SearchSettings.exe
Widgi Toolbar by Spigot (Signed)
| Version: | 7, 2, 0, 1 |
| MD5: | 12feb05da20c2d1ff8f422bbd2d1b9dd |
| SHA1: | 7d122fc2ae36d448efafe8338b7ac9549b848cd1 |
| SHA256: | 77208f153c506c1363dbc07330e330d8ab434245cc5484b4f5d4e4c5395b24e3 |
What is SearchSettings.exe?
The Widgi Search Settings Toolbar is a toolbar built on the spigot platform. The toolbar is usually installed together with other software. Typically, PC owner is not careful enough and leave some checkboxes unchecked. That is how one of such Widgi toolbars land on their browser. The Widgi Toolbar displays advertisements, or change your browsers default search provider.
About SearchSettings.exe (from Spigot)
“The Spigot Search Settings is an application which is part of the Spigot Toolbar. Spigot searchsettings.exe's purpose is to check periodically your default search engine and restore it to Yahoo in cas”
Details
| File name: | searchsettings.exe |
| Publisher: | Spigot, Inc. |
| Product name: | Widgi Toolbar |
| Description: | Search Settings |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\common files\spigot\search settings\searchsettings.exe |
| File version: | 7, 2, 0, 1 |
| Size: | 1.24 MB (1,302,336 bytes) |
| Build date: | 6/7/2013 9:12 PM |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Spigot |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Expiration date: | Saturday, March 28, 2015 |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ 9.0 |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following program will install this file
Installs a Spigot toolbar in your Web browser that collects and stores information about your web browsing habits and sends this information to Spigot so they can suggest services or provide ads via the toolbar.
Behaviors
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'SearchSettings' → "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Spigot\Search Settings\SearchSettings.exe"
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
22.03% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate N |
22.03% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
18.64% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
15.25% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
5.08% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
5.08% |
|
| Windows 8 |
3.39% |
|
| Windows Vista Ultimate |
3.39% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
1.69% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
1.69% |
|
| Windows 8 Single Language |
1.69% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 30.00% of Widgi Toolbar.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Acer |
25.00% |
|
| Toshiba |
22.22% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
19.44% |
|
| Dell |
11.11% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
8.33% |
|
| Compaq |
5.56% |
|
| ASUS |
5.56% |
|
| American Megatrends |
2.78% |
|
