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Should I remove Safe Web?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
80% remove it20% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Bad
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #8,974
United States Rank #17,452
Reach 0.0425%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 30.72 days
466.37 days >
Average installed length: 245.04 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
2.7.45 63.48%
2.7.42 32.46%
2.7.31 4.06%

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Safe Web

What is Safe Web?

Safe Web (Injekt) is an adware Internet toolbar/extension that will deliver ads to the browser on web pages that are not affiliated with the ads or the extension. Ads will be injected as new ads that would not normally appear or displayed on top of ads that the underlying website is already providing. These ads often direct the user to download potentially unwanted software or purchase products from affiliates. If a coupon is being displayed, clicking on any of the offers will result in a redirect that will drop affiliate cookies on to the end user computer and resolve the end user to the advertiser page/offer. Also, the adware will communicate with a remote server in order to track the habits of the user including what domains the user visits, what pages they view and what advertisements are displayed and clicked on.

The software bundles additional addware/PUPs during setup: "In some cases, we may display product offers during your installation process. Of course, you will have the ability to accept or pass on these offers. We try our very best to make sure any product offering follows best practices and actually provides something of value to you."

About  (from Acute Angle Solutions)

Safe Web is a free application that allows you to view insightful analysis about the websites that you visit and specifically how they're tracking you online. Safe Web cannot determine exactly who is tracking your computer usage. Instead, Safe Web allows a user to see which websites have placed tracking code onto their...  Read more
Overview
  • Malware detected in the program
  • Adds a background Windows Service
  • Known to reinstall itself
  • Delivered through a thrid-party offer
  • Displays unwanted advertisements
  • The experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Safe Web.
SafeWebService.exe (7a837fff7c573e2b9ac45a44fcca424b) has been flagged by the following 38 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareVersionDetection
Lavasoft Ad-Aware 537 Adware.PullUpdate.H
Agnitum Outpost 7.1.1 PUA.PullUpdate
AhnLab-V3 2015.07.13 Win-PUP/PullUpdate
ALYac 1.0.1.4 Adware.PullUpdate.H
Antiy-AVL 1.0.0.1 GrayWare[AdWare]/MSIL.PullUpdate.b
Arcabit 1.0.0.425 Adware.PullUpdate.H
AVG 2016.0.3015 Downloader
Avira 8.3.1.6 ADWARE/PullUpdate.AQ
AVware 1.5.0.21 Injekt (fs)
Baidu-International 4.0.3.15817 Adware.MSIL.PullUpdate.G
Bitdefender 1.0.20.1145 Adware.PullUpdate.H
Bkav FE 1.3.0.6979 W32.HfsAdware
CAT-QuickHeal 8.15.14.00 Adware.TVWizard.A3
Comodo Security 22744 ApplicUnwnt
Dr.Web 9.0.0.0229 Adware.Yontoo.82
Emsisoft Anti-Malware 8.15.08.17.08 Adware.PullUpdate
ESET-NOD32 9.11928 a variant of MSIL/Adware.PullUpdate.G.gen
Fortinet FortiGate 8/17/2015 Adware/PullUpdate
F-Secure 11.2015-17-08_2 Adware.PullUpdate.H
G Data 15.8.25 Adware.PullUpdate
Jiangmin KV150817 AdWare/MSIL.cix
K7 AntiVirus 13.205.16534 Adware
K7GW 13.205.16534 Adware ( 004afdd71 )
Kaspersky 14.0.0.1568 not-a-virus:AdWare.MSIL.PullUpdate
Malwarebytes v2015.08.17.08 PUP.Optional.SafeWeb.A
McAfee 5600.6671 Artemis!7A837FFF7C57
McAfee-GW-Edition 7.6671 Artemis!PUP
MicroWorld-eScan 16.0.0.687 Adware.PullUpdate.H
NANO AntiVirus 0.30.24.2487 Trojan.Win32.Downware.dhdcgg
nProtect 15.07.10.01 Adware.PullUpdate.H
Panda Antivirus 15.08.17.08 Trj/CI.A
Qihoo-360 1.0.0.1015 HEUR/QVM03.0.Malware.Gen
Symantec 8/17/2015 rev. 2 Trojan.Gen
Tencent 1.0.0.1 Msil.Adware.Pullupdate.Ajlr
Trend Micro 10.465.17 ADW_PULLUPDATE.A
TrendMicro-HouseCall 7.2.229 ADW_PULLUPDATE.A
Vba32 AntiVirus 3.12.26.4 AdWare.MSIL.PullUpdate
VIPRE Antivirus 41938 Injekt (fs)
       View all 38 all detections
Safe Web 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: Acute Angle Solutions Ltd
Help link: www.safewebonline.com/about.html
Installation folder: C:\ProgramData\safeweb
Uninstaller: C:\ProgramData\SafeWeb\uninstall.exe /kb=y /ic=1
Estimated size: 1.31 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Safe Web

Program executable:SafeWeb.exe
Name:Safe Web
SafeWeb
Path:C:\ProgramData\safeweb\SafeWeb.exe
MD5:e1ec011f402860b7b13295358eac9578
Additional files:
  • SafeWeb.exe - Safe Web (SafeWeb)
  • SafeWeb64.exe
  • (Malware detected) SafeWebService.exe - SafeWeb Service
  • Au_.exe
  • Uninstall.exe

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Service
  • SafeWebService.exe runs as a service named 'SafeWeb' (SafeWeb).

How do I remove Safe Web?

You can uninstall Safe Web 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 Safe Web, 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 Safe Web.
  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 10 42%
Win Vista 0%
 
HOW IT RUNS
Windows Service? Yes
(Installs a service)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 80%
Keep it 20%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 47.21%
Windows 10 42.21%
Windows XP 5.71%
Windows Vista 4.88%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 8.1 23.47%
Windows 7 Home Premium 20.96%
Windows 7 Ultimate 14.25%
Windows 7 Professional 8.86%
Microsoft Windows XP 5.63%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 3.83%

Distribution by countryGeography

21.45% of installs come from India
Which countries install it?
  India 21.45%
  United States 15.10%
  Italy 13.05%
  Spain 10.90%
  United Kingdom 8.29%
  Canada 7.04%
  Australia 5.68%
  Brazil 4.43%
  France 3.41%
  Sweden 3.41%
  Germany 2.61%
  DK 1.14%
  Singapore 0.91%
  New Zealand 0.45%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 27.38%
Acer 20.58%
Dell 19.56%
ASUS 10.88%
Lenovo 9.01%
Toshiba 5.78%
Samsung 3.23%
GIGABYTE 1.87%
Intel 1.19%
Alienware 0.51%
Common models
HP Pavilion 15 Notebook P... 6.19%
HP 15 Notebook PC 5.50%
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 4.47%
HP Pavilion dv6 NoteBook ... 3.09%
Dell Inspiron 3542 2.75%
Dell Inspiron 3521 2.41%

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