Should I remove Search Assistant SimpleSpeedy?

Lifespan of installation (until removal)

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from Search Assistant SProtector

Remove Search Assistant SimpleSpeedy 1.74

Search Assistant SimpleSpeedy 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 software is detected as adware/malware by a number of antivirus software products:
- Avast detects it (sprotector.dll) as Win32:SProtector-A
- Emsisoft detects it as a Trojan called Trojan.Win32.SProtector.AMN
- DrWeb calls it Adware.BGuard.11
- ESET-NOD32 considers it a variant of Win32/SProtector.A
- Trend classifies it as a trojan as well named TROJ_GEN.F47V0131

The main program executable is sprotector.dll. Typically most users end up uninstalling this just after a few days. The software installer includes 3 files and is usually about 1.53 MB (1,600,071 bytes).

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\simplespeedy

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

Estimated size: 1.53 MB

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 SimpleSpeedy 1.74, 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 SimpleSpeedy.
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.

USER ACTIONS Uninstall it 87% Keep it 13%

GLOBAL RANK #10,681

REACH ~0.03% PC installation base

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

Taiwan	14.93%
United States	11.34%
Germany	3.88%
Iran	3.88%
Italy	3.88%
Saudi Arabia	2.69%
Croatia	2.54%
Netherlands	2.54%
France	2.39%
Poland	2.39%
Indonesia	2.24%
United Kingdom	2.09%
Japan	2.09%
Australia	1.79%

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

Alias distribution of the SProtector class of malware.

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