Should I remove NewSearch 4?

What percent of users and experts removed it?

62% remove it38% keep it

Overall Sentiment

Poor

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How common is it?

Reach <0.001%

Versions

Version	Distribution
1.00.0000	100.00%

NewSearch 4

Remove NewSearch 4

What is NewSearch 4?

The New Search adware program injects advertisements with its affiliate ad providers in order to serve a number of ad types including banner, inline text links and popups.
These ads are aimed to promote the installation of additional questionable content including web browser toolbars, optimization utilities and other products.

Once infected by this common symptoms include:
- Random web page text is turned into hyperlinks.
- Web pages become extremely slow to download due to the multiple ads.
- Browser popups appear which recommend fake updates or other software.
- Other unwanted adware programs might get installed without the user's knowledge.

Overview

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 NewSearch 4.exe. Many users end up uninstalling this after less than a month of it being installed. The setup package generally installs about 15 files and is usually about 993.11 KB (1,016,943 bytes).

Displays unwanted advertisements
The wisdom of the experts agree, if you don't use it you should remove it!

Program details

Displayed publisher: Your Company Name

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\STAIRS\

Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /I{0650930F-1177-46EE-9811-5C834D89DBE0}

(The Windows Installer is used for the installation, maintenance, and removal.)

Estimated size: 993.11 KB

Language: English (United States)

Files installed by NewSearch 4

Program executable:	NewSearch 4.exe
Path:	C:\Program Files\STAIRS\Debug\NewSearch 4.exe
MD5:	53684d4d8823c5ce4c12d1eb92bdebf9

Additional files:

AxInterop.InetCtlsObjects.dll
AxInterop.SHDocVw.dll
dten600.dll (by dtSearch (www.dtsearch.com)) - dtSearch Text Retrieval Engine
dtSearchEngine6.dll - Assembly imported from type library dtengine
dtSearchNetAPI.dll
dtsearchNetApi2.dll (by dtSearch) - dtSearch Dynamic Link Library
Interop.InetCtlsObjects.dll - Assembly imported from type library InetCtlsObjects
Interop.MDACVer.dll - Assembly imported from type library MDACVer
Interop.SHDocVw.dll - Assembly imported from type library 'SHDocVw'.
Microsoft.mshtml.dll - Assembly imported from type library MSHTML
Microsoft.VisualStudio.HostingProcess.Utilities.Sync.dll (by Microsoft) - Microsoft (R) Visual Studio (R) 2005
MsHtmlCustomization.dll - Assembly imported from type library MsHtmlCustomization
NewSearch 4.exe
vbUserSettings.dll
vcredist_x86.exe (by Microsoft) - Win32 Cabinet Self-Extractor

Behaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task

NewSearch 4.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{FDF8083C-66D5-4485-B1BC-F2C0E8E967CC}' (runs on registration).

How do I remove NewSearch 4?

You can uninstall NewSearch 4 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 NewSearch 4, 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 NewSearch 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.