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Should I remove Search Guard Plus Updater My Web Tattoo?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
69% remove it31% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Bad
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #41,070
United States Rank #28,250
Reach 0.0023%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 22.94 days
350.64 days >
Average installed length: 184.23 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
2.0 100.00%

Search Guard Plus Updater My Web Tattoo

What is Search Guard Plus Updater My Web Tattoo?  (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 Updater My Web Tattoo 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 uninstalSGPU.exe. Many users end up uninstalling this after less than a month of it being installed. The setup package generally installs about 3 files and is usually about 788.62 KB (807,550 bytes). The installed file sgpUpdaters.exe is the auto-update component of the program which is designed to check for software updates and notify and apply them when new versions are discovered. Relative to the overall usage of users who have this installed on their PCs, most are running Windows Vista (SP2) and Windows XP. While about 74% of users of Search Guard Plus Updater My Web Tattoo come from the United States, it is also popular in United Kingdom and Canada.
  • Malware detected in the program
  • Automatically starts with Windows
  • Typically distributed through a pay-per-install bundle
  • The wisdom of the experts agree, if you don't use it you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Search Guard Plus Updater My Web Tattoo.
sgpUpdater.exe (51c81e3c5cfc8ef2226a258f08b0b58a) has been flagged by the following 2 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareVersionDetection
Sophos 4.80 Make The Web Better
ViRobot 2011.4.7.4223 Adware.SearchGuardPlus.307584
Search Guard Plus Updater My Web Tattoo 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

URL: www.Make-the-web-better.com
Help link: www.searchguardplus.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\search guard plusu
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Search Guard PlusU\uninstalSGPU.exe
Estimated size: 788.62 KB

Program filesFiles installed by Search Guard Plus Updater My Web Tattoo

Program executable:uninstalSGPU.exe
Name:uninstal Application
Path:C:\Program Files\search guard plusu\uninstalSGPU.exe
MD5:1ab4a797eb43ece0a3817bc5c23f64eb
Additional files:
  • uninstalSGPU.exe - uninstal Application
  • sgpUpdaters.exe
  • (Malware detected) sgpUpdater.exe

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
  • sgpUpdaters.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named SearchGuardPlusUpdater.
Startup File (All Users Run)
  • sgpUpdaters.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'SGPUpdater' which loads as C:\Program Files\Search Guard PlusU\sgpUpdaters.exe.

How do I remove Search Guard Plus Updater My Web Tattoo?

You can uninstall Search Guard Plus Updater My Web Tattoo 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 Search Guard Plus Updater (My Web Tattoo), 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 Search Guard Plus Updater My Web Tattoo.
  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 Vista (SP2) 70%
Win Vista 2%
 
HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 69%
Keep it 31%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows Vista 76.09%
Windows XP 13.04%
Windows 7 10.87%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 67.39%
Microsoft Windows XP 13.04%
Windows 7 Home Premium 6.52%
Windows Vista Home Basic 4.35%
Windows Vista Ultimate 4.35%
Windows 7 Starter 2.17%

Distribution by countryGeography

73.53% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 73.53%
  United Kingdom 4.41%
  Canada 2.94%
  France 2.94%
  Italy 2.94%
  Germany 1.47%
  Spain 1.47%
  Finland 1.47%
  Ireland 1.47%
  Netherlands 1.47%
  Saudi Arabia 1.47%
  Sweden 1.47%
  Venezuela 1.47%
  South Africa 1.47%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 28.57%
Dell 23.81%
Acer 11.90%
Toshiba 9.52%
Sony 7.14%
Intel 4.76%
Gateway 4.76%
ASUS 4.76%
GIGABYTE 2.38%
American Megatrends 2.38%
Common models
Dell Inspiron 530s 7.32%
Dell Inspiron 1545 4.88%
Dell Inspiron 1525 4.88%
Dell Inspiron 530 2.44%
VIAK8_ AWRDACPI 2.44%
TOSHIBA Satellite U405D 2.44%

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