ProtectedSearch.exe
ProtectedSearch by Simply Tech Ltd (Signed)
| Version: | 1.0.0.0 |
| MD5: | 0f1a19deff95cee0092f50534d2955e9 |
| SHA1: | 403b7ba161334972dc21b93e09e7a3016ac36eb9 |
| SHA256: | 25e0759e6ba86c225e5e9a6118cf3a464930ffd35745274ff3c48294ba2267df |
What is ProtectedSearch.exe?
Protected Search is an advertising supported program installed into Internet Explorer and Firefox web browsers. Protected Search collects and stores information about your web browsing habits and sends this information to its remote servers in order to provide injected advertising in search results and various other places. Protected Search will also modify your home page and search provider.
About ProtectedSearch.exe (from Simply Tech Ltd)
“SImplyGen provides browser and Application add ons ("PredictAd Add Ons") that enables users to receive website information and additional search and browsing enhancement. You acknowledge and agree tha”
Details
| File name: | protectedsearch.exe |
| Publisher: | Simplygen |
| Product name: | ProtectedSearch |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\protected search\protectedsearch.exe |
| File version: | 1.0.0.0 |
| Size: | 66.57 KB (68,168 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Simply Tech Ltd |
| Authority (CA): | COMODO CA Limited |
| Effective date: | Wednesday, April 4, 2012 |
| Expiration date: | Saturday, April 5, 2014 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET |
| .NET CLR: | Yes |
| .NET NGENed: | No |
More details
Programs
The following program will install this file
Protected Search displays various advertisements and tracks and reports your Internet browsing behavior. Protected Search is an advertising supported program installed into Internet Explorer and Firefox web browsers. Protected Search collects and stores information about your web browsing habits and sends this information to its remote servers in order to provide injected advertising in search results and various other places. Protected...
Behaviors
Scheduled tasks
- The task 'Protected Search' runs on logon in the path '\ProtectedSearch\Protected Search'
- Entry path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\Protected Search.job'
- Entry path '\ProtectedSearch\Protected Search'
Scheduled tasks startups
Set to load on user login (bypasses Windows UAC if enabled)
- Login entry path '\ProtectedSearch\Protected Search'
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00137260% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00072709% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00064550% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 757 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 251,160/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 19.54 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 16.68 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 5.41 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 19.54 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 157.96 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 161.46 MB | |
| Working set: | 5.65 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 16.71 MB | |
| Page faults: | 14,869/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 1.41 KB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 2/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 94 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 163 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 4/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 10 | |
| Handles: | 369 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 9 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 9 | |
| GUI USER count: | 5 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 6 | |
Process properties
Threads
Averages
| RPCRT4.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.07610396% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.07610396% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 464,714/sec | |
| Memory: | 780 KB | |
| ProtectedSearch.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00089287% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00024698% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00064589% | |
| CPU cycles: | 21,077/sec | |
| Memory: | 80 KB | |
| mscorwks.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00063966% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00026652% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00037313% | |
| CPU cycles: | 14,136/sec | |
| Memory: | 5.66 MB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
34.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
26.00% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
10.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
8.00% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Enterprise |
6.00% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
6.00% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
4.00% |
|
| Windows 8 |
2.00% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
2.00% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Basic |
2.00% |
|
Distribution by country
India installs about 12.00% of ProtectedSearch.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
35.29% |
|
| ASUS |
17.65% |
|
| Lenovo |
17.65% |
|
| Acer |
11.76% |
|
| Toshiba |
11.76% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
2.94% |
|
| Samsung |
2.94% |
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