spext.dll is part of Application Manager and developed by PerformerSoft LLC according to the spext.dll version information.
spext.dll's description is "Protector"
spext.dll is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\google\chrome\user data\default\extensions\pgafcinpmmpklohkojmllohdhomoefph\1.0_0\' folder.
Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected spext.dll.
If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.
The following is the available information on spext.dll:
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Product name | Application Manager |
| Company name | PerformerSoft LLC |
| File description | Protector |
| Legal copyright | Copyright 2012 |
| Private build | 2,3,820,22 |
| Product version | 2,3,820,22 |
| File version | 2,3,820,22 |
| Special build | 2,3,820,22 |
Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:
| Product name | Application Manager |
| Company name | PerformerSoft LLC |
| File description | Protector |
| Legal copyright | Copyright 2012 |
| Private build | 2,3,820,22 |
| Product version | 2,3,820,22 |
| File version | 2,3,820,22 |
| Special build | 2,3,820,22 |
spext.dll is not signed.
16 of the 48 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the spext.dll file. That's a 33% detection rate.
| Scanner | Detection Name |
|---|---|
| Ad-Aware | Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Bprotector.1 |
| AVG | Dropper.Generic8.CJJY |
| BitDefender | Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Bprotector.1 |
| DrWeb | Adware.BGuard.1 |
| Emsisoft | Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Bprotector.1 (B) |
| ESET-NOD32 | Win32/bProtector.D |
| F-Secure | Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Bprotector.1 |
| GData | Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Bprotector.1 |
| K7AntiVirus | Trojan ( 0048e4c21 ) |
| K7GW | Trojan ( 0048e4c21 ) |
| Kingsoft | Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud) |
| Microsoft | TrojanDropper:Win32/Rotbrow.F |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Bprotector.1 |
| Sophos | Generic PUA ND |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | TROJ_GEN.R0CBH01JP13 |
| VIPRE | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
The instructions below shows how to remove spext.dll with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the spext.dll file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that spext.dll has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| MD5 | 7ead9db873650e1d0cd71b4d27949bfe |
| SHA256 | 1c5d91116105b206a0df320b581b868faed10f4990aca18c9bf08f952c5cf77f |
To help other users, please let us know what you will do with spext.dll:
The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with spext.dll. 100% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 4 users.
| Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Keep | 0 % | 0 | |
| Remove | 100 % | 4 |
NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with spext.dll. Only 4 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.
Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.
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