Should I remove Safe Search Removal Tool?

What percent of users and experts removed it?

70% remove it30% keep it

Overall Sentiment

Bad

What do people think about it?

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How common is it?

Reach <0.001%

Versions

Version	Distribution
build_1.0.0.155_rev_3434_date_12:01:28 10-04-14	100.00%

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Safe Search Removal Tool

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What is Safe Search Removal Tool? (from Security Stronghold)

Redirects a Internet browser to a ordained Web site whenever the buyer enters ineffective address or performs an wide-area net search. Some SafeSearchs are substandard, they waste too much computer resources and conflict with setup programs. They discover user's personal data to advertisers and even hackers. Such behav... Read more

Overview

Safe Search Removal Tool is a software program developed by Security Stronghold. The primary executable is named safesearchremovaltool.exe. Many users end up uninstalling this after less than a month of it being installed. The setup package is about 102.24 MB (107,205,729 bytes) when donwloaded. Relative to the overall usage of those who have this installed, most are running it on Windows 7 (SP1). Most users that have installed this software come from the United States.

Malware detected in the program
The wisdom of the experts agree, if you don't use it you should remove it!

Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Safe Search Removal Tool.

Report.exe (f97543217c7c26bb3f74730c095f7217) has been flagged by the following 3 scanners:
Anti-Virus software	Version	Detection
Antiy-AVL	0.1.0.1	VCS/Environment.DigitalFN
Emsisoft Anti-Malware	8.14.03.04.01	Gen:Variant.Barys.3497
McAfee-GW-Edition	7.7202	Heuristic.BehavesLike.Win32.Suspicious-BAY.O

Program details

URL: www.securitystronghold.com/gates/safesearch.html

Help link: www.SecurityStronghold.com/support

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Safe Search Removal Tool\

Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Safe Search Removal Tool\unins000.exe"

Estimated size: 102.24 MB

Files installed by Safe Search Removal Tool

(Malware detected) Report.exe

How do I remove Safe Search Removal Tool?

You can uninstall Safe Search Removal Tool 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 Safe Search Removal Tool, 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 Safe Search Removal Tool.
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.