Search.com Bar
What is Search.com Bar?
This is a Visicom toolbar installed in your Web browser that collects and stores information about your web browsing habits and sends this information to Visicom so they can suggest services or provide ads via the toolbar. Most of the traffic is sent to the urlseek.vmn.net subdomain, which seems to be associated with error-redirects of the VMN toolbar (installed in the enduser's web browser as part of various third-party products). This toolbar is known to monitor your search queries and browsing habits in order to send you targeted ads and modify your search settings and results.
Overview
The program adds a toolbar to Microsoft Internet Explorer. The primary executable is named searchcom_001.dll. A majority of users end up uninstalling this less than a week of it being installed. The setup package generally installs about 5 files and is usually about 1.7 MB (1,786,652 bytes).
- Integrates into the web browser
- Delivered through a thrid-party offer
- The experts agree, you should remove it!
Search.com Bar has been found to be bundled with 3rd party software. If you have not purposefully installed this, you should be safe uninstalling it.
Program details
URL: software.visicommedia.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\searchcom_001
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\searchcom_001\uninstall.exe
Estimated size: 1.7 MB
Files installed by Search.com Bar
Program module: | searchcom_001.dll |
Name: | DTX Toolbar |
| DTX kernel Module |
Path: | C:\Program Files\searchcom_001\searchcom_001.dll |
MD5: | 183fd788acca046d944be180b46741c8 |
Additional files:
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uninstall.exe - Search.com Bar (Search.com Bar Installer)
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searchcom_001X.dll - dtx Dynamic Link Library
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searchcom_002.dll - DTX Toolbar (DTX kernel Module)
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searchcom_002X.dll
Behaviors exhibited
2 Internet Explorer BHOs
- searchcom_002X.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'Search.com Bar' with the class of {9f85f783-362b-4373-afb4-4999ef33aa35}.
- searchcom_001X.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'Search.com Bar' with the class of {80987362-6216-49bc-98e4-77e6cf71a5d7}.
2 Internet Explorer Toolbars
- searchcom_002X.dll is loaded as Internet Explorer Toolbar with the name 'Search.com Bar' with the class of {9f85f783-362b-4373-afb4-4999ef33aa35}.
- searchcom_001X.dll is loaded as Internet Explorer Toolbar with the name 'Search.com Bar' with the class of {80987362-6216-49bc-98e4-77e6cf71a5d7}.
How do I remove Search.com Bar?
You can uninstall Search.com Bar from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
- On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
- Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
- When you find the program Search.com Bar, click it, and then do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
- Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
- Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Search.com Bar.
- If for some reason uninstallation fails, please install Microsoft's uninstall fixer utility which will help fix problems with programs that can't be uninstalled at support.microsoft.com.
How do I reset my web browser?
If your web browser homepage and search settings have been modfied by Search.com Bar you can restore them to their previous default settings.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
- Click the Advanced tab, and then click Reset. Select the Delete personal settings check box if you would also like to remove search providers, Accelerators and home pages. When Internet Explorer finishes applying default settings, click Close, and then click OK.
- The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.
Mozilla Firefox
- At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
- To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
- When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.
Google Chrome
- Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
- Select Settings. In the "Search" section, click Manage search engine. Check if (Default) is displayed next to your preferred search engine. If not, mouse over it and click Make default. Mouse over any other suspicious search engine entries that are not familiar and click X to remove them.
- When the "Show Home button" checkbox is selected, a web address appears below it. If you want the Homepage button to open up a different webpage, click Change to enter a link.
- Restart Google Chrome.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 75%
Win 10 1%
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HOW DOES IT RUN?
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Plugs into Internet Explorer
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 88%
Keep it 12%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 |
79.80% |
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Windows Vista |
11.11% |
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Windows XP |
8.08% |
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Windows 10 |
1.01% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
Windows 7 Home Premium |
72.45% |
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Microsoft Windows XP |
8.16% |
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Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
8.16% |
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Windows 7 Ultimate |
4.08% |
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Windows 7 Professional |
3.06% |
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Windows Vista Ultimate |
2.04% |
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Geography
100.00% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard |
48.78% |
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Dell |
25.61% |
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Acer |
8.54% |
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ASUS |
4.88% |
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Lenovo |
3.66% |
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Toshiba |
3.66% |
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American Megatrends |
2.44% |
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GIGABYTE |
1.22% |
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Gateway |
1.22% |
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Common models |
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
3.26% |
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Dell Inspiron 530 |
2.17% |
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Dell Inspiron N5110 |
2.17% |
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Dell XPS 8300 |
2.17% |
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HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
2.17% |
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TOSHIBA Satellite P505 |
1.09% |
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About Visicom Media inc
Visicom Media Network or VMN.net is a Web portal with a number of free services for users. Its headquarters is in Brossard, Quebec. The domain VMN.
Publisher URL: software.visicommedia.com