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#15,376
Worldwide
Ranked
#17,644
US
Lifespan
141.4
Days
 

Search Settings

Published by Spigot, Inc.

Search Settings Publisher's Description

The Spigot Search Settings is an application which is part of the Spigot Toolbar. Spigot searchsettings.exe'spurpose is to check periodically your default search engine and restore it to Yahoo in case...  Read more

Details

Latest version:1.0
Location:C:\Program Files\searchsettings
Install size:1.37 MB (1,439,156 bytes)
About URL:http://www.spigot.com/remove-search-settings.html
Language:English (United States) (1033)
Uninstall:C:\Program Files\SearchSettings\Uninst.exe /SSETTINGS

The trust score is the reputation of Search Settings based on a number of factors including malware scans, behvaior, uninstall trends and general user experiences.
Poor Below average Good Excellent

Reasons behind trust score

  • Automatically executes when the user logs into Windows.
  • Integrates into Internet Explorer through a BHO extension.
  • Very poorly rated by third-party sources and expert users.

Trend data unavailable until this program becomes quantified in the next few days.

SearchSettings.exe (Main Executable)
Common path:C:\Program Files\searchsettings\SearchSettings.exe
MD5:3ee12e92a0bc9f0d7cc4e0221e6095db
SearchSettings.dll
Behavior:Internet Explorer BHO
Publisher:Vendio Services
MD5:44e471e2895f8be378dba06a038512cd
Uninst.exe
Publisher:Flipora
Name:Flipora - Connect with friends
MD5:7ff535cbb77cc6bd3c93192167977ed1
nthook.dll
MD5:10aabb362f483dfb659c131c12c8a44c
nthook64.dll
MD5:3eca7d2be3e90c33e1e7e619bc5c3966

Installs by Country

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Installs in the United States

Latest Installs



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Versions

1.0 91.53%

Facts

  • Search Settings is developed by Spigot, Inc..
  • This software is potentially unwanted based on the trust factor and experience of other users.
  • This program has a higher than normal uninstall rate of about 83.0%.
  • A browser helper object is added to Internet Explorer under the name SearchSettings Class.
  • A startup entry is added to the user's registry which will force the program to run when Windows reboots and the user logs in.
  • The current version is 1.0. The most widely installed version is 1.0.

Operating Systems

Windows 7 71.19%
Windows XP 13.56%
Windows Vista 10.17%
Windows 8 5.08%

PC Manufacturers

HP 18.87%
Dell 16.98%
Acer 13.21%
ASUS 9.43%
Sony 7.55%
Toshiba 7.55%
Intel 5.66%
AMI 5.66%
Lenovo 5.66%
Samsung 3.77%
Alienware 1.89%
GIGABYTE 1.89%
Sahara 1.89%

User Demographics (United States)

SegmentIndex
Gender
Male49
Female51
Age
< 187
18-2517
26-3532
36-4560
46-60114
60+60
Education
High School132
College89
Post Graduate63
Household Income
$0-50k67
$50-100k114
$100-150k76
$150k+38
 
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