Should I remove Cercato Toolbar?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
76% remove it24% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Reach 0.0002%
Versions
Version | Distribution |
1.0.4.1 |
100.00% |
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Cercato Toolbar
from E-Kanopi
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 details
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\popcorn\it\toolbar
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\PopCorn\it\Toolbar\PopCornInstall.exe /remove
Estimated size: 1.46 MB
Files 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:
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PopCornInstall.exe - PopCornInstall (Installer PopCorn)
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PopCornUpdater.exe - PopCornUpdater (Updater PopCorn)
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PopCorn.dll - PopCorn (Toolbar PopCorn)
Behaviors 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.
- 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 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).
- Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Cercato 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 Cercato 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 (SP2) 33%
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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 76%
Keep it 24%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 |
66.67% |
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Windows Vista |
33.33% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
Windows 7 Home Premium |
66.67% |
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Windows Vista Home Basic |
33.33% |
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Geography
62.50% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
United States |
62.50% |
Italy |
37.50% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard |
66.67% |
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Acer |
33.33% |
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Common models |
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
33.33% |
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Hewlett-Packard Compaq Pr... |
33.33% |
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Acer Aspire 5732Z |
33.33% |
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