Should I remove Speedial?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
81% remove it19% keep it
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #5,328
United States Rank #5,163
Reach 0.0924%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 25.44 days
750.59 days >
Average installed length: 394.38 days
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Speedial
from Montiera Technologies LTD
What is Speedial?
This toolbar will modify the user's Internet browser homepage and search provider as well as new tab page. It may also display various forms of advertisements in the browser.
From the EULA: "Speedial may change your default search engine to add Speedial's (or any of Speedial's affiliates) search engine. Speedial may change your homepage in any of your browsers to allow the Speedial's homepage application to provide you with better services. In order to provide you with the services, Speedial may install browser add-ons, plugins or widgets to any and all of your browsers."
What it does:
- Adds a toolbar/browser addon to the default web browser
- Changes the computers preferences
- Changes the new tab feature of the browser
- Modifies the homepage and search provider
- Installs a desktop icon for 3rd-party advertisements
- Speedial tracks and monitors whether other applications have tried to change your homepage
About (from Montiera Technologies LTD)
Enter the URLs and choose high quality images for each of your favorite sites. The Speedial browser add-on allows you to be just one click away from your favorite sites and is powered by a super-fast search engine. Choose from a range of both universal and local logos for your favorite multi-national websites.
Overview
- Possible malware installed by this program
- Loads into the web browser
- Typically distributed through a pay-per-install bundle
- Injects advertisements unassociated with the underlying web 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 Speedial.
| speedialTlbr.dll (357b67c7656c2751782601a01bed61c2) has been flagged by the following 3 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
| AVG |
2015.0.3496 |
MalSign.Skodna |
| ESET-NOD32 |
8.9682 |
a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Montiera.F |
| VIPRE Antivirus |
28262 |
Montiera (fs) |
Speedial 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: Speedial
URL: www.getspeedial.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\speedial\1.8.29.15
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Speedial\1.8.29.15\uninstall.exe"
Estimated size: 2.98 MB
Files installed by Speedial
| Program executable: | speedialsrv.exe |
| Name: | Speedial Toolbar |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\speedial\1.8.29.15\speedialsrv.exe |
| MD5: | 26b740936eb4acad110d3e61714ab7fd |
Additional files:
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speedialApp.dll - Speedial Toolbar
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speedialEng.dll
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(Malware detected) speedialTlbr.dll
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uninstall.exe (by Setup ©) - SpeeDial (Setup)
Behaviors exhibited
Internet Explorer Toolbar
- speedialTlbr.dll is loaded as Internet Explorer Toolbar with the name 'speedial Toolbar' with the class of {5D6B65F4-45C4-4F65-848C-B9EB064F1CEF}.
How do I remove Speedial?
You can uninstall Speedial 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 Speedial, 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 Speedial.
- 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 Speedial 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) 52%
Win Server 2003 0%
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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 |
57.49% |
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| Windows 10 |
32.20% |
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| Windows XP |
5.21% |
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| Windows Vista |
5.05% |
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| Windows Server 2003 |
0.05% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
32.67% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
15.75% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
10.89% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
9.29% |
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| Windows 8 |
5.47% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
4.98% |
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Geography
47.46% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
47.46% |
| United Kingdom |
7.68% |
| Germany |
6.24% |
| France |
5.55% |
| India |
5.00% |
| Canada |
4.16% |
| Brazil |
4.12% |
| Italy |
3.52% |
| Netherlands |
2.41% |
| Mexico |
1.34% |
| Sweden |
1.25% |
| Austria |
0.97% |
| Indonesia |
0.97% |
| Philippines |
0.97% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
30.32% |
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| Dell |
19.30% |
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| Acer |
17.15% |
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| ASUS |
8.78% |
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| Toshiba |
7.87% |
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| Samsung |
5.72% |
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| Lenovo |
4.72% |
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| GIGABYTE |
2.40% |
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| Medion |
1.82% |
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| Intel |
1.24% |
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| American Megatrends |
0.66% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
5.38% |
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| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
4.95% |
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| HP 2000 Notebook PC |
4.30% |
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| HP Pavilion 15 Notebook P... |
3.66% |
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| HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
3.23% |
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| ASUS All Series |
2.80% |
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