What is common.dll?

common.dll is part of Better Experience and developed by Better Experience according to the common.dll version information.

common.dll is usually located in the 'C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\BetterExperience\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 nameBetter Experience
Company nameBetter Experience
Internal namecommon.dll
Original filenamecommon.dll
Legal copyright(c) Better Experience
Product version2.6.61
File version2.6.61

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

Product nameBetter Experience
Company nameBetter Experience
Internal namecommon.dll
Original filenamecommon.dll
Legal copyright(c) Better Experience
Product version2.6.61
File version2.6.61

Digital signatures [?]

common.dll is not signed.

VirusTotal report

6 of the 50 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the common.dll file. That's a 12% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Avast Win32:BHO-AMO [PUP]
Baidu-International Trojan.Win32.ExFriendAlert.B
DrWeb Adware.Plugin.128
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/ExFriendAlert.B
Fortinet Riskware/ExFriendAlert
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.F47V0205
6 of the 50 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:\Documents and Settings\All ..\Application Data\BetterExperience\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:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\BetterExperience\IE\. The most common variants are listed below:

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD565c4119a1cad560c2aed0a763d31c1a1
SHA256ab501170cc72abf00f14b851d190962cd28c1f4f708de2f14aabf67ebae4b746

What will you do with common.dll?

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with common.dll. 100% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 2 users.

Votes
Keep0 %
0
Remove100 %
2

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with common.dll. Only 2 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

Comments

Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

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