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    Window Rates Manager is a potentially unwanted program, or PUP, that is installed by free software you download from the Internet. When installed, this program will configure itself to automatically start when you login to Windows. Once running, Window Rates Manager will run in the background and without your knowledge constantly connect to various sites on the Internet. This constant downloading of web pages only uses up your computer's network bandwidth and could possibly slow down your computer.

    How to remove Window Rates Manager

    • Wed, 24 Aug 2016 16:09:14 EDT
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    Window Rates Manager is a potentially unwanted program, or PUP, that is installed by free software you download from the Internet. When installed, this program will configure itself to automatically start when you login to Windows. Once running, Window Rates Manager will run in the background and without your knowledge constantly connect to various sites on the Internet. This constant downloading of web pages only uses up your computer's network bandwidth and could possibly slow down your computer.

    This program's web site, rangesoft.org, does not list Window Rates Manager as a product, but instead promotes another product called Online Ad Scanner. Online Ad Scanner states that it is designed to collect traffic statics related to advertising:
    Online Ad Scanner is a program designed to automatically search for and collect traffic statistics for various advertising sites in your area. Online Ad Scanner will, within the shortest time period, help you discover new advertising trends, collect and analyze useful information about traffic to advertising sites.
    For the advertisers or clients of this company, this may very well be true, but I personally do not see any benefit to the computer that it is installed on.
    Window Rates Manager does not create any Start Menu shortcuts or Desktop icons. Due to this, you would only know it's installed if you found it listed in the Uninstall Programs control panel or see the winrange.exe process in the Windows Task Manager.
    When installed, you may notice the following symptoms:
    • Your computer may run slow.
    • Your computer's CPU utilization may rise to as high as 50%
    • You will find a process called WinRate.exe or WinRate_.exe running in Task Manager that use a large amount of CPU power. These processes will have a description called Window Rates Manager.
    • Applications and Windows may freeze.
    • Your Internet may become slower.

    How did the Window Rates Manager get on my computer?

    It is important to note that this program is installed by other programs that did not adequately disclose that other software would be installed along with it. Therefore, it is important that you pay attention to the license agreements and installation screens when installing anything off of the Internet. If an installation screen offers you Custom or Advanced installation options, it is a good idea to select these as they will typically disclose what other 3rd party software will also be installed. Furthermore, If the license agreement or installation screens state that they are going to install a toolbar or other unwanted adware, it is advised that you cancel the install and not use the free software.
    In my opinion, Window Rates Manager uses your computer's resources in order to benefit themselves, without providing any useful benefit to the user. Due to this, I feel that you should remove this program so that your computer runs as efficiently as possible. Furthermore, if this program is installed on your computer there is a good chance that other unwanted programs may be installed as well. Please use this guide to remove all remnants of the Window Rates Manager PUP and any other related programs.
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    View Associated Window Rates Manager Files C:\Program Files (x86)\winrate\ C:\Program Files (x86)\winrate\cache\ C:\Program Files (x86)\winrate\cache\Cookies C:\Program Files (x86)\winrate\cache\Cookies-journal C:\Program Files (x86)\winrate\cache\databases\ C:\Program Files (x86)\winrate\cache\databases\Databases.db C:\Program Files (x86)\winrate\cache\databases\Databases.db-journal C:\Program Files (x86)\winrate\cache\IndexedDB\ C:\Program Files (x86)\winrate\cache\IndexedDB\https_lpcdn.lpsnmedia.net_0.indexeddb.leveldb C:\Program Files (x86)\winrate\cache1\ C:\Program Files (x86)\winrate\cef.pak C:\Program Files (x86)\winrate\cef_100_percent.pak C:\Program Files (x86)\winrate\cef_200_percent.pak C:\Program Files (x86)\winrate\cef_extensions.pak C:\Program Files (x86)\winrate\d3dcompiler_43.dll C:\Program Files (x86)\winrate\d3dcompiler_47.dll C:\Program Files (x86)\winrate\devtools_resources.pak C:\Program Files (x86)\winrate\icudtl.dat C:\Program Files (x86)\winrate\libcef.dll C:\Program Files (x86)\winrate\libcurl.dll C:\Program Files (x86)\winrate\libEGL.dll C:\Program Files (x86)\winrate\libGLESv2.dll C:\Program Files (x86)\winrate\locales\ C:\Program Files (x86)\winrate\log4cplusU.dll C:\Program Files (x86)\winrate\msvcp120.dll C:\Program Files (x86)\winrate\msvcr120.dll C:\Program Files (x86)\winrate\natives_blob.bin C:\Program Files (x86)\winrate\plugins\ C:\Program Files (x86)\winrate\plugins\pepflashplayer.dll C:\Program Files (x86)\winrate\release.log C:\Program Files (x86)\winrate\snapshot_blob.bin C:\Program Files (x86)\winrate\Uninstall.exe C:\Program Files (x86)\winrate\Update\ C:\Program Files (x86)\winrate\widevinecdmadapter.dll C:\Program Files (x86)\winrate\WinRate.exe C:\Program Files (x86)\winrate\WinRateSync.exe C:\Program Files (x86)\winrate\WinRateSync_.exe C:\Program Files (x86)\winrate\winratetask.exe C:\Program Files (x86)\winrate\winratetask_.exe C:\Program Files (x86)\winrate\WinRate_.exe C:\Program Files (x86)\winrate\wow_helper.exe


    View Associated Window Rates Manager Registry Information HKCU\Software\winmnt HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{BFB16C71-7209-4534-8A47-AD6BABC3A66F} HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\okwinrate HKLM\SOFTWARE\okwinrate HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\WinRateSvc HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\WinRateSvc2 HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Window Rates Manager







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