Should I remove metaCrawler?

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Remove metaCrawler by InfoSpace

metaCrawler Toolbar is a web browser extension and Browser helper Object (for Internet Explorer) that delivers contextual based advertising to the web browser. In addition it will modify the user's browser home and search pages as well as 'New Tab' pages to push advertising and search. MetaCrawler is a metasearch engine that blends the top web search results from Google, Yahoo!, Bing (formerly Live Search), Ask.com, About.com, MIVA, LookSmart and other popular search engines.

The program adds a toolbar to Microsoft Internet Explorer. A scheduled task is added to Windows Task Scheduler in order to launch the program at various scheduled times (the schedule varies depending on the version). The primary executable is named metacrawlersrv.exe. The setup package generally installs about 9 files and is usually about 1.89 MB (1,981,313 bytes). The installed file MetaCrawlerUpdater.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.

Displayed publisher: metaCrawler

URL: www.metacrawler.com

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\metacrawler\1.8.19.0

Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\metaCrawler\1.8.19.0\uninstall.exe"

Estimated size: 1.89 MB

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 metaCrawler, 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 metaCrawler.
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.

1. Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
2. 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.
3. The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.

1. At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
2. To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
3. When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.

1. Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Restart Google Chrome.

OS VERSIONS Win 7 (SP1) 57% Win 8 0%

HOW DOES IT RUN? Plugs into Internet Explorer

USER ACTIONS Uninstall it 59% Keep it 41%

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

Brazil	17.74%
India	10.87%
United States	5.26%
Germany	4.99%
MA	4.37%
Russia	4.28%
Italy	4.28%
France	3.65%
Israel	3.57%
UA	3.39%
United Kingdom	2.50%
Japan	2.32%
Turkey	2.32%
Mexico	2.05%

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

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