Web Protect for Windows

Web Protect for Windows

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by Web Protect

What is Web Protect for Windows?

Web Protect for Windows is software application developed by Web Protect. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 73.91% of installations running this operating system. Web Protect for Windows's installer is typically 0.91 MB in size and installs around 52 files. The most common release is 10.0.0 with 80.02% of all installations currently using this version.

Web Protect for Windows is most popular in the United States with 88.51% of installations residing in this country.

About Web Protect for Windows?

Web Protect is a web browser extension and toolbar designed to deliver contextual-based advertising and enhance the user's web browsing experience. It offers features such as modifying the browser's home and search pages to provide curated advertising and search functions. It also includes functionality to change the default search engine and home page, add search capabilities to the address bar, redirect "page not found" and DNS errors, display contextual advertising through banner and text ads, and prevent other applications from altering the toolbar settings. This software may be categorized as adware and potentially unwanted by various malware vendors. It is commonly distributed by monetization download managers such as Premium Installer and Air Software.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in Web Protect for Windows.

WebProtect.dll (MD5: dc5f7e66cea8c5ceee9b26cb17ea446f) has been flagged by 12 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Baidu-International AdWare.Win32.Facetheme.F
Bitdefender Adware.WebProtect.A
Bkav FE HW32.Laneul
Comodo Security ApplicUnwnt
Dr.Web Adware.Plugin.99
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Adware.WebProtect
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/AdWare.Facetheme.F
F-Secure Adware.WebProtect.A
G Data Adware.WebProtect
IKARUS anti.virus Trojan.SuspectCRC
MicroWorld-eScan Adware.WebProtect.A
VIPRE Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT

Software Details

URL:
Support:
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\web protect
Uninstaller:
C:\Program Files\Web Protect\wp-adk_uninstall.exe /CP
Size:
0.91 MB
Language:
English

Web Protect for Windows Executable Details

Primary executable:
WebProtect.dll
Name:
Web Protect for Windows
Path:
C:\Program Files\web protect\WebProtect.dll
MD5:
dc5f7e66cea8c5ceee9b26cb17ea446f
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by Web Protect for Windows
File Type Filename MD5
DLL
3b82bbece671402e3021c16f3c191a82
DLL
95f7ce9ee551598098f2dc2edb3899a4
EXE
535280c633244998ef12de2f9badf0ee
DLL
0eaa22802d4057e0aa035019cb349df9
EXE
9bb570a467b7dd7eef5edfc89dedda46
EXE
28ea0fb216d5b2feebd6a228e302e2eb
EXE
4582cbbaf3bed1830b1de72eb91fc19b
EXE
4863e043a7d540ef6fdc1fb745499cb6
EXE
5a2bb615784bbabd80961ff4e43ad948
EXE
60529d5f862ef6ab6b5dc87eb963b9e7