Should I remove Safety Optimizer?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
58% remove it42% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #26,503
United States Rank #24,979
Reach 0.0062%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 9.64 days
284.46 days >
Average installed length: 149.46 days
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 1.0.0.17 |
4.92% |
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| 1.0.0.15 |
93.44% |
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| 1.0.0.14 |
1.64% |
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Safety Optimizer
What is Safety Optimizer?
Bundles the Crawler Toolbar as well as other potentially unwanted web browser extensions or products.
About (from Crawler)
You have a need for privacy, especially when communicating over the Internet. Most Internet users trust their email providers and visited websites are safe and protected. Unfortunately, many so-called secure servers supporting the Web do not meet minimum-security standards to properly safeguard your sensitive personal ... Read more
Overview
Safety Optimizer is a program developed by Crawler. The most used version is 1.0.0.15, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. Upon installation and setup, it defines an auto-start registry entry which makes this program run on each Windows boot for all user logins. The main program executable is safetyoptimizer.exe. The software installer includes 2 files and is usually about 3.57 MB (3,741,706 bytes). In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 10 as well as Windows 7 (SP1). While about 57% of users of Safety Optimizer come from the United States, it is also popular in India and Australia.
- Possible malware installed by this program
- Automatically starts with Windows
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Safety Optimizer.
| SafetyOptimizer.exe (4e6911f489115ec241b8ed5ea2c80695) has been flagged by the following 3 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
| Baidu-International |
4.0.3.15817 |
Adware.Win32.Crawler.BB |
| CMC Antivirus |
1.1.0.977 |
Packed.Win32.Obfuscated.10!O |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall |
7.2.229 |
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0912 |
Safety Optimizer 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
URL: www.safetyoptimizer.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Safety Optimizer\
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Safety Optimizer\unins000.exe"
Estimated size: 3.57 MB
Files installed by Safety Optimizer
| Program executable: | safetyoptimizer.exe |
| Name: | Safety Optimizer |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\safety optimizer\safetyoptimizer.exe |
| MD5: | 53da28333c3298d6a5a95bab56dd4678 |
Additional files:
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unins000.exe - Setup/Uninstall
Behaviors exhibited
Startup File (User Run)
- SafetyOptimizer.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Safety Optimizer' and executes as C:\Program Files\Safety Optimizer\SafetyOptimizer.exe /tray.
Startup File (All Users Run)
- SafetyOptimizer.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'Safety Optimizer' which loads as C:\Program Files\Safety Optimizer\SafetyOptimizer.exe /tray.
How do I remove Safety Optimizer?
You can uninstall Safety Optimizer 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 Safety Optimizer, 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 Safety Optimizer.
- 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 61%
Win XP 2%
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HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 58%
Keep it 42%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 10 |
60.94% |
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| Windows 7 |
32.03% |
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| Windows XP |
3.91% |
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| Windows Vista |
3.13% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 8 |
35.54% |
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| Windows 7 Home Premium |
20.66% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
12.40% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
8.26% |
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| Windows 8 Single Language |
5.79% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
4.13% |
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Geography
56.78% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
56.78% |
| India |
10.17% |
| Australia |
5.08% |
| United Kingdom |
4.24% |
| Italy |
3.39% |
| Brazil |
2.54% |
| Sweden |
1.69% |
| New Zealand |
1.69% |
| Germany |
1.69% |
| DK |
1.69% |
| Czech Republic |
1.69% |
| MA |
0.85% |
| Lebanon |
0.85% |
| Belgium |
0.85% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Acer |
25.00% |
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| Dell |
23.53% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
23.53% |
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| ASUS |
7.35% |
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| Toshiba |
7.35% |
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| Lenovo |
2.94% |
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| Intel |
2.94% |
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| Samsung |
2.94% |
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| Medion |
1.47% |
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| MSI |
1.47% |
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| Sony |
1.47% |
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Common models |
| ASUSTeK CM6330_CM6630_CM6... |
33.63% |
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| Dell Inspiron One 2020 |
6.19% |
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| ASUSTeK X551MA |
1.77% |
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| HP 2000 Notebook PC |
1.77% |
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| Dell Inspiron 3521 |
1.77% |
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| Dell Inspiron 1720 |
0.88% |
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About Crawler
Run by Xacti Group Companies Crawler provides toolbar type programs for various Web browsers.
Publisher URL: www.crawler.com