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Should I remove My Web Search Popular Screensavers?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
74% remove it26% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Bad
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #11,942
United States Rank #8,280
Reach 0.0274%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 5.84 days
172.27 days >
Average installed length: 90.52 days

Other programs by Mindspark Interactive Network

My Web Search Popular Screensavers

What is My Web Search Popular Screensavers?

Popular Screensavers with My Web Search is the Internet Explorer toolbar part of the Fun Web Products suite of utilities such as Smiley Central, Cursor Mania, My Mail Stationary, My Mail Signature, PopSwatter, Popular Screensavers, Webfetti, and the My Way website portal. The toolbar allows easy access to search engine results and a 404 Error Redirector called My Total Search among other things to your browser. The My Web Search toolbar will slow down your PC and uses cookies to track your web surfing usage and habits. My Web Search is run by the Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc.

About  (from Mindspark Interactive Network)

Get thousands of free Screensavers and free Wallpapers for your desktop at Popular Screensavers. MyWebSearch brings together the most comprehensive collection of search tools available to provide you with the information you need when you need it.

Overview

A majority of users end up uninstalling this less than a week of it being installed.
  • Known to reinstall itself
  • Delivers various 'optional' bundled software during install
  • The wisdom of the experts agree, if you don't use it you should remove it!
My Web Search Popular Screensavers has been seen bundling various 3rd party software during the installation process. Make sure to check for and remove unused programs.

Program detailsProgram details

Displayed publisher: My Web Search
URL: helpint.mywebsearch.com/intlinfo/eula/eula.jhtml
Help link: helpint.mywebsearch.com
Uninstaller: rundll32 C:\Program Files1\MYWEBS~1\bar\3.bin\mwsbar.dll,O

How do I remove My Web Search Popular Screensavers?

You can uninstall My Web Search Popular Screensavers 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 My Web Search (Popular Screensavers), 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 My Web Search Popular Screensavers.
  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 7 (SP1) 60%
Win Vista 1%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 74%
Keep it 26%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#11,942

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 65.93%
Windows Vista 17.41%
Windows XP 13.89%
Windows 10 2.78%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 45.71%
Microsoft Windows XP 13.62%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 12.31%
Windows 7 Ultimate 8.02%
Windows 7 Professional 5.22%
Windows Vista Home Basic 4.10%

Distribution by countryGeography

65.60% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 65.60%
  United Kingdom 4.42%
  India 3.48%
  Canada 3.35%
  Germany 2.01%
  Australia 1.74%
  Mexico 1.34%
  Brazil 1.20%
  South Africa 0.94%
  Spain 0.94%
  Iran 0.94%
  Colombia 0.80%
  Sweden 0.80%
  Italy 0.80%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 34.89%
Dell 27.47%
Acer 15.11%
Toshiba 8.52%
ASUS 3.57%
Samsung 2.20%
GIGABYTE 1.92%
American Megatrends 1.10%
Gateway 1.10%
Intel 1.10%
Lenovo 1.10%
Sahara 1.10%
Common models
Dell Inspiron 1545 3.30%
Dell Inspiron N5110 3.30%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 3.30%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 3.30%
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 3.30%
HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... 3.30%

About Mindspark Interactive Network

Mindspark is a business unit of IAC that focuses on interactive products and web portals and operates IAC's interactive products and web portals such as Life123, Myway.
Publisher URL: www.mindspark.com

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