Should I remove Safe Web?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
80% remove it20% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #8,974
United States Rank #17,452
Reach 0.0425%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 30.72 days
466.37 days >
Average installed length: 245.04 days
Versions
Version | Distribution |
2.7.45 |
63.48% |
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2.7.42 |
32.46% |
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2.7.31 |
4.06% |
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Safe Web
from Acute Angle Solutions Ltd.
What is Safe Web?
Safe Web (Injekt) is an adware Internet toolbar/extension that will deliver ads to the browser on web pages that are not affiliated with the ads or the extension. Ads will be injected as new ads that would not normally appear or displayed on top of ads that the underlying website is already providing. These ads often direct the user to download potentially unwanted software or purchase products from affiliates. If a coupon is being displayed, clicking on any of the offers will result in a redirect that will drop affiliate cookies on to the end user computer and resolve the end user to the advertiser page/offer. Also, the adware will communicate with a remote server in order to track the habits of the user including what domains the user visits, what pages they view and what advertisements are displayed and clicked on.
The software bundles additional addware/PUPs during setup: "In some cases, we may display product offers during your installation process. Of course, you will have the ability to accept or pass on these offers. We try our very best to make sure any product offering follows best practices and actually provides something of value to you."
About (from Acute Angle Solutions)
Safe Web is a free application that allows you to view insightful analysis about the websites that you visit and specifically how they're tracking you online. Safe Web cannot determine exactly who is tracking your computer usage. Instead, Safe Web allows a user to see which websites have placed tracking code onto their... Read more
Overview
- Malware detected in the program
- Adds a background Windows Service
- Known to reinstall itself
- Delivered through a thrid-party offer
- Displays unwanted advertisements
- The experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Safe Web.
SafeWebService.exe (7a837fff7c573e2b9ac45a44fcca424b) has been flagged by the following 38 scanners: |
Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
Lavasoft Ad-Aware |
537 |
Adware.PullUpdate.H |
Agnitum Outpost |
7.1.1 |
PUA.PullUpdate |
AhnLab-V3 |
2015.07.13 |
Win-PUP/PullUpdate |
ALYac |
1.0.1.4 |
Adware.PullUpdate.H |
Antiy-AVL |
1.0.0.1 |
GrayWare[AdWare]/MSIL.PullUpdate.b |
Arcabit |
1.0.0.425 |
Adware.PullUpdate.H |
AVG |
2016.0.3015 |
Downloader |
Avira |
8.3.1.6 |
ADWARE/PullUpdate.AQ |
AVware |
1.5.0.21 |
Injekt (fs) |
Baidu-International |
4.0.3.15817 |
Adware.MSIL.PullUpdate.G |
Bitdefender |
1.0.20.1145 |
Adware.PullUpdate.H |
Bkav FE |
1.3.0.6979 |
W32.HfsAdware |
CAT-QuickHeal |
8.15.14.00 |
Adware.TVWizard.A3 |
Comodo Security |
22744 |
ApplicUnwnt |
Dr.Web |
9.0.0.0229 |
Adware.Yontoo.82 |
Emsisoft Anti-Malware |
8.15.08.17.08 |
Adware.PullUpdate |
ESET-NOD32 |
9.11928 |
a variant of MSIL/Adware.PullUpdate.G.gen |
Fortinet FortiGate |
8/17/2015 |
Adware/PullUpdate |
F-Secure |
11.2015-17-08_2 |
Adware.PullUpdate.H |
G Data |
15.8.25 |
Adware.PullUpdate |
Jiangmin |
KV150817 |
AdWare/MSIL.cix |
K7 AntiVirus |
13.205.16534 |
Adware |
K7GW |
13.205.16534 |
Adware ( 004afdd71 ) |
Kaspersky |
14.0.0.1568 |
not-a-virus:AdWare.MSIL.PullUpdate |
Malwarebytes |
v2015.08.17.08 |
PUP.Optional.SafeWeb.A |
McAfee |
5600.6671 |
Artemis!7A837FFF7C57 |
McAfee-GW-Edition |
7.6671 |
Artemis!PUP |
MicroWorld-eScan |
16.0.0.687 |
Adware.PullUpdate.H |
NANO AntiVirus |
0.30.24.2487 |
Trojan.Win32.Downware.dhdcgg |
nProtect |
15.07.10.01 |
Adware.PullUpdate.H |
Panda Antivirus |
15.08.17.08 |
Trj/CI.A |
Qihoo-360 |
1.0.0.1015 |
HEUR/QVM03.0.Malware.Gen |
Symantec |
8/17/2015 rev. 2 |
Trojan.Gen |
Tencent |
1.0.0.1 |
Msil.Adware.Pullupdate.Ajlr |
Trend Micro |
10.465.17 |
ADW_PULLUPDATE.A |
TrendMicro-HouseCall |
7.2.229 |
ADW_PULLUPDATE.A |
Vba32 AntiVirus |
3.12.26.4 |
AdWare.MSIL.PullUpdate |
VIPRE Antivirus |
41938 |
Injekt (fs) |
View all 38 all detections
Safe Web has been found to be bundled with 3rd party software. If you have not purposefully installed this, you should be safe uninstalling it.
Program details
Displayed publisher: Acute Angle Solutions Ltd
Help link: www.safewebonline.com/about.html
Installation folder: C:\ProgramData\safeweb
Uninstaller: C:\ProgramData\SafeWeb\uninstall.exe /kb=y /ic=1
Estimated size: 1.31 MB
Files installed by Safe Web
Program executable: | SafeWeb.exe |
Name: | Safe Web |
| SafeWeb |
Path: | C:\ProgramData\safeweb\SafeWeb.exe |
MD5: | e1ec011f402860b7b13295358eac9578 |
Additional files:
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SafeWeb.exe - Safe Web (SafeWeb)
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SafeWeb64.exe
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(Malware detected) SafeWebService.exe - SafeWeb Service
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Au_.exe
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Uninstall.exe
Behaviors exhibited
Service
- SafeWebService.exe runs as a service named 'SafeWeb' (SafeWeb).
How do I remove Safe Web?
You can uninstall Safe Web 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 Web, 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 Web.
- 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 10 42%
Win Vista 0%
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HOW IT RUNS
Windows Service? Yes
(Installs a service)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 80%
Keep it 20%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 |
47.21% |
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Windows 10 |
42.21% |
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Windows XP |
5.71% |
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Windows Vista |
4.88% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
Windows 8.1 |
23.47% |
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Windows 7 Home Premium |
20.96% |
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Windows 7 Ultimate |
14.25% |
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Windows 7 Professional |
8.86% |
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Microsoft Windows XP |
5.63% |
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Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
3.83% |
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Geography
21.45% of installs come from India
Which countries install it?
India |
21.45% |
United States |
15.10% |
Italy |
13.05% |
Spain |
10.90% |
United Kingdom |
8.29% |
Canada |
7.04% |
Australia |
5.68% |
Brazil |
4.43% |
France |
3.41% |
Sweden |
3.41% |
Germany |
2.61% |
DK |
1.14% |
Singapore |
0.91% |
New Zealand |
0.45% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard |
27.38% |
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Acer |
20.58% |
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Dell |
19.56% |
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ASUS |
10.88% |
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Lenovo |
9.01% |
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Toshiba |
5.78% |
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Samsung |
3.23% |
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GIGABYTE |
1.87% |
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Intel |
1.19% |
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Alienware |
0.51% |
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Common models |
HP Pavilion 15 Notebook P... |
6.19% |
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HP 15 Notebook PC |
5.50% |
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HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
4.47% |
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HP Pavilion dv6 NoteBook ... |
3.09% |
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Dell Inspiron 3542 |
2.75% |
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Dell Inspiron 3521 |
2.41% |
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