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What is Alsearch?

Alsearch is an adware style application that runs in the web browser as a toolbar and web extension. The web extension is primarily designed to take control of the user's browser in order to modify the search provider and redirect web searches to what ever search engine partner the publisher has a revenue relationship with. In doing so, the toolbar performs a number of behaviors in order to maximize the potential of a user to click on sponsored advertising through search. This includes but not limited to:

- Changing the web browser's default home page to the affiliate search portal.
- Changing the browser's search provider, built-in search box as well as the address bar.
- Ability to modify the 'new tab' functionality to launch the modified search portal page.
- Provide automatic updates of the toolbar without the user's initiation.
- Adds an alternative error page and page not found functionality.
- Adds additional functionality that is designed to protect the search and home page settings.
- Access the HTML of all pages visited as well as capture URLs of the pages and search terms.
- In many cases can inject advertising in the form of context ads, pop-ups and pop-unders.

Overview

The main program executable is ALsearch.exe. Typically most users end up uninstalling this just after a few days. The software installer includes 4 files and is usually about 4.41 MB (4,626,554 bytes). ALsearchUpdate.exe is the automatic update component of the software designed to download and apply new updates should new versions be released.

Hijacks the web browser's home page
Hijacks the browser's default search provider
The experts agree, you should remove it!

Program details

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\alsearch

Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Alsearch\Uninstall.exe

Estimated size: 4.41 MB

Files installed by Alsearch

Program executable:	ALsearch.exe
Name:	ALsearch
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Path:	C:\Program Files\alsearch\ALsearch.exe
MD5:	fddbfd3ad213fd55f7f0de695f90348f

Additional files:

ALsearchUpdate.exe
ALsearch.exe
BKeeper.dll
Uninstall.exe

How do I remove Alsearch?

You can uninstall Alsearch 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 Alsearch, 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 Alsearch.
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.