What is GinyasBrowserCompanion?

GinyasBrowserCompanion is software application developed by Blabbers Communications LTD. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 74.56% of installations running this operating system. GinyasBrowserCompanion's installer is typically 1.00 MB in size and installs around 12 files.

GinyasBrowserCompanion is most popular in Germany with 18.15% of installations residing in this country.

When using a computer that is connected to the internet, GinyasBrowserCompanion is known to create 1 firewall exception to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

About GinyasBrowserCompanion?

The Ginyas Browser Companion is a browser extension (Browser Helper Object in IE) designed to provide users with time-saving and cost-effective online shopping experiences. This freeware delivers online ads, offers, coupons, and special marketing deals to users, as well as similar site suggestions. It is often bundled with third-party software applications and may present advertisements in the form of pop-ups, pop-unders, in-text links, and similar formats while browsing the internet. It is important to note that the Browser Companion add-on may be installed alongside third-party software applications, indicating user agreement during the installation process. However, it is also recognized as malware by various antivirus programs, with ESET-NOD32 identifying BCHelper.exe as a variant of Win32/BrowserCompanion.A and Malwarebytes detecting it as PUP.Blabbers.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in GinyasBrowserCompanion.

uninstall.exe (MD5: dfed3d044971d4080df4cd4c39bb9a0c) has been flagged by 7 scanners:

Scanner Software	Version	Result
CAT-QuickHeal	12.00	(Suspicious) - DNAScan
Dr.Web		Trojan.AVKill.18764
eSafe	7.0.17.0	Win32.Trojan
TrendMicro-HouseCall	9.700.0.1001	TROJ_GEN.F47V1101
ESET-NOD32	8437	Win32/BrowserCompanion.B
Trend Micro	9.740.0.1012	ADW_BLABBERS
Baidu-International	3.5.1.41473	Adware.Win32.Agent.45

toolbar.dll (MD5: 2105cd2cdf684c541f91f3af2daa5904) has been flagged by 9 scanners:

Scanner Software	Version	Result
Dr.Web		Adware.Shopper.303
ESET-NOD32	9082	Win32/BrowserCompanion.D
K7 AntiVirus	9.174.10272	Trojan ( 0048db921 )
K7GW	9.174.10272	Trojan ( 0048db921 )
CAT-QuickHeal	12.00	(Suspicious) - DNAScan
eSafe	7.0.17.0	Win32.Trojan
TrendMicro-HouseCall	9.700.0.1001	TROJ_GEN.F47V1101
Trend Micro	9.740.0.1012	ADW_BLABBERS
Baidu-International	3.5.1.41473	Adware.Win32.Agent.45

updatebhoWin32.dll (MD5: 22d56c25dd1bc95f7558bbf3b830ff62) has been flagged by 4 scanners:

Scanner Software	Version	Result
Dr.Web		Adware.Shopper.303
eSafe	7.0.17.0	Win32.Trojan
ESET-NOD32	9082	Win32/BrowserCompanion.E
Baidu-International	3.5.1.41473	Adware.Win32.Agent.45

tdataprotocol.dll (MD5: ed633a0b1831b9d000fcc5846ccbcd47) has been flagged by 3 scanners:

Scanner Software	Version	Result
Baidu-International	3.5.1.41473	Adware.Win32.Agent.45
ESET-NOD32	9233	Win32/BrowserCompanion.C
Dr.Web		Adware.Shopper.303

widgetserv.exe (MD5: f1de73f28e3284b5abce3153c09a6a25) has been flagged by 2 scanners:

Scanner Software	Version	Result
Dr.Web		Adware.Shopper.303
ESET-NOD32	9241	Win32/BrowserCompanion.F

Software Behaviors

Services:

tcbhnrg103.exe runs as a service named 'Ginyas Browser Companion' (GinyasBrowserCompanion).
tcbhnck103.exe runs as a service named 'Ginyas Browser Companion' (GinyasBrowserCompanion).
tcbhnrg.exe runs as a service named 'Ginyas Browser Companion' (GinyasBrowserCompanion).

Firewall:

BCHelper.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\BrowserCompanion\BCHelper.exe'.

Software Details

URL:

https://ginyas.com

Support:

https://ginyas.com/how_it_works

Installation path:

C:\Program Files\browsercompanion

Uninstaller:

C:\Program Files\BrowserCompanion\uninstall.exe

Size:

1.00 MB

Language:

English

GinyasBrowserCompanion Executable Details

Primary executable:

BCHelper.exe

Name:

GinyasBrowserCompanion

Path:

C:\Program Files\browsercompanion\BCHelper.exe

MD5:

3b97d60483711f491e12799cecd424fc

SHA-1:

–

SHA-256:

–

File Type

Filename

MD5

EXE

tcbhnrg.exe

fadd3fae8cd5cf527f2a71777ea5c6cd

EXE