Bonanza Deals is a web browser extension and toolbar that delivers contextual-based advertising, modifying the user's web browser home and search pages to provide advertising and search services. This seemingly innocuous program has raised concerns among cybersecurity experts due to its potential to install malware on users' computers.
What is Bonanza Deals?
Bonanza Deals is a shopping comparative service that offers online savings and discounts related to the items you want to purchase. As you shop online, Bonanza Deals will offer you discount opportunities, banners ads, and coupons to help you compare prices and products while shopping through third-party websites.
Overview
Despite its legitimate purpose, Bonanza Deals has been flagged by multiple anti-virus scanners for possible malware installation. The program loads into the web browser, modifies the home page, and adds search functionality from the address bar. It also displays contextual advertising by injecting banner and text ads.
Malware Detection
Several anti-virus software have detected possible malware in Bonanza Deals:
- Bkav FE 1.3.0.4246: HW32.Laneul
- Dr.Web 9.0.0.0269: Adware.Shopper.363
- ESET-NOD32 7.8821: a variant of Win32/DealPly.G
- PC Tools 2013: Adware.DealPly
- Microsoft Windows Defender: Potential malware detected
How to Remove Bonanza Deals
If you suspect that Bonanza Deals is installed on your computer, follow these steps to remove it:
- Open Control Panel and click "Uninstall a Program" (Windows Vista/7/8/10) or "Add or Remove Programs" (Windows XP).
- Find the program "Bonanza Deals" (remove only) and click Uninstall.
- Follow the prompts to complete the uninstallation process.
Reset Your Web Browser
If Bonanza Deals has modified your web browser homepage and search settings, you can restore them to their default settings:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer: Go to Tools > Internet options > General > Home page > Use default.
- Mozilla Firefox: Go to Options > General > Startup > Home page > Restore Defaults.
- Google Chrome: Go to Settings > On startup > Set pages > Restore Defaults.
Global Rank
Bonanza Deals ranks #3,649 globally in terms of user actions:
- Uninstall it: 63%
- Keep it: 37%
OS Versions and Geography
Bonanza Deals runs on the following Windows OS versions:
- Windows 7: 69.38%
- Windows 10: 18.89%
- Windows XP: 7.60%
- Windows Vista: 4.13%
Geographically, Bonanza Deals is most commonly installed in:
- Brazil: 32.50%
- United States: 9.11%
- Germany: 6.49%
- France: 3.95%
- United Kingdom: 3.48%
PC Manufacturers
Bonanza Deals is often pre-installed on computers from the following PC manufacturers:
- Hewlett-Packard: 23.20%
- Acer: 22.92%
- Dell: 16.77%
- ASUS: 9.22%
- Samsung: 8.44%
Common Models
Bonanza Deals is commonly found on the following computer models:
- Positivo Mobile: 8.40%
- HP Pavilion g6 Notebook: 5.77%
- HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook: 4.72%
- Dell Inspiron N5110: 2.89%
- Samsung 300E4C/300E5C/300…: 2.49%, while Bonanza Deals may seem like a harmless browser extension, its potential to install malware and modify your web browser settings makes it a program that should be removed from your computer.