Should I remove Search Assistant SoftQuick?

Lifespan of installation (until removal)

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from Search Assistant SProtector

Remove Search Assistant SoftQuick 1.66

Search Assistant SoftQuick 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. It bundles the 'malware' identified file called SProtector which is classified as malware with vaious antivirus products inclduing DrWeb, QuickHeal, Trend and Avast.

The main program executable is sprotector.dll. Typically most users end up uninstalling this just after a few days. The software installer includes 2 files and is usually about 1.5 MB (1,577,821 bytes).

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\softquick

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

Estimated size: 1.5 MB

Quickly and completely remove Search Assistant SoftQuick 1.66 from your computer by downloading "Should I Remove It?", its 100% FREE and installs in seconds (click the button below).

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: Click Uninstall a Program.
• Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
2. When you find the program Search Assistant SoftQuick 1.66, click it, and then do one of the following:
• Windows Vista/7/8: 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 SoftQuick.
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.

If you do not have a good anti-virus program, please consider installing one. Below are some we highly recommend.

• Microsoft Security Essentials
• Reason Antivirus

OS VERSIONS Win 7 (SP1) 76% Win 10 0%

USER ACTIONS Uninstall it 85% Keep it 15%

GLOBAL RANK #14,382

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

United States	19.01%
Taiwan	8.45%
Iran	5.16%
Italy	4.46%
Germany	3.76%
United Kingdom	3.29%
India	2.82%
Greece	2.35%
Netherlands	2.35%
Poland	2.35%
Australia	2.11%
Spain	2.11%
Croatia	2.11%
Canada	2.11%

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

Alias distribution of the SProtector class of malware.

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