What is common.dll?

common.dll is part of Websteroids and developed by Creative Island Media, LLC according to the common.dll version information.

common.dll is digitally signed by Creative Island Media, LLC.

common.dll is usually located in the 'C:\ProgramData\Websteroids\IE\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected common.dll.

If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.

Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on common.dll:

PropertyValue
Product nameWebsteroids
Company nameCreative Island Media, LLC
Internal namecommon.dll
Original filenamecommon.dll
Legal copyright(c) Creative Island Media, LLC
Product version2.6.53
File version2.6.53

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameWebsteroids
Company nameCreative Island Media, LLC
Internal namecommon.dll
Original filenamecommon.dll
Legal copyright(c) Creative Island Media, LLC
Product version2.6.53
File version2.6.53

Digital signatures [?]

common.dll has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameCreative Island Media, LLC
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number68f23f4d2767f6491dea9186f2e5cb89

VirusTotal report

16 of the 48 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the common.dll file. That's a 33% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Adware.Agent.NVF
Avast Win32:BHO-AMO [PUP]
BitDefender Adware.Agent.NVF
DrWeb Adware.Plugin.128
Emsisoft Adware.Agent.NVF (B)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/ExFriendAlert.B
F-Secure Adware.Agent.NVF
GData Adware.Agent.NVF
Ikarus AdWare.Agent
McAfee Artemis!504226343F98
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis!504226343F98
MicroWorld-eScan Adware.Agent.NVF
nProtect Adware.Agent.NVF
Sophos Search Donkey
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.F47V0121
VIPRE SearchDonkey (fs)
16 of the 48 anti-virus programs detected the common.dll file.

common.dll removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove common.dll with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the common.dll file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that common.dll has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

  1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
  2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.
    Screenshot of Start Scan button
  3. When the scan is finished, locate common.dll in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the common.dll file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate common.dll in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    C:\ProgramData\Websteroids\IE\common.dll
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the common.dll file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If common.dll still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If common.dll is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If common.dll still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
  8. Restart your computer.
  9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that common.dll no longer appear in the scan result.
Please select the option that best describe your thoughts on the removal instructions given above








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Folder name variants

common.dll may also be located in other folders than C:\ProgramData\Websteroids\IE\. The most common variants are listed below:

Other files also named common.dll

common.dll (2 votes)

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5504226343f9817f7d0e4069fdc262615
SHA256fe8a715b0080d845c7cccf2932092604a53c9c8deafd36294c35bca68e2f828c

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