Windows Defender detects and removes this threat.

This threat uses your PC for click fraud. It can run in the background whenever your PC is turned on.

We have seen this threat using as much as 1 GB of bandwidth per hour - this can severely impact the speed of your Internet connection as well as lead to excess data usage charges from your Internet service provider.

This threat is also known as Hyper Browser and Idle Crawler. It is usually installed by third-party software installation programs.

Find out ways that malware can get on your PC. 

This application was stopped from running on your network because it has a poor reputation. This application can affect the quality of your computing experience. We have seen this leading to the following potentially unwanted behaviors on PCs:

• Adds files that run at startup
• Changes browser settings

These applications are most commonly software bundlers or installers for applications such as toolbars, adware, or system optimizers. We have observed this application installing software that you might not have intended on your PC.

If you were trying to install an application, you might have downloaded it from a source other than the official product's website.

We usually see this application installed on PCs in the following countries. This list is sorted according to prevalence:

• United States
• Spain
• United Kingdom
• France
• Germany

This detection is part of our extended Potentially Unwanted Application protection feature.

This program was detected by definitions prior to 1.175.240.0 as it violated the guidelines by which Microsoft identified unwanted software. Based on analysis using current guidelines, the program does not have unwanted behaviors.