Should I remove Searchqu Toolbar?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
81% remove it19% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #30,850
United States Rank #42,339
Reach 0.0045%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 37.75 days
1113.59 days >
Average installed length: 585.11 days
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 3.0.0.122191 |
60.67% |
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| 3.0.0.121921 |
37.08% |
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| 3.0.0.118320 |
2.25% |
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Searchqu Toolbar
What is Searchqu Toolbar?
The Searchqu Toolbar is a Bandoo powered toolbar (by Bandoo Media Inc) for Intenet Explorer and Firefox. Searchqu collects and stores information about your web browsing habits and sends this information to Conduit so they can suggest services or provide advertising via the toolbar. The Bandoo Searchqu Toolbar will attempt to change your home page and search provider if you are not careful during installation and provides a search box and various other generic features in the toolbar. Also, Searchqu Toolbar catches misspelled words and suggests a search using the correct spelling and redirects to a sponsered search result. (searchnu.com and searchqu.com are one and the same.)
About (from Bandoo Media Inc)
Windows Searchqu Toolbar is an Internet browser toolbar that offers helpful search suggestions as the user types keywords into the search box. Additionally, it catches misspelled words and suggests a search using the correct spelling.
Overview
- Possible malware installed by this program
- Loads into the web browser
- 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!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Searchqu Toolbar.
| dtUser.exe (d1c94dad812c9f79be069a86efd315ae) has been flagged by the following 4 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
| Agnitum Outpost |
7.1.1 |
PUA.Toolbar.Visicom |
| Dr.Web |
9.0.0.0229 |
Tool.InstallToolbar.175 |
| ESET-NOD32 |
7.12105 |
a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Visicom.C potentially unwanted |
| Symantec |
8/17/2015 rev. 2 |
PUA.Gen |
| BrowserConnection.dll (3588515bc10bae06b39009ac1497b34d) has been flagged by the following 3 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Software version | Detection |
| Emsisoft Anti-Malware |
3.0.0.575 |
Riskware.Win32.Toolbar.SearchSuite.AMN (A) |
| ESET-NOD32 |
8973 |
Win32/Toolbar.SearchSuite |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall |
9.700.0.1001 |
TROJ_GEN.F47V0514 |
| searchqudtx.dll (ad14e447f7ced4ca987b91b379eaf952) has been flagged by the following 3 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Software version | Detection |
| AVG |
15.0.0.4189 |
Bandoomed.149 |
| Baidu-International |
3.5.1.41473 |
PUA.Win32.Visicom.bB |
| ESET-NOD32 |
10647 |
a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Visicom.B |
| del_IEBHO_43.dll (fcb992238116ed30ecdbb78acff46ef4) has been flagged by the following 2 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Software version | Detection |
| Dr.Web |
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Adware.Bandoo.4 |
| eSafe |
7.0.17.0 |
Win32.Trojan |
Searchqu Toolbar 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
Displayed publisher: Bandoo Media, Inc
URL: searchqu.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\searchqu toolbar
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Searchqu Toolbar\uninstall.exe
Estimated size: 5.93 MB
Files installed by Searchqu Toolbar
| Program module: | searchquband.dll |
| Name: | DTX Toolbar |
| DTX kernel Module |
| Signed by: | Bandoo Media |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\searchqu toolbar\Datamngr\ToolBar\searchquband.dll |
| MD5: | 39ecb144372b2ed7b1b91a1e63d3f275 |
| This is a Visicom toolbar installed in your Web browser that collects and stores information about web browsing habits including pages visited and search queries performed and sends this information to Visicom so they can suggest services... |
Additional files:
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del_DM_EXE_54.dll
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del_IEBHO_43.dll
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uninstall.exe
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BrowserConnection.dll
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DataMngrHlp.dll
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DnsBHO.dll
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(Malware detected) dtUser.exe (by Visicom Media) - DTX broker
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(Malware detected) searchqudtx.dll - dtx Dynamic Link Library
Behaviors exhibited
2 Internet Explorer BHOs
- searchqudtx.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'Search-Results Toolbar' with the class of {f34c9277-6577-4dff-b2d7-7d58092f272f}.
- BrowserConnection.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'DataMngr' with the class of {9D717F81-9148-4f12-8568-69135F087DB0}.
Internet Explorer Toolbar
- searchqudtx.dll is loaded as Internet Explorer Toolbar with the name 'Funmoods Toolbar' with the class of {A4C272EC-ED9E-4ACE-A6F2-9558C7F29EF3}.
Windows Firewall Allowed Program
- dtUser.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Windows Searchqu Toolbar\Datamngr\ToolBar\dtUser.exe'.
How do I remove Searchqu Toolbar?
You can uninstall Searchqu Toolbar 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 Searchqu Toolbar, 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 Searchqu Toolbar.
- 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 Searchqu Toolbar 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) 71%
Win Vista 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 81%
Keep it 19%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
77.53% |
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| Windows Vista |
12.36% |
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| Windows XP |
10.11% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
43.82% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
21.35% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
12.36% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
10.11% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
8.99% |
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| Windows 7 Starter |
2.25% |
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Geography
22.68% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
22.68% |
| Germany |
7.22% |
| Italy |
6.19% |
| United Kingdom |
6.19% |
| Taiwan |
5.15% |
| Iran |
5.15% |
| MK |
4.12% |
| Spain |
4.12% |
| France |
3.09% |
| MA |
2.06% |
| TN |
2.06% |
| Thailand |
2.06% |
| Belgium |
2.06% |
| Sweden |
2.06% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
36.76% |
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| Acer |
26.47% |
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| ASUS |
11.76% |
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| Dell |
10.29% |
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| GIGABYTE |
5.88% |
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| Toshiba |
4.41% |
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| Gateway |
1.47% |
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| Compaq |
1.47% |
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| American Megatrends |
1.47% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
3.57% |
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| Dell Inspiron 1525 |
2.38% |
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| HP G62 Notebook PC |
2.38% |
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| Acer Aspire 5750G |
2.38% |
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| Acer Aspire 5930 |
2.38% |
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| TOSHIBA Satellite Pro L30... |
1.19% |
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About (from Bandoo Media Inc)
We decided to create Bandoo to enrich the instant messaging experience with an easy to use and free collection of new emoticons, winks, nudges and display images.
Publisher URL: www.bandoo.com