Should I remove Search Guard Plus My Tattoons?
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 #42,587
United States Rank #44,960
Reach 0.0021%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 13.51 days
398.49 days >
Average installed length: 209.37 days
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 2.0 |
100.00% |
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Search Guard Plus My Tattoons
from Make The Web Better, LLC
What is Search Guard Plus My Tattoons? (from Make The Web Better)
Make The Web Better develops fun and easy-to-use products that can be used on social networks and other web sites. Our products are FREE to the online user. The Company generates revenues through its search products. It is through revenues generated by search that our Company is able to offer and continually enhance ... Read more
Overview
Search Guard Plus My Tattoons is a software program developed by Make The Web Better. During setup, the program creates a startup registration point in Windows in order to automatically start when any user boots the PC. The primary executable is named SearchGuardPlus.exe. A majority of users end up uninstalling this less than a week of it being installed. The setup package generally installs about 3 files and is usually about 897.18 KB (918,708 bytes). Relative to the overall usage of users who have this installed on their PCs, most are running Windows Vista (SP2) and Windows 7 (SP1). While about 36% of users of Search Guard Plus My Tattoons come from the United States, it is also popular in Canada and United Kingdom.
- Malware detected in the program
- Automatically starts with Windows
- Typically distributed through a pay-per-install bundle
- The experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Search Guard Plus My Tattoons.
| FbsSearchProviderIE8.exe (bb8d40f7b622729a49d4ca9cb18120ba) has been flagged by the following 15 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
| Bitdefender |
1.0.20.1705 |
Adware.FTat.A |
| Commtouch SDK |
5.3.2.6 |
W32/MTWB.A.gen!Eldorado |
| Emsisoft Anti-Malware |
8.13.12.07.03 |
Malware.Win32.AMN!A2 |
| F-Prot |
v6.4.6.5.141 |
W32/MTWB.A.gen |
| F-Secure |
11.2013-07-12_7 |
Adware.FTat.A |
| G Data |
13.12.22 |
Adware.FTat |
| K7 AntiVirus |
13.147.7525 |
Spyware |
| Norman |
10.20131207 |
W32/Suspicious_Gen3.EJJQ |
| nProtect |
12.08.22.01 |
Trojan-Clicker/W32.FTat.83328 |
| Rising Antivirus |
23.00.65.131205 |
Trojan.Win32.Generic.1253EA90 |
| Sophos |
4.80 |
Make The Web Better |
| The Hacker |
6.8.0.12.341 |
Trojan/CI.gen |
| VIPRE Antivirus |
12730 |
Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| ViRobot |
2011.4.7.4223 |
Adware.FTat.83328 |
| VirusBuster |
15.0.158.0 |
Adware.FTat!CDePCJQ+2QY |
| SearchGuardPlus.exe (b30283642397451f2f4840dbbfb00e85) has been flagged by the following 11 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Software version | Detection |
| Bitdefender |
7.2 |
Adware.FTat.A |
| Emsisoft Anti-Malware |
3.0.0.569 |
Adware.FTat.A (B) |
| F-Secure |
11.0.19020.35 |
Adware.FTat.A |
| G Data |
22 |
Adware.FTat.A |
| IKARUS anti.virus |
T3.1.4.0.0 |
AdWare.FTat |
| Malwarebytes |
1.70.0.9 |
PUP.Fbsearch |
| MicroWorld-eScan |
12.0.250.0 |
Adware.FTat.A |
| nProtect |
2013-03-21.04 |
Trojan-Clicker/W32.FTat.194432 |
| The Hacker |
None |
Trojan/CI.gen |
| VIPRE Antivirus |
16222 |
Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| ViRobot |
2011.4.7.4223 |
Adware.SearchGuardPlus.194432 |
View all 26 all detections
Search Guard Plus My Tattoons 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: www.searchguardplus.com/Uninstall.aspx
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\search guard plus
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Search Guard Plus\uninstalSGP.exe
Estimated size: 897.18 KB
Files installed by Search Guard Plus My Tattoons
| Program executable: | SearchGuardPlus.exe |
| Name: | Fast Browser Search Protection |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\search guard plus\SearchGuardPlus.exe |
| MD5: | 1019d43e2c7aa60331d099db4930c69d |
Additional files:
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(Malware detected) FbsSearchProviderIE8.exe - FbsSearchProviderIE8 Application
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uninstalSGP.exe - uninstal SGP
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SearchGuardPlus.exe - Fast Browser Search Protection
Behaviors exhibited
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
- SearchGuardPlus.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named SearchGuardPlus.
Startup File (All Users Run)
- SearchGuardPlus.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'FBSearch' which loads as C:\Program Files\Search Guard Plus\SearchGuardPlus.exe.
How do I remove Search Guard Plus My Tattoons?
You can uninstall Search Guard Plus My Tattoons 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 Guard Plus (My Tattoons), 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 Guard Plus My Tattoons.
- 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 Vista (SP2) 57%
Win Vista 2%
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HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 80%
Keep it 20%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows Vista |
66.67% |
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| Windows 7 |
16.67% |
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| Windows XP |
16.67% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
54.76% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
16.67% |
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| Windows 7 Home Premium |
11.90% |
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| Windows Vista Home Basic |
9.52% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
4.76% |
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| Windows Vista Starter |
2.38% |
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Geography
36.00% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
36.00% |
| Canada |
12.00% |
| United Kingdom |
8.00% |
| Brazil |
6.00% |
| Spain |
6.00% |
| Italy |
6.00% |
| DK |
4.00% |
| Mexico |
4.00% |
| DZ |
2.00% |
| Egypt |
2.00% |
| Finland |
2.00% |
| France |
2.00% |
| Greece |
2.00% |
| Israel |
2.00% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
33.33% |
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| Toshiba |
13.89% |
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| Acer |
13.89% |
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| Dell |
11.11% |
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| Sony |
8.33% |
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| Gateway |
5.56% |
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| ASUS |
5.56% |
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| Intel |
2.78% |
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| GIGABYTE |
2.78% |
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| American Megatrends |
2.78% |
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Common models |
| TOSHIBA Satellite L500 |
5.71% |
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| Dell Inspiron 537s |
5.71% |
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| Dell Inspiron 1545 |
2.86% |
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| CCE X20II Series |
2.86% |
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| ASUSTeK G50VT |
2.86% |
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| Acer Aspire 5920 |
2.86% |
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