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Should I remove Movies Search App for Chrome?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
79% remove it21% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Bad
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #8,756
United States Rank #17,437
Reach 0.0442%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 8.45 days
249.19 days >
Average installed length: 130.93 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
2.9.0.0 0.69%
2.1.0.0 99.31%

Movies Search App for Chrome

What is Movies Search App for Chrome?

Movies Search App is an advertising-supported web browser Chome extension that will make the following changes to the browser's settings:

- Changes the default home page and new tabs and protect these search settings
- Changes the default search engine in your Internet Browser, including the browser's built-in search box
- Adds an addition of alternative error page functionality, such as “Page Not Found” adn DNS errors
- Tracks usage behavior. Information about the search queries submited in connection with the Toolbar and how it is interacted with search results may be used to personalize the content and advertisements

About  (from IAC Search and Media)

The Toolbar, in the course of processing a given search query, sends a request to our servers. This request may include the keyword query, search query text, time of day, browser type, default language setting, IP address, an anonymous unique ID, the address of the last URL you visited before clicking through to the ...  Read more
Overview
  • Typically distributed through a pay-per-install bundle
  • Displays unwanted advertisements
  • Hijacks the web browser's home page
  • The wisdom of the crowd agrees, you should remove it!
Movies Search App for Chrome has been found to be bundled with 3rd party software. If you have not purposefully installed this, you should be safe uninstalling it.

Program detailsProgram details

Displayed publisher: IAC Search and Media, Inc.
Installation folder: C:\Program Files2\MOVIES~1\Datamngr\SRTOOL~1\GC
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files2\MOVIES~1\Datamngr\SRTOOL~1\GC\uninstall.exe /UN=CR /PID=LVD2-DTX /PCD=IMH
Estimated size: 1.34 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Movies Search App for Chrome

  • uninstall.exe - Movies Search App (Dist. by Bandoo Media, Inc.) (Movies Search App (Dist. by Bandoo Media, Inc.) Installer)

How do I remove Movies Search App for Chrome?

You can uninstall Movies Search App for Chrome 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 Movies Search App for Chrome, 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 Movies Search App for Chrome.
  4. 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) 54%
Win 7 0%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 79%
Keep it 21%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#8,756

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 65.94%
Windows 10 27.66%
Windows XP 4.46%
Windows Vista 1.94%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Ultimate 34.45%
Windows 7 Home Premium 13.18%
Windows 7 Professional 13.06%
Windows 8.1 6.47%
Windows 8.1 Pro 6.36%
Microsoft Windows XP 4.51%

Distribution by countryGeography

14.75% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 14.75%
  DZ 9.20%
  IQ 6.32%
  India 5.32%
  Saudi Arabia 4.66%
  MA 4.55%
  Egypt 4.10%
  Germany 2.44%
  Philippines 2.33%
  United Kingdom 2.00%
  Iran 1.77%
  France 1.66%
  Thailand 1.44%
  BD 1.33%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 27.15%
Dell 20.70%
Acer 20.70%
Toshiba 7.28%
ASUS 5.96%
Samsung 5.96%
Lenovo 4.80%
GIGABYTE 4.47%
Intel 1.66%
Compaq 0.83%
Alienware 0.50%
Common models
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 5.14%
Dell Inspiron 3521 4.11%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 4.11%
Dell Inspiron N5110 3.08%
HP 15 Notebook PC 3.08%
Dell Inspiron N5010 2.40%

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