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KinKon, Advertising Software (Adware).

While browsing the program KinKon usually displays ads in the form of coupons and banner ads in the form of popups.

These ads are generally signed with the words “Powered by”, “Brought to you by” or “Ads by”, followed by the name of the adware.


This program is classified in the category of advertising software (Adware), from the English "ADS" short for the English Advertissement (Promotional poster). Adware usually installs as a program or browser extension and is loaded every time the system starts. They can launch services, start scheduled tasks, and create shortcuts on your Desktop. All these operations are done with or without your consent according to the terms of its user contract. Once installed, adware can modify certain settings of your browsers such as search pages, the start page or even your "404" error page. Adware can collect your browsing habits and communicate them to a server using the tracking method because it is most often a marketing solution aimed at retaining customers.


While browsing, it generally displays ads in the form of coupons and advertising banners in the form of popups. These ads are generally signed with the words "Powered by", "Brought to you by" or "Ads by", followed by the name of the adware. But some adware exaggerates the size and frequency of displaying ads, which can harm the speed of Internet browsing and the visibility of the content of the pages consulted. Please also note that the advertising publisher may decline any responsibility for the content of the links targeted by its advertisements. Ultimately, the goal of these programs is to make money by driving web traffic to sponsored sites. Some adware is installed via packaged software and are not necessarily wanted by the user and antiviruses generally classify them as Potentially Unwanted Software (LPI/PUP).
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 Features

– It installs an extension program for the Google Chrome (G2) browser,
– It starts a scheduled task automatically (O39),
– It is installed as a program (O42),
– It creates multiple “Software” registry keys,
– It creates additional files (O43),
– It is installed in the Windows prefetcher folder (O45),

 Preview in reports

G2 – GCE: Preference [User Data\Default] [pdpibhkfkahcjfaebebkiphgenajknae] kin kon v.15131.4030.3028 (Enabled)
G2 – EXT: C:\Users\valentin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\pdpibhkfkahcjfaebebkiphgenajknae [kin kon]
[MD5.7016A5D74459577060366F7D1E44F495] [APT] [kin_kon_notification_service] (.FileProperties_CompanyName.) — C:\Program Files (x86)\kin kon\kin_kon_notification_service.exe [1417216]
O39 – APT: kin_kon_updating_service – (…) — C:\Windows\Tasks\kin_kon_updating_service.job [682]
O39 – APT: kin_kon_updating_service – (…) — C:\Windows\System32\Tasks\kin_kon_updating_service [682]
[HKCU\Software\kin kon]
[HKCU\Software\kinkon]
O43 – CFD: 12/04/2015 – 16:48:05 – [] —-D C:\Program Files (x86)\kin kon
C:\Program Files (x86)\kin kon\kin_kon_notification_service.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\kin kon\kin_kon_updating_service.exe

 Alias

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware PUP.Optional.CrossRider.A
ESET Nod32 Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.AF (variant)
IKARUS anti.virus PUA.CrossRider

 How to remove KinKon?

Delete with Windows

Delete with ZHPCleaner

   Delete with ZHPSuite

Responsibility :   The principle of absence of responsibility of the original site, with regard to the contents of the targeted target sites, is recalled by the judgment of September 19, 2001 of the Paris Court of Appeal. The comments I make here reflect my opinion and are suggestions - the visitor is not obliged to follow them.

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