Should I remove Search Deals?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
80% remove it20% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #21,306
United States Rank #27,601
Reach 0.0097%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 8.77 days
258.75 days >
Average installed length: 135.96 days
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 2.6.80 |
89.53% |
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| 2.6.78 |
9.42% |
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| 2.6.43 |
1.05% |
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Search Deals
from CloudCanvas, Inc.
What is Search Deals?
This is an adware web browser extension from Creative Island Media that will display various popup and banner ads as well as modify the user's web browser search and home page settings. In some cases, the program will monitor a user's behavior and will inject rival advertisements over existing one or just inject new ones all together. "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 CloudCanvas)
Search Deals is a free application that adds amazing deals to the most popular search engines (including Google, Bing and Yahoo Search Deals is entirely free to use. In order to keep Search Deals free, we've partnered with high-quality ad providers and you may see additional ads when Search Deals is installed. We do no... Read more
Overview
- Known to reinstall itself
- Typically distributed through a pay-per-install bundle
- Displays unwanted advertisements
- Hijacks the web browser's home page
- The experts agree, you should remove it!
Search Deals 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
Displayed publisher: CloudCanvas, Inc. DBA Injekt
URL: www.searchdealsapp.com
Help link: www.searchdealsapp.com/about.html
Installation folder: C:\ProgramData\searchdeals
Uninstaller: C:\ProgramData\SearchDeals\uninstall.exe /kb=y /ic=0
Estimated size: 2.02 MB
Files installed by Search Deals
How do I remove Search Deals?
You can uninstall Search Deals 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 Search Deals, 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 Search Deals.
- 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 XP 1%
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 80%
Keep it 20%
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GLOBAL RANK
 #21,306
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
61.26% |
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| Windows 10 |
30.89% |
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| Windows Vista |
4.71% |
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| Windows XP |
3.14% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
37.17% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
14.66% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
12.04% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
5.76% |
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| Windows 8 |
4.19% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro |
3.66% |
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Geography
26.73% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
26.73% |
| India |
17.33% |
| Canada |
13.86% |
| Australia |
8.91% |
| Germany |
8.42% |
| United Kingdom |
6.44% |
| Brazil |
5.45% |
| France |
5.45% |
| Italy |
4.46% |
| Spain |
1.49% |
| Hong Kong |
0.50% |
| Belgium |
0.50% |
| Saudi Arabia |
0.50% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
36.80% |
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| Acer |
20.00% |
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| Dell |
14.40% |
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| ASUS |
8.00% |
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| Toshiba |
5.60% |
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| Lenovo |
4.80% |
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| Medion |
4.00% |
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| American Megatrends |
2.40% |
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| GIGABYTE |
1.60% |
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| Intel |
1.60% |
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| Sony |
0.80% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
5.26% |
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| HP Pavilion 15 Notebook P... |
3.51% |
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| HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
3.51% |
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| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
2.63% |
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| HP G62 Notebook PC |
2.63% |
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| ASUSTeK S400CA |
1.75% |
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