Should I remove Ss-Helper?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
74% remove it26% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #14,089
United States Rank #21,651
Reach 0.0208%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 34.79 days
807.50 days >
Average installed length: 424.28 days
Other programs by Search Assistant SProtector
Rankings
- #14,084 WordPerfect OfficeReady by Corel
- #14,085 Spin It Again by Acoustica, Inc
- #14,086 Hightail Desktop App
- #14,087 Painkiller Hell & Damnation by The Farm 51
- #14,088 Macromedia Fireworks MX
- #14,089 Ss-Helper 1.74 by Search Assistant SProtector
- #14,090 Corel Photo Album 6
- #14,091 WinRAR 5.30 beta 4 (64-bit) by win.rar GmbH
- #14,092 PDF Download for Internet Explorer by Nitro PDF Software
- #14,093 VzDownloadManager by Verizon
- #14,094 HDtracks Downloader by J. River
Ss-Helper 1.74
What is Ss-Helper?
SS Helper (installed under various names) is a protection mechanism that is designed to protect bundled software of potentially unwanted programs distributed through bundles. Also know as SProtector, SS Helper is typically installed with adware such as toolbars and its primary purpose is to prevent a web browser's home page or search engine from being modified to something other than what the adware has set it to. According to multiple anti-virus products this software is generally defined as either an unwanted application or a trojan.
Overview
The main program executable is sprotector.dll. Typically most users end up uninstalling this just after a few days. The software installer includes 4 files and is usually about 1.32 MB (1,380,056 bytes).
- Possible malware installed by this program
- Hijacks the web browser's home page
- The wisdom of the crowd agrees, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Ss-Helper.
| sprotector.dll (2e705785860f95358dc9aa6ed402198b) has been flagged by the following 8 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
| avast! |
2014.9-130615 |
Win32:SProtector-A [PUP] |
| AVG |
2014.0.3468 |
Generic5 |
| Dr.Web |
9.0.0.0166 |
Adware.BGuard.11 |
| ESET-NOD32 |
7.8450 |
a variant of Win32/SProtector.A |
| The Hacker |
6.8.0.6.166 |
Trojan/Sprotector |
| Trend Micro |
10.465.15 |
ADW_SPROTECT |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall |
7.2.166 |
ADW_SPROTECT |
| VIPRE Antivirus |
18716 |
Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| psupport.dll (898bdcc577a2b49e8eacaf18ddbb3e7b) has been flagged by the following 22 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Software version | Detection |
| Lavasoft Ad-Aware |
12.0.163.0 |
Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Bprotector.1 |
| AhnLab-V3 |
2014.01.24.00 |
PUP/Win32.ADownloader |
| Avira AntiVir |
7.11.126.212 |
Adware/BHO.Bprotector.12 |
| avast! |
8.0.1489.320 |
Win32:Adware-BID [Adw] |
| Baidu-International |
3.5.1.41473 |
Adware.Win32.BHO.40 |
| Bitdefender |
7.2.5028.0 |
Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Bprotector.1 |
| Comodo Security |
17665 |
UnclassifiedMalware |
| Dr.Web |
|
Adware.BGuard.42 |
| Emsisoft Anti-Malware |
3.0.0.596 |
Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Bprotector.1 (B) |
| ESET-NOD32 |
9331 |
a variant of Win32/SProtector.A |
| F-Secure |
11.0.19100.45 |
Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Bprotector.1 |
| G Data |
24 |
Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Bprotector.1 |
| Kingsoft AntiVirus |
2013.4.9.267 |
Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud) |
| Malwarebytes |
1.75.0.1 |
PUP.Optional.SProtect.A |
| McAfee |
5.600.0.1067 |
Generic PUP.a |
| McAfee-GW-Edition |
2013 |
Generic PUP.a |
| MicroWorld-eScan |
12.0.250.0 |
Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Bprotector.1 |
| NANO AntiVirus |
0.28.0.57380 |
Trojan.Win32.BGuard.cqshad |
| Sophos |
4.97.0 |
BProtector |
| Symantec |
20131.1.5.61 |
Adware.BL |
| Vba32 AntiVirus |
3.12.24.3 |
AdWare.BHO |
| VIPRE Antivirus |
25750 |
Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| uninstall.exe (b42ff5f0d5e1b6331b9243ca6c78656e) has been flagged by the following 4 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Software version | Detection |
| avast! |
8.0.1489.320 |
NSIS:SProtector-B [PUP] |
| Dr.Web |
|
Adware.BGuard.11 |
| ESET-NOD32 |
9190 |
Win32/SProtector.B |
| VIPRE Antivirus |
24882 |
Sprotector (fs) |
View all 34 all detections
Program details
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\ss-helper
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Ss-Helper\uninstall.exe" /FULLPATH="C:\Program Files\Ss-Helper"
Estimated size: 1.32 MB
Files installed by Ss-Helper 1.74
| Program module: | sprotector.dll (Malware detected) |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\ss-helper\sprotector.dll |
| MD5: | 2e705785860f95358dc9aa6ed402198b |
| SProtector has been detected as 'malware' by multiple antivirus products. TrendMicro classifies it as TROJ_GEN.RCBH1L8. ESET calls it a variant of Win32/SProtector.A. QuickHeal identifies SProtector.dll as Worm.SProtector.A3. Avast... |
Additional files:
-
uninstall.exe
-
lpk.dll
-
(Malware detected) psupport.dll
How do I remove Ss-Helper?
You can uninstall Ss-Helper 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 Ss-Helper 1.74, 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 Ss-Helper.
- 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 7 (SP1) 70%
Win 7 0%
|
|
USER ACTIONS
 |
Uninstall it 74%
Keep it 26%
|
|
|
GLOBAL RANK
 #14,089
|
Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
85.33% |
|
| Windows XP |
8.56% |
|
| Windows Vista |
4.65% |
|
| Windows 10 |
1.47% |
|
Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
34.98% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
30.30% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
11.58% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
8.37% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
4.43% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
3.69% |
|
Geography
20.00% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
20.00% |
| Indonesia |
6.36% |
| MA |
4.55% |
| India |
3.86% |
| Brazil |
3.64% |
| DZ |
3.64% |
| United Kingdom |
3.41% |
| Romania |
3.18% |
| Egypt |
2.73% |
| Australia |
2.27% |
| Belgium |
2.27% |
| Canada |
2.27% |
| Iran |
2.27% |
| Malaysia |
2.27% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
28.79% |
|
| Acer |
22.57% |
|
| Dell |
17.51% |
|
| ASUS |
7.39% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
5.45% |
|
| Toshiba |
5.45% |
|
| Samsung |
5.06% |
|
| Lenovo |
4.67% |
|
| American Megatrends |
1.17% |
|
| Sony |
1.17% |
|
| Intel |
0.78% |
|
Common models |
| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
6.08% |
|
| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
6.08% |
|
| Acer Aspire 5738 |
2.70% |
|
| Dell Inspiron 1545 |
2.03% |
|
| ASUSTeK K53E |
2.03% |
|
| HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
2.03% |
|
About Search Assistant SProtector
Alias distribution of the SProtector class of malware.