Should I remove Search Fairy?

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Version	Distribution
1.2.5.0	100.00%

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from Think Tank Labs, LLC

Search Fairy is a Results Media is a web browser extension and browser helper object (BHO) for Internet Explorer and distributed through Results Media. The Search Fairy extension includes a search bar which provides modified search redirection results and a search provider. Search Fairy will attempt to change the default home page of the user's web browser as well.

It adds a Browser Helper Object (BHO) to Internet Explorer. The main program executable is SearchFairy.dll. Typically most users end up uninstalling this just after a few days. The software installer includes 5 files and is usually about 908.96 KB (930,770 bytes).

URL: searchfairy.com/features.html

Help link: searchfairy.com

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Search Fairy

Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Search Fairy\Uninstall.exe"

Estimated size: 908.96 KB

SMBarBroker.exe
Memory:	1.41 MB	21.09 MB average
Total CPU:	0.0023799961%	0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:	0.00209174%	0.016088% average
User CPU:	0.00028826%	0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:	30,596	8,062,084 average
I/O reads/min:	144 Bytes	435.61 KB average

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 Fairy, 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 Fairy.
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.

1. Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
2. Click the Advanced tab, and then click Reset. Select the Delete personal settings check box if you would also like to remove search providers, Accelerators and home pages. When Internet Explorer finishes applying default settings, click Close, and then click OK.
3. The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.

1. At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
2. To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
3. When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.

1. Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
2. Select Settings. In the "Search" section, click Manage search engine. Check if (Default) is displayed next to your preferred search engine. If not, mouse over it and click Make default. Mouse over any other suspicious search engine entries that are not familiar and click X to remove them.
3. When the "Show Home button" checkbox is selected, a web address appears below it. If you want the Homepage button to open up a different webpage, click Change to enter a link.
4. Restart Google Chrome.

OS VERSIONS Win 7 (SP1) 40% Win 10 20%

USER ACTIONS Uninstall it 85% Keep it 15%

COUNTRY POPULARITY 50.00% United States

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

United States	50.00%
MA	10.00%
Spain	10.00%
Iran	10.00%
Italy	10.00%
United Kingdom	10.00%

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

hink Tank Labs specializes in designing cool and unique browser extensions.

Publisher URL: www.thinktanklabs.com

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