Should I remove Search.us.com?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
85% remove it15% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #26,486
United States Rank #13,866
Reach 0.0062%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 24.91 days
734.72 days >
Average installed length: 386.04 days
Versions
Version | Distribution |
1.0 |
4.92% |
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Search.us.com
from Freshy
What is Search.us.com?
The Search.US Toolbar (My.Search.Us) is a Freshy powered toolbar for Intenet Explorer and Firefox. Freshy toolbar's collect and store information about your web browsing habits and sends this information to Conduit so they can suggest services or provide advertising via the toolbar. The Freshy Search.us.com Toolbar will attempt to change your home page and search provider to My.Search.Us if you are not careful during installation and provides a search box and various other generic features in the toolbar.
About (from Freshy)
The Search.Us search engine is designed to make our users search experience easy and safe. This powerful web search tool brings the Internet to you and makes your browsing easier than ever. Try out our "Quick Search" button to get the fastest, most-related websites to your search terms. For users who sign up with My.Se... Read more
Overview
The program adds a toolbar to Microsoft Internet Explorer. The main program executable is tnt2user.exe. Typically most users end up uninstalling this just after a few days. The software installer includes 30 files and is usually about 2.44 MB (2,554,030 bytes).
- Loads into the web browser
- Difficult to remove as it will reinstall itself
- Typically distributed through a pay-per-install bundle
- Hijacks the web browser's home page
- Hijacks the browser's default search provider
- The experts agree, you should remove it!

Search.us.com 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: search.us.com
Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\local\tnt2\2.0.0.1057
Uninstaller: "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\TNT2\2.0.0.1057\TNT2User.exe" /UNINSTALL PARTNER=10250
Estimated size: 2.44 MB
Files installed by Search.us.com
Program executable: | tnt2user.exe |
Name: | Freshy Toolbar |
Path: | C:\users\user\appdata\local\tnt2\2.0.0.1057\tnt2user.exe |
MD5: | 42f005c420153a6e1da8c4158f0b24da |
Additional files:
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ffassist.1.dll (by Findwide) - TNT2
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hmac.1.dll (by Findwide)
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ie8starter.exe
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iehpr.1.dll
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iestage2.1.dll
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IEToolbar.dll - Findwide Toolbar
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IEToolbar64.dll
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log.dll
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npTNT2.dll - npAPI Plugin
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npTNT2Ghost.dll - npAPI Ghost Plugin
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OldStyleSB.1.dll
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passport.dll
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passport64.dll
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progress.1.dll
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regsvr.1.dll
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sqlite.1.dll
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Tnt2Cbt.dll
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TNT2UserPS.dll
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TNT2UserPS64.dll
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TntMagicDel.dll
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UninstallDlg.1.dll
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untar.1.dll
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zipunzip.1.dll
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Uninstall.exe
Behaviors exhibited
2 Google Chrome Plugins
- npTNT2Ghost.dll is loaded in the Google Chrome web browser as 'npTNT2ghost.dll'.
- npTNT2.dll is loaded in the Google Chrome web browser as 'npTNT2.dll'.
Internet Explorer Toolbar
- passport.dll is installed as an Internet Explorer Toolbar with the class of {FBC061E7-4BF9-4622-9307-4CED35AA1187}.
2 Mozilla Plugins
- npTNT2Ghost.dll is loaded into Mozilla Firefox under the product name '@tnt2ghost.com/Plugin' with a plugin key of '@tnt2ghost.com/Plugin'.
- npTNT2.dll is loaded into Mozilla Firefox under the product name '@tightropeinteractive.com/Plugin' with a plugin key of '@tightropeinteractive.com/Plugin'.
How do I remove Search.us.com?
You can uninstall Search.us.com 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.us.com, 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.us.com.
- 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.
How do I reset my web browser?
If your web browser homepage and search settings have been modfied by Search.us.com you can restore them to their previous default settings.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
- 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.
- The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.
Mozilla Firefox
- At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
- To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
- When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.
Google Chrome
- Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
- 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.
- 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.
- Restart Google Chrome.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 78%
Win XP 1%
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HOW DOES IT RUN?
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Plugs into Internet Explorer
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 85%
Keep it 15%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 |
81.97% |
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Windows XP |
7.38% |
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Windows Vista |
6.56% |
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Windows 10 |
4.10% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
Windows 7 Home Premium |
66.39% |
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Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
6.56% |
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Windows 7 Professional |
6.56% |
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Windows 7 Ultimate |
6.56% |
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Microsoft Windows XP |
6.56% |
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Windows 8 Pro with Media ... |
1.64% |
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Geography
96.24% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
United States |
96.24% |
Iran |
1.88% |
Canada |
0.94% |
Russia |
0.47% |
United Kingdom |
0.47% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard |
49.04% |
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Dell |
23.08% |
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Acer |
15.38% |
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Toshiba |
5.77% |
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Samsung |
1.92% |
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Lenovo |
1.92% |
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Intel |
1.92% |
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Alienware |
0.96% |
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Common models |
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
5.22% |
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HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
5.22% |
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HP 2000 Notebook PC |
2.61% |
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Dell Inspiron 560 |
1.74% |
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Dell Inspiron 5520 |
1.74% |
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HP Pavilion dm4 Notebook ... |
1.74% |
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