Yahoo! Search Protection
What is Yahoo! Search Protection?
When a third party attempts to change Yahoo! as your default search engine, Yahoo! Search Protection will ask you to confirm the change and will prevent the change until you confirm it. When enabled, Yahoo! Search Protection logs changes you make to your default search settings as well as third party attempts to change your default search engine settings. If you choose to modify your default search engine from Yahoo! to another engine, Yahoo! Search Protection will automatically be disabled. Yahoo! Search Protection will be re-enabled and protect your default search engine if you change your default search engine back to Yahoo!.
About (from Yahoo!)
Yahoo! Search Protection alerts you if an attempt is made to change your default browser search engine from Yahoo!. Yahoo! Search Protection is provided as an additional service to Yahoo! users through the installation process of the Yahoo! Toolbar and Yahoo! Messenger downloads. Yahoo! Search Protection only works wi... Read more
Overview
- Automatically starts with Windows
- Loads into the web browser
- Typically distributed through a pay-per-install bundle
Yahoo! Search Protection 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: info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/srchprotect
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\yahoo!\search protection
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files1\Yahoo!\SEARCH~1\UNINST~1.EXE
Estimated size: 513.57 KB
Files installed by Yahoo! Search Protection
| Program executable: | yspservice.exe |
| Name: | Yahoo! Search Protection |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\yahoo!\search protection\yspservice.exe |
| MD5: | 2e206188b1117410a54ae9def4f9268d |
Additional files:
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fdLoad.dll - fdLoad Dynamic Link Library (fdLoad Dynamic Link Library)
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ysp.dll - Yahoo! Search Protection
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SearchProtection.exe - Search Protection (Yahoo! Application)
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uninst_ysp.exe - Yahoo! Search Protection Uninstall Setup
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uninst_ysp_main.exe
Behaviors exhibited
Internet Explorer BHO
- ysp.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'Yahooo Search Protection' with the class of {25BC7718-0BFA-40EA-B381-4B2D9732D686} (YSPManager).
Internet Explorer Extension
- ysp.dll is installed as an Internet Explorer extension using the class {BBF74FB9-ABCD-4678-880A-2511DAABB5E1}.
2 Startup Files (User Run)
- YspService.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'YSearchProtection' and executes as C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Search Protection\YspService.exe.
- SearchProtection.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Search Protection' and executes as C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Search Protection\SearchProtection.exe.
Startup File (All Users Run)
- SearchProtection.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'YSearchProtection' which loads as "C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Search Protection\SearchProtection.exe".
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
| yspservice.exe |
| Memory: | 1 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0000833746% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00007531% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000807% | |
| I/O reads/min: | 36 Bytes | |
| I/O writes/min: | 0 Bytes | |
| SearchProtection.exe |
| Memory: | 2.8 MB | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00006723% | |
How do I remove Yahoo! Search Protection?
You can uninstall Yahoo! Search Protection 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 Yahoo! Search Protection, 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 Yahoo! Search Protection.
How do I reset my web browser?
If your web browser homepage and search settings have been modfied by Yahoo! Search Protection 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 Vista (SP2) 36%
Win 7 0%
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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 56%
Keep it 44%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows Vista |
40.94% |
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| Windows 7 |
37.74% |
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| Windows XP |
14.43% |
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| Windows 10 |
6.86% |
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| Windows Server 2003 |
0.03% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
33.47% |
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| Windows 7 Home Premium |
23.43% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
14.24% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
7.56% |
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| Windows Vista Home Basic |
5.52% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
4.02% |
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Geography
62.07% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
62.07% |
| United Kingdom |
6.05% |
| Canada |
3.84% |
| India |
3.24% |
| Italy |
2.56% |
| Romania |
2.28% |
| France |
1.87% |
| Philippines |
1.76% |
| Australia |
1.56% |
| Indonesia |
1.42% |
| MA |
0.94% |
| United Arab Emirates |
0.80% |
| DZ |
0.74% |
| Iran |
0.74% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
37.50% |
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| Dell |
24.09% |
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| Acer |
14.86% |
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| Toshiba |
9.18% |
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| GIGABYTE |
3.16% |
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| Intel |
2.52% |
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| ASUS |
2.06% |
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| American Megatrends |
1.64% |
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| Gateway |
1.41% |
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| Lenovo |
1.30% |
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| Sahara |
1.30% |
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| Samsung |
0.99% |
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Common models |
| Dell Inspiron 530 |
4.89% |
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| Dell Inspiron 1545 |
4.63% |
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| HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
4.12% |
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| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
4.03% |
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| Dell Inspiron 1525 |
3.69% |
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| HP G60 Notebook PC |
3.43% |
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About Yahoo!
Yahoo! is a major internet brand that provides search, contents, and other web services.
Publisher URL: www.yahoo.com