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Should I remove Crawler Desktop Weather?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
52% remove it48% keep it
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VersionDistribution
4.2.5.28 100.00%

Crawler Desktop Weather

What is Crawler Desktop Weather?  (from Crawler)

Get current local and international weather information right on your desktop! View details about storms and traffic, graphic forecast, radar, maps and much more...

Overview

Crawler Desktop Weather is a software program developed by Crawler. The program adds a toolbar to Microsoft Internet Explorer. The primary executable is named cweather.exe. The setup package generally installs about 20 files and is usually about 67.06 MB (70,315,887 bytes). Relative to the overall usage of users who have this installed on their PCs, most are running Windows 7 (SP1) and Windows Vista (SP2). While about 80% of users of Crawler Desktop Weather come from the United States, it is also popular in Belgium and Germany.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.crawler.com
Help link: www.crawler.com/faqs.aspx
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Crawler\
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Crawler\Weather\unins000.exe"
Estimated size: 67.06 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Crawler Desktop Weather

Program executable:cweather.exe
Name:Crawler Weather
Desktop Weather
Path:C:\Program Files\crawler\weather\cweather.exe
MD5:b1276ac80618bc346145e08e15204378
Additional files:
  • ctbcomm.dll - Crawler Toolbar (Crawler Toolbar Common Extension)
  • ctbr.dll - Crawler Toolbar Browser Object
  • CTipsDef.dll - Crawler Tips for CT5
  • CToolbar.exe
  • WebSecurityGuard.dll - Crawler Web Security Guard

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Internet Explorer BHO
  • ctbr.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a Browser Helper Object with the class of {1CB20BF0-BBAE-40A7-93F4-6435FF3D0411}.
Internet Explorer Toolbar
  • ctbr.dll is loaded as Internet Explorer Toolbar with the name '&Crawler Toolbar' with the class of {4B3803EA-5230-4DC3-A7FC-33638F3D3542}.
Internet Explorer URL Search Hook
  • ctbr.dll loads into IE as a URL Search Hook named '&Crawler Toolbar Helper' with a class of {1CB20BF0-BBAE-40A7-93F4-6435FF3D0411} in order to redirect unknown URL searches.
Internet Explorer Web Browser
  • ctbr.dll installs an IE Web Browser in Internet Explorer named '&Crawler Toolbar' with a class of {4B3803EA-5230-4DC3-A7FC-33638F3D3542}.

Program resource utilizationResource utilization averages

CToolbar.exe
Memory:25.26 MB
21.09 MB average
Total CPU:0.3347312526%
0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:0.24067852%
0.016088% average
User CPU:0.09405273%
0.015104% average

How do I remove Crawler Desktop Weather?

You can uninstall Crawler Desktop Weather from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
  1. 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.
  2. When you find the program Crawler Desktop Weather, 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).
  3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Crawler Desktop Weather.

How do I reset my web browser?

If your web browser homepage and search settings have been modfied by Crawler Desktop Weather you can restore them to their previous default settings.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Mozilla Firefox
Google Chrome

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 56%
Win XP 11%
 
HOW DOES IT RUN?
Plugs into Internet Explorer
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 52%
Keep it 48%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 55.56%
Windows Vista 33.33%
Windows XP 11.11%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 22.22%
Microsoft Windows XP 11.11%
Windows 7 Home Basic 11.11%
Windows 7 Home Premium 11.11%
Windows 7 Professional 11.11%
Windows 7 Starter 11.11%

Distribution by countryGeography

80.00% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 80.00%
  Belgium 5.00%
  Germany 5.00%
  Mexico 5.00%
  Russia 5.00%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 37.50%
Dell 25.00%
Toshiba 12.50%
Acer 12.50%
ASUS 12.50%
Common models
TOSHIBA Satellite C655 12.50%
Micro-Star MS-7345 12.50%
HP-Pavilion AY022AA-ABA p... 12.50%
HP Pro 3400 Series MT 12.50%
Dell OptiPlex 755 12.50%
Dell Inspiron 1545 12.50%

About Crawler

Run by Xacti Group Companies Crawler provides toolbar type programs for various Web browsers.
Publisher URL: www.crawler.com

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