Should I remove Search Guard Plus My Web Tattoo?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
68% remove it32% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #39,325
United States Rank #25,844
Reach 0.0026%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 22.94 days
350.64 days >
Average installed length: 184.23 days
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 2.0 |
100.00% |
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Search Guard Plus My Web Tattoo
from Make The Web Better, LLC
What is Search Guard Plus My Web Tattoo? (from Make The Web Better)
Make The Web Better develops fun and easy-to-use products that can be used on social networks and other web sites. Our products are FREE to the online user. The Company generates revenues through its search products. It is through revenues generated by search that our Company is able to offer and continually enhance ... Read more
Overview
Search Guard Plus My Web Tattoo is a program developed by Make The Web Better. Upon installation and setup, it defines an auto-start registry entry which makes this program run on each Windows boot for all user logins. The main program executable is uninstalSGP.exe. A vast majority of those who have this installed end up removing it just after a couple weeks. The software installer includes 3 files and is usually about 1.02 MB (1,070,428 bytes). In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows Vista (SP2) as well as Windows 7 (SP1). While about 78% of users of Search Guard Plus My Web Tattoo come from the United States, it is also popular in United Kingdom and Canada.
- Possible malware installed by this program
- Starts automatically
- Installed as part of a co-bundle
- Many experts agree, if you don't use it you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Search Guard Plus My Web Tattoo.
| 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 Web Tattoo 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.Make-the-web-better.com
Help link: www.searchguardplus.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\search guard plus
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Search Guard Plus\uninstalSGP.exe
Estimated size: 1.02 MB
Files installed by Search Guard Plus My Web Tattoo
| Program executable: | uninstalSGP.exe |
| uninstal SGP |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\search guard plus\uninstalSGP.exe |
| MD5: | f9fadfb2af53e87d72602b23aa63ec28 |
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 Web Tattoo?
You can uninstall Search Guard Plus My Web Tattoo 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 Web Tattoo), 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 Web Tattoo.
- 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) 73%
Win Vista 2%
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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 68%
Keep it 32%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows Vista |
78.43% |
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| Windows 7 |
11.76% |
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| Windows XP |
9.80% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
70.59% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
9.80% |
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| Windows 7 Home Premium |
7.84% |
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| Windows Vista Home Basic |
3.92% |
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| Windows Vista Ultimate |
3.92% |
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| Windows 7 Starter |
1.96% |
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Geography
78.21% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
78.21% |
| United Kingdom |
3.85% |
| Canada |
2.56% |
| France |
2.56% |
| Italy |
2.56% |
| Spain |
1.28% |
| Finland |
1.28% |
| Ireland |
1.28% |
| Netherlands |
1.28% |
| Saudi Arabia |
1.28% |
| Sweden |
1.28% |
| Venezuela |
1.28% |
| South Africa |
1.28% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
36.17% |
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| Dell |
21.28% |
|
| Acer |
10.64% |
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| Toshiba |
10.64% |
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| Sony |
6.38% |
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| Intel |
4.26% |
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| Gateway |
4.26% |
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| ASUS |
4.26% |
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| GIGABYTE |
2.13% |
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Common models |
| Dell Inspiron 530s |
6.38% |
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| Dell Inspiron 1545 |
4.26% |
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| Dell Inspiron 1525 |
4.26% |
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| Dell Inspiron 530 |
2.13% |
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| VIAK8_ AWRDACPI |
2.13% |
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| TOSHIBA Satellite U405D |
2.13% |
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