ProtectedSearch.exe
ProtectedSearch by Simply Tech Ltd (Signed)
| Version: | 1.0.0.0 |
| MD5: | e17e791340f55d52d1111645c23c3bfd |
| SHA1: | 0e312bdd86218067aff9e7d83f48f8572754cb76 |
| SHA256: | a1161947be7ddb8136dd8fb2535c998684749a618ba596d30086cc34c7923027 |
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: | 86.07 KB (88,136 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 programs will install this file
HomeTab is a potentially unwanted application that runs in the web browser as a toolbar and web extension. The web extension is primarily designed to take control of the user's browser in order to modify the search provider and redirect web searches to what ever search engine partner the publisher has a revenue relationship with. In doing so, the toolbar performs a number of behaviors in order to maximize the potential of a user to cli...
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: | 0.02519717% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00694496% | |
| User CPU: | 0.01825221% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 1,560,010 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 2,759,477/sec | |
| Context switches: | 7/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 27.85 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 22.23 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 11.87 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 27.85 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 188.4 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 191.41 MB | |
| Working set: | 15.74 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 26.76 MB | |
| Page faults: | 195,137/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 25.33 KB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 7/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 118 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 8/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 12 | |
| Handles: | 458 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 6 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 6 | |
| GUI USER count: | 9 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 9 | |
Process properties
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% |
|
