Should I remove The Sea App Internet Explorer?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
74% remove it26% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #6,487
United States Rank #5,560
Reach 0.0687%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 35.83 days
1057.00 days >
Average installed length: 555.38 days
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 9.9(Win 7-Win Server 2008-64b) |
0.15% |
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| 9.0 Beta (32 Bits) |
0.07% |
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| 11.0.9600.16438 |
0.07% |
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| 10.0 |
0.22% |
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The Sea App Internet Explorer
from Growth Systems, LLC
What is The Sea App Internet Explorer?
The Sea App (Search Engine App) is a price comparison and shopping web browser extension and toolbar for Intenet Explorer. It stores information about your web browsing habits and sends this information to SEA Network so they can suggest services or provide advertising via the toolbar as well as display price comparisions for merchants in their affiliate network including Amazon, Staples, Apple, Ebay, Dell, Office Depot and Wal-Mart. The Sea App will attempt to change your home page and search provider to TheSeaApp.com if you are not careful during installation and provides a search box and various other generic features in the toolbar.
About (from Growth Systems)
For Online Shoppers, TheSeaApp.com is your new best friend. We’ve recently introduced new content and navigational features to help you make quick, easy and informed buying decisions by giving you access to TheSeaApp.com’s revolutionary technology which allows you to search a wide array of products from your favorite... Read more
Overview
- Loads into the web browser
- Installs a Windows Service
- Typically distributed through a pay-per-install bundle
- May modify the web browser's home page
- Many experts agree, if you don't use it you should remove it!
The Sea App Internet Explorer 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.theseaapp.com
Help link: www.theseaapp.com/help
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\the sea app (internet explorer)
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\The Sea App (Internet Explorer)\uninstall.exe"
Estimated size: 7.94 MB
Files installed by The Sea App Internet Explorer
| Program module: | The Sea App.dll |
| Name: | TheSea.App |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\the sea app (internet explorer)\The Sea App.dll |
| MD5: | fc85b0ff8a71e9ed8776ea8f0e29ce88 |
| The Sea App is a price comparison and shopping web browser extension for Intenet Explorer. The Sea App and stores information about your web browsing habits and sends this information to SEA Network so they can suggest services or provide... |
Additional files:
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SpicIEx.dll - SpicIE Core Framework (SpicIE Core Framework (extended))
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The Sea App.dll - TheSea.App
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Interop.SHDocVw.dll - Assembly imported from type library 'SHDocVw'.
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Uninstall.exe
Behaviors exhibited
Internet Explorer BHO
- The Sea App.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a Browser Helper Object with the class of {C585D593-E7F3-4852-A200-561686EE02E4}.
Internet Explorer Bar
- The Sea App.dll is installed as an Explorer Bar within Internet Explorer using the class {c585d593-e7f4-4852-a200-561686ee02e4}.
Service
- Interop.SHDocVw.dll runs as a service named 'IHA_MessageCenter' (IHA_MessageCenter).
How do I remove The Sea App Internet Explorer?
You can uninstall The Sea App Internet Explorer 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 The Sea App (Internet Explorer), 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 The Sea App Internet Explorer.
- 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 The Sea App Internet Explorer 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) 55%
Win XP 0%
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HOW IT RUNS
Windows Service? Yes
(Installs a service)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 74%
Keep it 26%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
59.69% |
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| Windows 10 |
27.71% |
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| Windows XP |
6.34% |
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| Windows Vista |
6.26% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
38.80% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
13.06% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
10.91% |
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| Windows 8 |
7.42% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
6.97% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
6.38% |
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Geography
55.61% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
55.61% |
| United Kingdom |
9.95% |
| Canada |
6.33% |
| Australia |
5.37% |
| Israel |
1.75% |
| Poland |
1.45% |
| India |
1.39% |
| Portugal |
1.27% |
| Italy |
1.03% |
| Saudi Arabia |
1.03% |
| Singapore |
0.72% |
| DZ |
0.66% |
| Germany |
0.66% |
| Brazil |
0.54% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
32.67% |
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| Dell |
18.65% |
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| Acer |
16.86% |
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| Toshiba |
11.28% |
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| ASUS |
6.22% |
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| Samsung |
3.79% |
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| GIGABYTE |
3.58% |
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| Lenovo |
3.27% |
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| Intel |
2.21% |
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| American Megatrends |
0.84% |
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| Sahara |
0.63% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
7.61% |
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| HP 2000 Notebook PC |
4.57% |
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| HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
4.57% |
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| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
4.06% |
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| HP Pavilion 15 Notebook P... |
2.54% |
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| HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... |
2.54% |
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