{"id":2027,"date":"2014-10-09T11:52:58","date_gmt":"2014-10-09T11:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/?p=2027"},"modified":"2018-05-29T12:01:59","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T12:01:59","slug":"remove-browsersapp_pro_v1-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/remove-browsersapp_pro_v1-1\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Remove BrowsersApp_Pro_v1.1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello there and welcome to the FreeFixer blog. Just a quick post on the <strong>BrowsersApp_Pro_v1.1<\/strong> <strong>adware<\/strong>. This appears to be a variant of <strong>CrossRider<\/strong> that I&#8217;ve previously written about. If the BrowsersApp_Pro_v1.1 adware is installed on your computer, you will find ads labeled <strong>Ad by BrowsersApp_Pro_v1.1<\/strong> while browsing the web, new add-ons added in your web browsers and new files, digitally signed by <strong>Numlock Apps<\/strong>, on the hard-drive. I&#8217;ll show how to remove BrowsersApp_Pro_v1.1 in this blog post with the FreeFixer removal tool.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/BrowsersApp_Pro_v1.1-firefox-add-on.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2031 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/BrowsersApp_Pro_v1.1-firefox-add-on.png\" alt=\"BrowsersApp_Pro_v1.1 0.95.11 firefox add-on\" width=\"656\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/BrowsersApp_Pro_v1.1-firefox-add-on.png 656w, https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/BrowsersApp_Pro_v1.1-firefox-add-on-300x134.png 300w, https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/BrowsersApp_Pro_v1.1-firefox-add-on-604x270.png 604w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 656px) 100vw, 656px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/BrowsersApp_Pro_v1.1-ads-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2029 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/BrowsersApp_Pro_v1.1-ads-1.png\" alt=\"BrowsersApp_Pro_v1.1 ads inserted into web page\" width=\"374\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/BrowsersApp_Pro_v1.1-ads-1.png 374w, https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/BrowsersApp_Pro_v1.1-ads-1-300x275.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 374px) 100vw, 374px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ad-by-BrowsersApp_Pro_v1.1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2028 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ad-by-BrowsersApp_Pro_v1.1.png\" alt=\"ad by BrowsersApp_Pro_v1.1 pop-up\" width=\"270\" height=\"175\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>BrowsersApp_Pro_v1.1 is <strong>bundled<\/strong> with other software. Bundled means that it is included in another software&#8217;s installer.<\/p>\n<p>Generally, you can avoid bundled software such as BrowsersApp_Pro_v1.1 by being careful when installing software and declining the bundled offers in the installer.<\/p>\n<p>When I play around with some new bundled software I always upload it to VirusTotal to check if the anti-malware scanners there find anything suspicious. 6 of the 54 scanners detected the file. The BrowsersApp_Pro_v1.1 files are detected as <strong>PUP\/Win32.CrossRider<\/strong> by AhnLab-V3, <strong>PUP.Optional.BrowserApp.A<\/strong> by Malwarebytes and <strong>Crossrider (fs)<\/strong> by VIPRE.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/BrowsersApp_Pro_v1.1-bho.dll-virustotal.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2034 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/BrowsersApp_Pro_v1.1-bho.dll-virustotal.png\" alt=\"BrowsersApp_Pro_v1.1-bho.dll virustotal. File signed by Numlock Apps\" width=\"723\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/BrowsersApp_Pro_v1.1-bho.dll-virustotal.png 723w, https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/BrowsersApp_Pro_v1.1-bho.dll-virustotal-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since you probably want to <strong>remove BrowsersApp_Pro_v1.1<\/strong>, these are the files you should check for removal if you want to remove it with <a title=\"About the FreeFixer removal tool\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/about-freefixer\/\">FreeFixer<\/a>. A restart of your computer might be required to complete the removal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/BrowsersApp_Pro_v1.1-tasks.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2033 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/BrowsersApp_Pro_v1.1-tasks.png\" alt=\"BrowsersApp_Pro_v1.1 tasks removal in FreeFixer\" width=\"835\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/BrowsersApp_Pro_v1.1-tasks.png 835w, https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/BrowsersApp_Pro_v1.1-tasks-300x151.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 835px) 100vw, 835px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/BrowsersApp_Pro_v1.1-firefox-ext.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2032 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/BrowsersApp_Pro_v1.1-firefox-ext.png\" alt=\"BrowsersApp_Pro_v1.1 firefox extension removal\" width=\"834\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/BrowsersApp_Pro_v1.1-firefox-ext.png 834w, https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/BrowsersApp_Pro_v1.1-firefox-ext-300x80.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 834px) 100vw, 834px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/BrowsersApp_Pro_v1.1-bhos.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2030 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/BrowsersApp_Pro_v1.1-bhos.png\" alt=\"BrowsersApp_Pro_v1.1 bhos removal\" width=\"786\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/BrowsersApp_Pro_v1.1-bhos.png 786w, https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/BrowsersApp_Pro_v1.1-bhos-300x100.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 786px) 100vw, 786px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hope this helped you remove the BrowsersApp_Pro_v1.1 adware.<\/p>\n<p>Did you also find BrowsersApp_Pro_v1.1 on your computer? Any idea how it was installed? Please let me and the readers know by posting a comments. Thank you!<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for reading. Welcome back!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update 2014-11-05<\/strong>: The\u00a0BrowsersApp_Pro_v1.1 adware is still distributed through bundling. The files are now signed by\u00a0<strong>Railroad Party Apps<\/strong> as you can see in the screenshot below. The <strong>Railroad Party Apps\u00a0<\/strong>company appears to be located in <strong>Nicosia<\/strong>, <strong>Cyprus<\/strong>.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Railroad-Party-Apps.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2640\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Railroad-Party-Apps.png\" alt=\"Railroad Party Apps\" width=\"495\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Railroad-Party-Apps.png 495w, https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Railroad-Party-Apps-246x300.png 246w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello there and welcome to the FreeFixer blog. Just a quick post on the BrowsersApp_Pro_v1.1 adware. This appears to be a variant of CrossRider that I&#8217;ve previously written about. If the BrowsersApp_Pro_v1.1 adware is installed on your computer, you will find ads labeled Ad by BrowsersApp_Pro_v1.1 while browsing the web, new add-ons added in your &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/remove-browsersapp_pro_v1-1\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How To Remove BrowsersApp_Pro_v1.1<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,16],"tags":[74,208,207,179,206],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2027"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2641,"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027\/revisions\/2641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}