{"id":4321,"date":"2015-02-06T07:40:43","date_gmt":"2015-02-06T07:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/?p=4321"},"modified":"2015-02-06T07:40:43","modified_gmt":"2015-02-06T07:40:43","slug":"remove-binkiland-com-and-binkiland-exe-adware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/remove-binkiland-com-and-binkiland-exe-adware\/","title":{"rendered":"Remove Binkiland.com and Binkiland.exe Adware"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome! Just a quick post on the <strong>Binkiland<\/strong> <strong>adware<\/strong>. This appears to be a variant of <a title=\"Remove Vosteran.com and Vosteran.exe\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/remove-vosteran-com-and-vosteran-exe\/\"><strong>Vosteran<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and <a title=\"Remove Taplika.com and Taplika.exe\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/remove-taplika-com-and-taplika-exe\/\">Taplika<\/a> that I&#8217;ve previously written about. If you got Binkiland installed and running on your computer, you will see lots of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/library\/file\/binkiland.exe-165031\/\">Binkiland.exe<\/a> processes running in the Windows Task Manager, the search provider and start page changed to binkiland.com in Internet Explorer and a custom-built Chrome browser installed on the computer, named Binkiland. I&#8217;ll show how to remove Binkiland in this blog post with the FreeFixer removal tool.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/binkiland.exe-task-manager.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4328\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/binkiland.exe-task-manager.png\" alt=\"binkiland.exe task manager\" width=\"510\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/binkiland.exe-task-manager.png 510w, https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/binkiland.exe-task-manager-300x163.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/binkiland-task-bar.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4326\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/binkiland-task-bar.png\" alt=\"binkiland task bar\" width=\"672\" height=\"64\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/binkiland-task-bar.png 672w, https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/binkiland-task-bar-300x28.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/binkiland-chrome-installer.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4322\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/binkiland-chrome-installer.png\" alt=\"binkiland chrome installer\" width=\"516\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/binkiland-chrome-installer.png 516w, https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/binkiland-chrome-installer-300x193.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Binkiland is <strong>bundled<\/strong> with other software. Bundled means that it is included in another software&#8217;s installer.<\/p>\n<p>When I run into some new bundled software I usually upload it to <a title=\"How To Scan a File for Viruses with VirusTotal\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/scan-files-for-viruses-virustotal\/\">VirusTotal<\/a> to check if the anti-viruses there detect something interesting. 25% of the scanners detected the file. The Binkiland files are detected as <strong>Trojan.Generic.12750616<\/strong> by Ad-Aware, <strong>Hacktool.Win32.ADInstaller.d<\/strong> by Baidu-International, <strong>Artemis!D946977D16BD<\/strong> by McAfee and <strong>Win32\/Virus.RiskTool.a62<\/strong> by Qihoo-360.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/binkiland.exe-virustotal.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4329\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/binkiland.exe-virustotal.png\" alt=\"binkiland.exe virustotal\" width=\"711\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/binkiland.exe-virustotal.png 711w, https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/binkiland.exe-virustotal-300x162.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 711px) 100vw, 711px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All you need to do to remove Binkiland is to check the Binkiland files in the scan result and click the Fix button. You may have to reboot your computer to complete the removal. Here&#8217;s a few screenshots that should help you along the way:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/binkiland.exe-processes.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4327\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/binkiland.exe-processes.png\" alt=\"binkiland.exe processes\" width=\"709\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/binkiland.exe-processes.png 709w, https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/binkiland.exe-processes-300x120.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/binkiland-startup.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4325\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/binkiland-startup.png\" alt=\"binkiland startup\" width=\"654\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/binkiland-startup.png 654w, https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/binkiland-startup-300x114.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 654px) 100vw, 654px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/binkiland-startpage-remove.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4324\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/binkiland-startpage-remove.png\" alt=\"binkiland startpage remove\" width=\"468\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/binkiland-startpage-remove.png 468w, https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/binkiland-startpage-remove-300x138.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/binkiland-search-provider-remove.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4323\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/binkiland-search-provider-remove.png\" alt=\"binkiland search provider remove\" width=\"479\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/binkiland-search-provider-remove.png 479w, https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/binkiland-search-provider-remove-300x126.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 479px) 100vw, 479px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hope this helped you remove the Binkiland adware.<\/p>\n<p>Did you also find Binkiland on your computer? Any idea how it was installed? Please share your story the comments below. Thank you!<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for reading!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome! Just a quick post on the Binkiland adware. This appears to be a variant of Vosteran\u00a0and Taplika that I&#8217;ve previously written about. If you got Binkiland installed and running on your computer, you will see lots of Binkiland.exe processes running in the Windows Task Manager, the search provider and start page changed to binkiland.com &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/remove-binkiland-com-and-binkiland-exe-adware\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Remove Binkiland.com and Binkiland.exe Adware<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4321"}],"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=4321"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4331,"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4321\/revisions\/4331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}