SearchSettings.exe
Widgi Toolbar by Spigot (Signed)
| Version: | 8, 1, 0, 2 |
| MD5: | ca00843720541368c4e7113ede28cf0b |
| SHA1: | 8469fed6a1d00ee83443292812f80630220c11d9 |
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: | 8, 1, 0, 2 |
| Size: | 1.32 MB (1,379,648 bytes) |
| Build date: | 10/24/2013 10:27 AM |
| 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
IObit Apps Toolbar is a web browser toolbar and extension that modifies the browsers search and home pages as well as delivers contextual based advertising. This toolbar currently supports Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome. In order to provide search advertising revenue, the software is designed not only to modify the search provider but to protect it so that it remains the default browser search engine. It is typically installed v...
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% |
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