Should I remove Search Guard Plus My Face LOL?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
80% remove it20% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
United States Rank #42,928
Reach 0.0011%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
Average installed length: 9.08 days
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 2.0 |
100.00% |
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Other programs by Make The Web Better
Search Guard Plus My Face LOL
from Make The Web Better, LLC
What is Search Guard Plus My Face LOL?
Search Fairy is a potentially unwanted 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.
About (from Make The Web Better)
Search Guard Plus and its affiliated product, the Search Guard Plus Updater (collectively, "Search Guard Plus"), provide you with an added level of online security. For browsers other then IE 8, Search Guard Plus alerts you if a third-party is attempting to change your default search provider. For IE 8 browsers, Search... Read more
Overview
- Malware detected in the program
- Starts automatically
- Delivered through a thrid-party offer
- Displays unwanted advertisements
- Hijacks the web browser's home page
- Hijacks the browser's default search provider
- The experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Search Guard Plus My Face LOL.
| FbsSearchProviderIE8.exe (bb8d40f7b622729a49d4ca9cb18120ba) has been flagged by the following 15 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
| Bitdefender |
1.0.20.1705 |
Adware.FTat.A |
| Commtouch SDK |
5.3.2.6 |
W32/MTWB.A.gen!Eldorado |
| Emsisoft Anti-Malware |
8.13.12.07.03 |
Malware.Win32.AMN!A2 |
| F-Prot |
v6.4.6.5.141 |
W32/MTWB.A.gen |
| F-Secure |
11.2013-07-12_7 |
Adware.FTat.A |
| G Data |
13.12.22 |
Adware.FTat |
| K7 AntiVirus |
13.147.7525 |
Spyware |
| Norman |
10.20131207 |
W32/Suspicious_Gen3.EJJQ |
| nProtect |
12.08.22.01 |
Trojan-Clicker/W32.FTat.83328 |
| Rising Antivirus |
23.00.65.131205 |
Trojan.Win32.Generic.1253EA90 |
| Sophos |
4.80 |
Make The Web Better |
| The Hacker |
6.8.0.12.341 |
Trojan/CI.gen |
| VIPRE Antivirus |
12730 |
Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| ViRobot |
2011.4.7.4223 |
Adware.FTat.83328 |
| VirusBuster |
15.0.158.0 |
Adware.FTat!CDePCJQ+2QY |
| SearchGuardPlus.exe (b30283642397451f2f4840dbbfb00e85) has been flagged by the following 11 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Software version | Detection |
| Bitdefender |
7.2 |
Adware.FTat.A |
| Emsisoft Anti-Malware |
3.0.0.569 |
Adware.FTat.A (B) |
| F-Secure |
11.0.19020.35 |
Adware.FTat.A |
| G Data |
22 |
Adware.FTat.A |
| IKARUS anti.virus |
T3.1.4.0.0 |
AdWare.FTat |
| Malwarebytes |
1.70.0.9 |
PUP.Fbsearch |
| MicroWorld-eScan |
12.0.250.0 |
Adware.FTat.A |
| nProtect |
2013-03-21.04 |
Trojan-Clicker/W32.FTat.194432 |
| The Hacker |
None |
Trojan/CI.gen |
| VIPRE Antivirus |
16222 |
Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| ViRobot |
2011.4.7.4223 |
Adware.SearchGuardPlus.194432 |
View all 26 all detections
Search Guard Plus My Face LOL 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.searchguardplus.com/Uninstall.aspx
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\search guard plus
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Search Guard Plus\uninstalSGP.exe
Estimated size: 893.26 KB
Files installed by Search Guard Plus My Face LOL
| Program executable: | SearchGuardPlus.exe |
| Name: | Fast Browser Search Protection |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\search guard plus\SearchGuardPlus.exe |
| MD5: | 1019d43e2c7aa60331d099db4930c69d |
Additional files:
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(Malware detected) FbsSearchProviderIE8.exe - FbsSearchProviderIE8 Application
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uninstalSGP.exe - uninstal SGP
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SearchGuardPlus.exe - Fast Browser Search Protection
Behaviors exhibited
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
- SearchGuardPlus.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named SearchGuardPlus.
Startup File (All Users Run)
- SearchGuardPlus.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'FBSearch' which loads as C:\Program Files\Search Guard Plus\SearchGuardPlus.exe.
How do I remove Search Guard Plus My Face LOL?
You can uninstall Search Guard Plus My Face LOL 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 Search Guard Plus (My Face LOL), 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 Search Guard Plus My Face LOL.
- 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 Vista (SP2) 41%
Win Vista (SP1) 5%
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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 80%
Keep it 20%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows Vista |
45.45% |
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| Windows 7 |
27.27% |
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| Windows XP |
18.18% |
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| Windows 10 |
9.09% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
27.27% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
22.73% |
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| Windows Vista Home Basic |
22.73% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
18.18% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
4.55% |
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| Windows 10 Home |
4.55% |
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Geography
68.97% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
68.97% |
| Canada |
10.34% |
| Spain |
6.90% |
| Australia |
3.45% |
| Great Britain |
3.45% |
| Italy |
3.45% |
| United Kingdom |
3.45% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Dell |
23.81% |
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| Acer |
23.81% |
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| American Megatrends |
14.29% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
9.52% |
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| Gateway |
9.52% |
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| ASUS |
9.52% |
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| Toshiba |
4.76% |
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| Sony |
4.76% |
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Common models |
| Dell Inspiron 537 |
10.00% |
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| TOSHIBA Satellite A205 |
5.00% |
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| Sony VGN-FW245J |
5.00% |
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| P4i6G P4i65G |
5.00% |
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| MSI MS-7350 |
5.00% |
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| Hewlett-Packard SLIC-MPC |
5.00% |
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