Should I remove Search Assistant AppsAreFun?

Lifespan of installation (until removal)

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from Search Assistant SProtector

Remove Search Assistant AppsAreFun 1.66

Search Assistant AppsAreFun is an adware program installed into Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome. The programs collects and stores information about web browsing habits and sends this information to its remote servers in order to provide injected advertising in search results and various other places. Search Assistant will also modify the browser's home page and search provider. It displays various pop-up advertisements and tracks and reports your web surfing behavior. It displays targeted search results and pop-up advertisements based on terms that the user enters for Web searches. The program also adds its own browser toolbar and installs a browser helper objects (BHO) in Internet Explorer for monitoring Web search terms and implementing the browser toolbar. It also may send event logs and other system-related information to a server, and may automatically download and install updates without notifying the user.

The primary executable is named sprotector.dll. A majority of users end up uninstalling this less than a week of it being installed. The setup package generally installs about 2 files and is usually about 802.46 KB (821,716 bytes).

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\sprotector

Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\SProtector\uninstall.exe" /FULLPATH="C:\Program Files\SProtector"

Estimated size: 802.46 KB

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 Search Assistant AppsAreFun 1.66, 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 Search Assistant AppsAreFun.
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) 72% Win Vista 1%

USER ACTIONS Uninstall it 84% Keep it 16%

GLOBAL RANK #26,877

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

United States	17.05%
Taiwan	6.98%
Brazil	4.65%
India	4.65%
Australia	3.88%
Sweden	3.88%
Canada	3.88%
Mexico	3.10%
Italy	3.10%
United Kingdom	3.10%
Singapore	2.33%
France	2.33%
Greece	2.33%
Philippines	2.33%

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

Alias distribution of the SProtector class of malware.

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