Should I remove Search Results Toolbar?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
79% remove it21% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #8,785
United States Rank #6,208
Reach 0.0440%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 38.39 days
1132.38 days >
Average installed length: 594.98 days
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 1.0.0.12 |
100.00% |
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Search Results Toolbar
What is Search Results Toolbar?
The Search Results Toolbar (by IAC Search & Media) is an advertising supported toolbar for Intenet Explorer and Firefox (a web browser extension) that is typically installed via a software bundler. The Search Results Toolbar collects and stores information about your web browsing habits and sends this information to its remote servers so they can suggest services or provide advertising via the toolbar. Search Results Toolbar will attempt to change your home page and search provider if you are not careful during installation and provides a search box and various other generic features in the toolbar.
About (from IAC Search & Media)
Search-results.com are owned and operated by IAC Search & Media, Inc., headquartered in Oakland, California, with offices throughout the United States, as well as in Europe and Asia.
Overview
- Possible malware installed by this program
- Loads into the web browser
- Typically distributed through a pay-per-install bundle
- Hijacks the web browser's home page
- Hijacks the browser's default search provider
- The wisdom of the crowd agrees, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Search Results Toolbar.
| searchresultsDx.dll (5bf32d3e02a50c96ac146e6a13daf244) has been flagged by the following 2 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
| Baidu-International |
4.0.3.1487 |
Adware.Win32.Visicom.B |
| ESET-NOD32 |
8.9924 |
a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Visicom.B |
| dtUser.exe (838667b3b34dfe62f924ef75e6089473) has been flagged by the following 2 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Software version | Detection |
| Agnitum Outpost |
5.5.1.3 |
PUA.Toolbar.Visicom! |
| ESET-NOD32 |
12095 |
a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Visicom.C potentially unwanted |
Search Results Toolbar 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.search-results.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\searchresults
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\searchresults\uninstall.exe
Estimated size: 2.33 MB
Files installed by Search Results Toolbar
| Program module: | searchresultsDx.dll (Malware detected) |
| Name: | Ask.com Dynamic Link Library |
| Signed by: | Ask.com |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\searchresults1\searchresultsDx.dll |
| MD5: | 5bf32d3e02a50c96ac146e6a13daf244 |
| KMP Media Toolbar is an Ask.com branded toolbar (IAC) for Intenet Explorer and Firefox. The toolbar collects and stores information about your web browsing habits and sends this information to Ask.com ad network so they can suggest services... |
Additional files:
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uninstall.exe - Search Results Toolbar (Search Results Toolbar Installer)
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searchresultstb.dll (by Visicom Media Inc) - DTX Toolbar (DTX kernel Module)
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(Malware detected) dtUser.exe (by Visicom Media) - DTX broker
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(Malware detected) searchresultsDx.dll (by Ask.com) - Ask.com Dynamic Link Library
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toolbar2X.dll - dtx Dynamic Link Library
Behaviors exhibited
2 Internet Explorer BHOs
- searchresultsDx.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'aTube Toolbar' with the class of {bfc39e47-d643-4dc2-aa1d-61377501c844}.
- toolbar2X.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'Search Results Toolbar' with the class of {94366e2c-9923-431c-b0d6-747447dd0f2b}.
2 Internet Explorer Toolbars
- searchresultsDx.dll is loaded as Internet Explorer Toolbar with the name 'aTube Toolbar' with the class of {bfc39e47-d643-4dc2-aa1d-61377501c844}.
- toolbar2X.dll is loaded as Internet Explorer Toolbar with the name 'Search Results Toolbar' with the class of {94366e2c-9923-431c-b0d6-747447dd0f2b}.
2 Internet Explorer URL Search Hooks
- searchresultsDx.dll loads into IE as a URL Search Hook named 'aTube Toolbar' with a class of {bfc39e47-d643-4dc2-aa1d-61377501c844} in order to redirect unknown URL searches.
- toolbar2X.dll loads into IE as a URL Search Hook named 'Search Results Toolbar' with a class of {94366e2c-9923-431c-b0d6-747447dd0f2b} in order to redirect unknown URL searches.
Windows Firewall Allowed Program
- dtUser.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\searchresults1\dtUser.exe'.
How do I remove Search Results Toolbar?
You can uninstall Search Results Toolbar 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 Results Toolbar, 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 Results Toolbar.
- 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.
How do I reset my web browser?
If your web browser homepage and search settings have been modfied by Search Results Toolbar you can restore them to their previous default settings.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
- Click the Advanced tab, and then click Reset. Select the Delete personal settings check box if you would also like to remove search providers, Accelerators and home pages. When Internet Explorer finishes applying default settings, click Close, and then click OK.
- The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.
Mozilla Firefox
- At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
- To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
- When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.
Google Chrome
- Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
- Select Settings. In the "Search" section, click Manage search engine. Check if (Default) is displayed next to your preferred search engine. If not, mouse over it and click Make default. Mouse over any other suspicious search engine entries that are not familiar and click X to remove them.
- When the "Show Home button" checkbox is selected, a web address appears below it. If you want the Homepage button to open up a different webpage, click Change to enter a link.
- Restart Google Chrome.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 67%
Win Vista 0%
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HOW DOES IT RUN?
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Plugs into Internet Explorer
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 79%
Keep it 21%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
71.63% |
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| Windows Vista |
16.26% |
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| Windows XP |
9.57% |
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| Windows 10 |
2.54% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
53.73% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
12.70% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
9.32% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
8.16% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
7.11% |
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| Windows Vista Home Basic |
2.33% |
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Geography
65.30% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
65.30% |
| United Kingdom |
6.10% |
| Germany |
4.60% |
| Australia |
3.68% |
| Canada |
3.43% |
| Iran |
1.84% |
| Belgium |
1.00% |
| Japan |
0.92% |
| Netherlands |
0.84% |
| Italy |
0.84% |
| Sweden |
0.75% |
| Russia |
0.59% |
| Israel |
0.50% |
| Hungary |
0.50% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
36.71% |
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| Dell |
28.99% |
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| Acer |
13.38% |
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| Toshiba |
9.26% |
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| ASUS |
3.77% |
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| GIGABYTE |
2.57% |
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| Samsung |
1.89% |
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| Intel |
1.72% |
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| American Megatrends |
0.86% |
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| Lenovo |
0.86% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
5.30% |
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| Dell Inspiron 1545 |
4.36% |
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| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
4.36% |
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| HP G62 Notebook PC |
3.12% |
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| HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
2.80% |
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| HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... |
2.80% |
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About IAC Search & Media
IAC Search & Media is owned by IAC/InterActiveCorp and provides information retrieval products through a set of Web sites, portals and downloadable applications.
Publisher URL: www.iac.com