Should I remove InstaShare?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
88% remove it12% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #15,561
United States Rank #10,260
Reach 0.0175%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 7.82 days
230.82 days >
Average installed length: 121.28 days
Versions
Version | Distribution |
3.0.19 |
10.76% |
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3.0.18 |
13.66% |
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3.0.17 |
20.06% |
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3.0.16 |
1.45% |
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3.0.14 |
13.08% |
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3.0.13 |
22.97% |
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3.0.11 |
18.02% |
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InstaShare
from Interesting Solutions
What is InstaShare?
Insta Share (from Injekt) is a potentially unwanted adware program that injects ads into the user's browser. This includes inserting into web pages or displaying ads over parts of existing web page advertisements, banners, coupons or text links that would not otherwise appear. As described on the site " In order to keep Insta Share free, we've partnered with high-quality ad providers and you may see additional ads when Insta Share is installed. In some cases, we may display product offers during your installation process."
It will communicate with the adware's servers to check for new offers and the placement of offers as well as monitoring and recording the domain name of each page the user views, the advertisements that appear on these pages and the ads the user clicks on. In addition the app may display alerts and popups for updating or installing new applications many of which are ad-supported browser extensions.
About (from Interesting Solutions)
Insta Share is a free application that allows you to share content with your friends and family. Insta Share uses existing social media APIs and other services to make it easy to share your content from one place.
Overview
- Possible malware installed by this program
- Installs a Windows Service
- Difficult to remove as it will reinstall itself
- Known to include offers within the setup
- Displays unwanted advertisements
- The experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in InstaShare.
InstaShareService.exe (27c707ab2f27f5d0ef447292e020db50) has been flagged by the following 17 scanners: |
Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
Agnitum Outpost |
7.1.1 |
PUA.PullUpdate |
Antiy-AVL |
1.0.0.1 |
Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric |
AVG |
2016.0.3141 |
Downloader |
Avira |
3.6.1.96 |
ADWARE/Adware.Gen7 |
AVware |
1.5.0.21 |
MSIL.Adware.PullUpdate |
Baidu-International |
4.0.3.15413 |
Adware.MSIL.PullUpdate.bG |
Bkav FE |
1.3.0.6379 |
W32.HfsAdware |
Comodo Security |
21584 |
ApplicUnwnt |
Dr.Web |
9.0.0.0103 |
Adware.Yontoo.68 |
ESET-NOD32 |
9.11394 |
a variant of MSIL/Adware.PullUpdate.G.gen |
Fortinet FortiGate |
4/13/2015 |
Adware/PullUpdate |
Malwarebytes |
v2015.04.13.11 |
PUP.Optional.InstaShare.A |
McAfee |
5600.6797 |
Artemis!27C707AB2F27 |
Sophos |
4.98 |
Pull Update |
Tencent |
1.0.0.1 |
Msil.Adware.Pullupdate.Htcp |
VIPRE Antivirus |
38874 |
MSIL.Adware.PullUpdate |
Zillya |
2.0.0.2120 |
Adware.PullUpdate.Win32.254 |
View all 17 all detections
InstaShare has been seen bundling various 3rd party software during the installation process. Make sure to check for and remove unused programs.
Program details
Help link: www.instashareonline.com/about.html
Installation folder: C:\ProgramData\instashare
Uninstaller: "C:\ProgramData\InstaShare\uninstall.exe"
Estimated size: 745.8 KB
Files installed by InstaShare
Program executable: | InstaShareService.exe (Malware detected) |
Name: | Insta Share |
| InstaShare Service |
Path: | C:\ProgramData\instashare\InstaShareService.exe |
MD5: | 27c707ab2f27f5d0ef447292e020db50 |
Additional files:
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InstaShare.exe - Insta Share (InstaShare)
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InstaShare64.exe
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(Malware detected) InstaShareService.exe - InstaShare Service
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uninstall.exe - InstaShare Uninstall
Behaviors exhibited
Service
- InstaShareService.exe runs as a service named 'InstaShare' (InstaShare).
How do I remove InstaShare?
You can uninstall InstaShare from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
- On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
- Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
- When you find the program InstaShare, click it, and then do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
- Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
- Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove InstaShare.
- If for some reason uninstallation fails, please install Microsoft's uninstall fixer utility which will help fix problems with programs that can't be uninstalled at support.microsoft.com.
OS VERSIONS
Win 10 49%
Win Vista 0%
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HOW IT RUNS
Windows Service? Yes
(Installs a service)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 88%
Keep it 12%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 10 |
49.28% |
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Windows 7 |
42.32% |
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Windows Vista |
4.64% |
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Windows XP |
3.77% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
Windows 8.1 |
31.29% |
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Windows 7 Home Premium |
29.53% |
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Windows 7 Professional |
7.89% |
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Windows 8 |
7.60% |
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Windows 7 Ultimate |
4.97% |
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Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
3.80% |
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Geography
72.29% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
United States |
72.29% |
United Kingdom |
7.92% |
Italy |
5.21% |
France |
2.71% |
Spain |
2.50% |
Australia |
2.08% |
Canada |
1.88% |
Germany |
1.67% |
Brazil |
1.25% |
India |
0.83% |
Colombia |
0.42% |
CY |
0.21% |
Mexico |
0.21% |
Japan |
0.21% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard |
36.43% |
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Toshiba |
14.87% |
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Dell |
14.13% |
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Acer |
14.13% |
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ASUS |
9.67% |
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Lenovo |
4.09% |
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GIGABYTE |
2.60% |
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Samsung |
2.60% |
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Medion |
0.74% |
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Sony |
0.74% |
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Common models |
HP 2000 Notebook PC |
4.79% |
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HP Pavilion 15 Notebook P... |
3.59% |
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HP 15 Notebook PC |
2.99% |
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HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
2.99% |
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Dell Inspiron 3521 |
2.99% |
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HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
2.40% |
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