Should I remove EasyLife Search?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
84% remove it16% keep it
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #10,034
United States Rank #13,274
Reach 0.0359%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 32.25 days
951.24 days >
Average installed length: 499.81 days
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EasyLife Search 1.74
from Asaf Shapira
What is EasyLife Search?
This is an adware based web browser hijacker that will modify the user's home page, search settings as well as modify the content of web pages visited in order to inject modfied ads. The publisher of this app falls under the umbrella of the Amazing Apps group of adware.
About (from Asaf Shapira)
We may collect certain information about your web usage and websites you have visited, which may be shared with third parties and used for advertising. NOTE: THE PLUGIN AND OTHER SERVICES COLLECT AND STORES INFORMATION CONCERNING THE WEB PAGES YOU VISIT AND YOUR ACTIVITY ON THOSE PAGES, SUCH AS IMPRESSIONS, CLICKS AND ... Read more
Overview
The primary executable is named sprotector.dll. A majority of users end up uninstalling this less than a week of it being installed. The setup package generally installs about 4 files and is usually about 1.47 MB (1,544,274 bytes).
- Malware detected in the program
- Typically distributed through a pay-per-install bundle
- Hijacks the web browser's home page
- Most users and experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in EasyLife Search.
| sprotector.dll (2e705785860f95358dc9aa6ed402198b) has been flagged by the following 8 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
| avast! |
2014.9-130615 |
Win32:SProtector-A [PUP] |
| AVG |
2014.0.3468 |
Generic5 |
| Dr.Web |
9.0.0.0166 |
Adware.BGuard.11 |
| ESET-NOD32 |
7.8450 |
a variant of Win32/SProtector.A |
| The Hacker |
6.8.0.6.166 |
Trojan/Sprotector |
| Trend Micro |
10.465.15 |
ADW_SPROTECT |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall |
7.2.166 |
ADW_SPROTECT |
| VIPRE Antivirus |
18716 |
Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| psupport.dll (898bdcc577a2b49e8eacaf18ddbb3e7b) has been flagged by the following 22 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Software version | Detection |
| Lavasoft Ad-Aware |
12.0.163.0 |
Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Bprotector.1 |
| AhnLab-V3 |
2014.01.24.00 |
PUP/Win32.ADownloader |
| Avira AntiVir |
7.11.126.212 |
Adware/BHO.Bprotector.12 |
| avast! |
8.0.1489.320 |
Win32:Adware-BID [Adw] |
| Baidu-International |
3.5.1.41473 |
Adware.Win32.BHO.40 |
| Bitdefender |
7.2.5028.0 |
Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Bprotector.1 |
| Comodo Security |
17665 |
UnclassifiedMalware |
| Dr.Web |
|
Adware.BGuard.42 |
| Emsisoft Anti-Malware |
3.0.0.596 |
Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Bprotector.1 (B) |
| ESET-NOD32 |
9331 |
a variant of Win32/SProtector.A |
| F-Secure |
11.0.19100.45 |
Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Bprotector.1 |
| G Data |
24 |
Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Bprotector.1 |
| Kingsoft AntiVirus |
2013.4.9.267 |
Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud) |
| Malwarebytes |
1.75.0.1 |
PUP.Optional.SProtect.A |
| McAfee |
5.600.0.1067 |
Generic PUP.a |
| McAfee-GW-Edition |
2013 |
Generic PUP.a |
| MicroWorld-eScan |
12.0.250.0 |
Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Bprotector.1 |
| NANO AntiVirus |
0.28.0.57380 |
Trojan.Win32.BGuard.cqshad |
| Sophos |
4.97.0 |
BProtector |
| Symantec |
20131.1.5.61 |
Adware.BL |
| Vba32 AntiVirus |
3.12.24.3 |
AdWare.BHO |
| VIPRE Antivirus |
25750 |
Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| uninstall.exe (b42ff5f0d5e1b6331b9243ca6c78656e) has been flagged by the following 4 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Software version | Detection |
| avast! |
8.0.1489.320 |
NSIS:SProtector-B [PUP] |
| Dr.Web |
|
Adware.BGuard.11 |
| ESET-NOD32 |
9190 |
Win32/SProtector.B |
| VIPRE Antivirus |
24882 |
Sprotector (fs) |
View all 34 all detections
EasyLife Search 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: search.easylifeapp.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\easylife
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\EasyLife\uninstall.exe" /FULLPATH="C:\Program Files\EasyLife"
Estimated size: 1.47 MB
Files installed by EasyLife Search 1.74
| Program module: | sprotector.dll (Malware detected) |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\easylife\sprotector.dll |
| MD5: | 2e705785860f95358dc9aa6ed402198b |
| SProtector has been detected as 'malware' by multiple antivirus products. TrendMicro classifies it as TROJ_GEN.RCBH1L8. ESET calls it a variant of Win32/SProtector.A. QuickHeal identifies SProtector.dll as Worm.SProtector.A3. Avast... |
Additional files:
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(Malware detected) uninstall.exe
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lpk.dll
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(Malware detected) psupport.dll
How do I remove EasyLife Search?
You can uninstall EasyLife Search 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 EasyLife Search 1.74, 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 EasyLife Search.
- 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.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 73%
Win 7 0%
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 84%
Keep it 16%
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GLOBAL RANK
 #10,034
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
82.68% |
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| Windows XP |
11.55% |
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| Windows Vista |
4.79% |
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| Windows 10 |
0.99% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
45.75% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
22.80% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
11.47% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
7.08% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
3.68% |
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| Windows 7 Home Basic |
3.26% |
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Geography
27.59% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
27.59% |
| Taiwan |
16.48% |
| United Kingdom |
5.37% |
| Germany |
5.12% |
| Indonesia |
4.99% |
| Canada |
4.87% |
| Italy |
3.62% |
| Netherlands |
3.25% |
| Brazil |
3.00% |
| Hong Kong |
2.75% |
| France |
2.62% |
| Mexico |
2.25% |
| Philippines |
1.75% |
| Malaysia |
1.62% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Acer |
21.46% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
20.78% |
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| ASUS |
16.21% |
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| Dell |
14.84% |
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| Samsung |
7.53% |
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| GIGABYTE |
7.08% |
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| Toshiba |
6.62% |
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| Lenovo |
3.20% |
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| Intel |
1.60% |
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| American Megatrends |
0.68% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
4.11% |
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| HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
3.65% |
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| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
3.65% |
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| Dell Inspiron N5110 |
2.74% |
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| ASUSTeK K53SD |
1.83% |
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| Dell Inspiron 1545 |
1.83% |
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