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Should I remove Cercato Toolbar?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
76% remove it24% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Bad
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How common is it?
Reach 0.0002%

Versions

VersionDistribution
1.0.4.1 100.00%

Cercato Toolbar

What is Cercato Toolbar?

From the website:
"The principle Searched offer is free in the use of our search engine, a set of products and services grouped on our home page. We have established partnerships with content sites that offer free content to their internet users. To provide such content, we do know sorting through advertising, in exchange for access to our products, use our search engine and make it your home page. This is the case of sites such as www.ilmeteo-italia.it. As long as you use our search engine, enjoy all of our content free of charge. You can stop using our engine and not have it more as a home page when you want. From that moment on you will not have access to our content."

About  (from E-Kanopi)

Sought is a search engine that uses the results of Yahoo and proposes a set of customizable widgets on its home page. The free widgets enable you to obtain a range of services and information in a single click, all on one page. The principle Searched offer is free of charge, in the use of our search engine, a set of pr...  Read more
Overview
  • Loads into the web browser
  • Hijacks the web browser's home page
  • The experts agree, you should remove it!

Program detailsProgram details

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\popcorn\it\toolbar
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\PopCorn\it\Toolbar\PopCornInstall.exe /remove
Estimated size: 1.46 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Cercato Toolbar

Program module:PopCorn.dll
Name:PopCorn
Toolbar PopCorn
Path:C:\Program Files\popcorn\it\toolbar\PopCorn.dll
MD5:5d7f498f54b3ae87e24150477b016a44
Additional files:
  • PopCornInstall.exe - PopCornInstall (Installer PopCorn)
  • PopCornUpdater.exe - PopCornUpdater (Updater PopCorn)
  • PopCorn.dll - PopCorn (Toolbar PopCorn)

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Internet Explorer Toolbar
  • PopCorn.dll is loaded as Internet Explorer Toolbar with the name 'Cercato Toolbar' with the class of {545D2280-F50E-4F81-BF5A-CD04A6512CE2}.

How do I remove Cercato Toolbar?

You can uninstall Cercato Toolbar 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 Cercato 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).
  3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Cercato Toolbar.
  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.

How do I reset my web browser?

If your web browser homepage and search settings have been modfied by Cercato Toolbar you can restore them to their previous default settings.
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OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 67%
Win Vista (SP2) 33%
 
HOW DOES IT RUN?
Plugs into Internet Explorer
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 76%
Keep it 24%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 66.67%
Windows Vista 33.33%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 66.67%
Windows Vista Home Basic 33.33%

Distribution by countryGeography

62.50% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 62.50%
  Italy 37.50%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 66.67%
Acer 33.33%
Common models
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 33.33%
Hewlett-Packard Compaq Pr... 33.33%
Acer Aspire 5732Z 33.33%

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