E290B77CEC60
Microsoft Security Essentials TrojanDropper:Win32/Rotbrow.A
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Bprotector.1
Sophos BProtector
Antiy-AVL AdWare/Win32.Bromngr
nProtect Trojan-Clicker/W32.Agent.2069528
Rising Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Generic.14B763F0
Agnitum Outpost Adware.Generic!/WXP2/ZY5I8
CAT-QuickHeal W32.Neshta.A
Commtouch SDK W32/HLLP.41472
eSafe Win32.Neshta.A
F-Prot W32/HLLP.41472
IKARUS anti.virus Virus.Win32.Neshta
NANO AntiVirus Virus.Win32.Neshta.cdby
Norman Neshta.C
The Hacker W32/Netshta.gen
Total Defense Win32/Neshta.A
ViRobot Win32.Neshta.B

Software Behaviors

Services:
  • mngr.exe runs as a service named 'Browser Manager' (Browser Manager) "Your browser protector service".
  • browsemngr.exe runs as a service named 'Browser Manager' (Browser Manager) "Your browser protector service".

Software Details

URL:
https://www.bit89.com/contact.html
Support:
https://www.bit89.com/uninstall.html
Installation path:
C:\ProgramData\Browser Manager\
Uninstaller:
"C:\ProgramData\Browser Manager\2.5.911.18\{c16c1ccb-7046-4e5c-a2f3-533ad2fec8e8}\uninstall.exe" /Uninstall /{15D2D75C-9CB2-4efd-BAD7-B9B4CB4BC693} /s
Size:
2.00 MB
Language:
English

Browser Manager Executable Details

Primary executable:
mngr.exe
Name:
Browser Manager
Path:
C:\ProgramData\Browser Manager\mngr.exe
MD5:
dcd3195a30144a9c6e24f7f8c273c256
SHA-1:
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SHA-256:
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Files installed by Browser Manager
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
af3ff6682de6431796e07ccc53182fb5
DLL
mngr.dll
Adware
e290b77cec601fdd5975e10885903e35
EXE
9fcd0930616714a752f48ddba54f3109
DLL
d1923e1e6a0f21a270a4db562a26eb44
EXE
mngr.exe
Malware
dcd3195a30144a9c6e24f7f8c273c256