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What is searchsettings.exe? Search Settings?

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Process is Bad PC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is bad.
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Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

Purpose: SearchSettings.exe is generally considered malware (Trojan) and should be removed. It is a product of Vendio Services and has been reported to hijack your search toolbar to Yahoo. It has been known to install during some shareware and freeware program installations. It has also been reported under the name of Dealio toolbar.

searchsettings.exe DISABLE AND REMOVE. Intrusive adware or spyware.


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searchsettings.exe is a Microsoft or Windows process but some versions of this exe carry viruses.
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Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.00%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 5 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
searchsettings.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x11395157c0b05a272e21bdcc3c4d8033 8/5/2014 11:26:00 PM Unknown Unknown Search Settings 0 KB
2 Status 0x00ed8dbe21dca52c62ae769d7e5d78b9 7/20/2014 12:26:00 PM Unknown Unknown Search Settings 0 KB
3 Status 0xc99645952fda42584fe101c0b90d979a 9/3/2013 6:48:00 AM Unknown Unknown Search Settings 1328 KB
4 Status 0x77a6135ca783d714c90be034edce5dc5 2/21/2013 12:43:00 PM Unknown Unknown Search Settings 1287 KB
5 Status 0x36acfc66fa66fd80b66592980569f90d 10/17/2012 7:49:00 PM Unknown Unknown Search Settings 1085 KB
6 Status 0xd18bef36622511586e0347d3ffd94b35 6/28/2012 1:00:00 PM Unknown Unknown Search Settings 1064 KB
7 Status 0x099353d3b19a2b9fa4664e04872ac49a 2/5/2012 5:12:00 PM Unknown Unknown Search Settings 1000 KB
8 Status 0x8cd9e7bc107216d6bb81b0799603cd93 2/2/2012 8:28:00 PM Unknown Unknown Search Settings 519 KB
9 Status 0xfe4c7ed6a1d77b89079b101b0f7b1e41 1/26/2012 8:08:00 PM Unknown Unknown Search Settings 873 KB
10 Status 0xb8f85eacbbbf7a36a542ed35105b10af 1/23/2012 3:42:00 AM Unknown Unknown Search Settings 0 KB
11 Status 0x28c9f606f6f2f15a7069f17117f50744 1/12/2012 6:54:00 PM Unknown Unknown Search Settings 968 KB
12 Status 0x589b64ebb836582c46fad4f16f837815 9/19/2011 6:55:00 PM Unknown Unknown Search Settings 952 KB
13 Status 0x2ba55d793667eaca14437277dd472b29 8/19/2011 7:26:00 PM Unknown Unknown Search Settings 969 KB
14 Status 0xa3daf1b141965c20fbd5cb9db9c7aaec 8/12/2011 6:51:00 PM Unknown Unknown Search Settings 952 KB
15 Status 0x42b6cda2f25ec06bc2700eb593641741 8/3/2011 11:21:00 PM Unknown Unknown Search Settings 952 KB
16 Status 0x6e79c2721fe13a134508cb51ec279482 7/29/2011 8:47:00 PM Unknown Unknown Search Settings 947 KB
17 Status 0x20c40a1fa6e8ad0dd61afd917d6e56f9 6/6/2011 4:51:00 PM Unknown Unknown Search Settings 962 KB
18 Status 0x269b7767e0b1d6bc4161ac5ab54057c3 11/20/2010 1:24:00 PM Unknown 1, 0, 0, 13 Search Settings 1044 KB
19 Status 0x16d4f14e0e8740df9f60b9592bafc5ba 8/3/2010 3:42:00 AM Unknown Unknown Search Settings 952 KB
20 Status 0xb67e2269c1ea2f8e5fc97eb4a71a8de0 5/10/2010 9:21:00 PM Unknown 1, 1, 0, 4 Search Settings 1012 KB
21 Status 0xcca611fa885e115931b630559b8f2264 3/18/2010 5:29:00 PM Unknown Unknown Search Settings 1024 KB
22 Status 0xd048d7669af3b7696776464211c83c86 3/11/2010 5:40:00 AM Unknown Unknown Search Settings 1020 KB
23 Status 0x9afe6de43661226b86716ae262f7373f 2/20/2010 4:31:00 PM Unknown Unknown Search Settings 952 KB
24 Status 0xb3de5de91de0704f132ce8807244ff9f 2/16/2010 8:26:00 PM Unknown Unknown Search Settings 1032 KB
25 Status 0x1095a510cfe2847d6e17d5ec522b00c3 2/5/2010 12:58:00 PM Unknown Unknown Search Settings 1024 KB


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