What is the "searchsettings.exe" ?

Our database contains 1213 different files for filename searchsettings.exe . You can also check most distributed file variants with name searchsettings.exe. This files most often belongs to product Widgi Toolbar. and were most often developed by company Spigot, Inc.. This files most often have description Search Settings. Agregate rating is 2(2) stars - based on 30 reviews.This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process searchsettings.exe.

This file is the Search Settings toolbar from Spigot, Inc. This toolbar can be bundled as a part of different installations, in most cases it can be found in PDFforge app. From real user's experience, this toolbar acts as an adware, but can be easily removed. For info how to uninstall the Spigot Toolbars and turn off mybrowserbar redirection, please take a look at the links below: 

http://www.spigot.com/uninstall.html and http://www.spigot.com/network_error_assistant.html

searchsettings.exe Process

File details of most used file with name "searchsettings.exe"

Product:
Widgi Toolbar
Company:
Spigot, Inc.
Description:
Search Settings
Version:
7.0.0.1
MD5:
7e74a5bbcb371380c77c228cdc1eb536
SHA1:
efeac355c4ead270ac44bd41c7ce306329bf56e5
SHA256:
13d06dca8f2eea3367c1a3a6ced5cef1ef5991dddfff758749c1ace4d3af6459
Size:
1297728
Directory:
%COMMONFILES%\Spigot\Search Settings
Operating System:
Windows 8
Occurence:
High oc2
Digital Signature:
Spigot, Inc.

Is the Process "searchsettings.exe" Safe or Threat ?

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43% of reviewed files are marked as Safe .
14% of reviewed files are marked as Threat .
Latest new variant of the file with name "searchsettings.exe" was discovered 4247 days ago. Our database contains 35 variants of the file "searchsettings.exe" with final rating Safe and 1 variants with final rating Threat . Final ratings are based on file reviews, discovered date, users occurence and antivirus scan results.
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User Reviews of the "searchsettings.exe"

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Reviews for all files with name "searchsettings.exe"

  • THREATrating from user Fire for file %COMMONFILES%\Spigot\Search Settings\SearchSettings.exe (Variant: 365078)

    Information about the file is found on the Spigot's site, but they do NOT mention about it at point of installation. It's a plus minus zero so I will say Threat.

  • THREATrating from user butlerj for file %COMMONFILES%\Spigot\Search Settings\SearchSettings.exe (Variant: 365078)

    What Spigot is really saying is: "Ok, you caught us. We took a dump in your hard drive. Now here's how to clean it out." What they definitely aren't saying is that their product isn't a trojan or crapware.

  • THREATrating from user Roadman for file %COMMONFILES%\Spigot\Search Settings\SearchSettings.exe (Variant: 365078)

    This file is malicious. Also, DO NOT believe the people that work for Spigot (conflict of interest) as what is on their site refers to Dealio toolbar, which I do not have. After removing the commonfile\Spigot, it comes back eventually. No idea how to remove. It messes up my browsers and creates instability. Bad news.

  • THREATrating from user kb for file %COMMONFILES%\Spigot\Search Settings\SearchSettings.exe (Variant: 365078)

    Certainly a threat. gets installed automatically. In my case exactly one month after installing pdfcreator. came with both pdfcreator and youtube downloader

  • THREATrating from user a for file %COMMONFILES%\Spigot\Search Settings\SearchSettings.exe (Variant: 365078)

    definitely a threat! causes unstable cpu uses and high temps. came with youtube dowloader toolbar. removable by deleting the toolbar.

  • THREATrating from user InterAction for file %COMMONFILES%\Spigot\Search Settings\SearchSettings.exe (Variant: 365078)

    We had to remove this from our computers as it was causing damage and it puts a security threat.

  • THREATrating from user demutt654 for file %COMMONFILES%\Spigot\Search Settings\SearchSettings.exe (Variant: 8992611)

    I received this from IO Bit v5.6. I had to remove it by going to Add/Remove Programs and remove the IOBit Tool Bar. It was hogging my CPU cycles which slowed down my system to a crawl.

  • THREATrating from user SPLCHRLCRNG for file %COMMONFILES%\Spigot\Search Settings\SearchSettings.exe (Variant: 365078)

    Very irritating piece of unwanted software that I actually chose to NOT agree with installing. I feel even happier that I deleted it knowing it was actually unsafe.

  • SAFErating from user spigot for file D:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Spigot\Search Settings\SearchSettings.exe (Variant: 859296)

    Hi, my name is Laurentiu and I work for Spigot. The file is safe and I will provide information about how to remove searchsettings.exe. Please take a look here: http://www.spigot.com/remove-search-settings.html Please contact me from our website http://www.spigot.com/contact.html if you need more help. Thank you.

  • THREATrating from user Felicity for file %PROGRAMFILES%\Search Settings\SearchSettings.exe (Variant: 4114)

    Obnoxious 'tool' that changes default search engine to Yahoo. Repeatedly. Despite my custom settings within the various browsers I use. Despite removal attempts via HijackThis. I never downloaded "Dealio" their toolbar. I 'acquired' this malware after MS Security Essentials detected password stealer and remote permissions viruses on my device.

  • SAFErating from user Spigot for file %PROGRAMFILES%\Search Settings\SearchSettings.exe (Variant: 4114)

    Hi, my name is Laurentiu and I work for Spigot. I am here to provide information about how to remove searchsettings.exe. Please take a look here: http://www.spigot.com/remove-search-settings.html Please contact me from our website http://www.spigot.com/contact.html if you need more help. Thank you.

  • THREATrating from user etmax for file %COMMONFILES%\Spigot\Search Settings\SearchSettings.exe (Variant: 365078)

    This installs without asking, and changes search settings as well without asking. I have deleted this off my system, and because Yahoo has obviously paid them to do this I have removed all yahoo related stuff as well. In a perfect world these people would be drawn and quartered.

  • THREATrating from user Fanshawe for file %COMMONFILES%\Spigot\Search Settings\SearchSettings.exe (Variant: 365078)

    Windows Defender considers this file a threat, and I agree.

  • THREATrating from user Baronet for file %COMMONFILES%\Spigot\Search Settings\SearchSettings.exe (Variant: 365078)

    Was found on my system by Security Essentials. This was part of the "PDFforge Toolbar". It was installed without my consent with PDFCreator. The toolbar can be easily uninstalled from the control panel.

  • THREATrating from user mosh for file %PROGRAMFILES%\Search Settings\SearchSettings.exe

  • SAFErating from user diaxoniry for file %COMMONFILES%\Spigot\Search Settings\SearchSettings.exe

  • SAFErating from user utsirerd for file %COMMONFILES%\Spigot\Search Settings\SearchSettings.exe

  • THREATrating from user Art for file %COMMONFILES%\Spigot\Search Settings\SearchSettings.exe (Variant: 365078)

    The spigot.com web site is rated untrustworthy by WOT! I just wanted to uninstall the spyware...

  • SAFErating from user crisulici for file %COMMONFILES%\Spigot\Search Settings\SearchSettings.exe (Variant: 365078)

    Hi, my name is Cristi and I work for Spigot. I am here to provide information about how to uninstall the Spigot Toolbars and turn off mybrowserbar redirection, please take a look at the links below: http://www.spigot.com/uninstall.html http://www.spigot.com/network_error_assistant.html Please contact me from our website if you need more help. Thank you.

  • SAFErating from user crisulici for file %PROGRAMFILES%\pdfforge Toolbar\SearchSettings.exe (Variant: 9905)

    Hi, my name is Cristi and I work for Spigot. I am here to provide information about how to uninstall the Spigot Toolbars and turn off mybrowserbar redirection, please take a look at the links below: http://www.spigot.com/uninstall.html http://www.spigot.com/network_error_assistant.html Please contact me from our website if you need more help. Thank you.

  • THREATrating from user Paul for file %PROGRAMFILES%\Search Settings\SearchSettings.exe (Variant: 4114)

    Kept trying to change default search settings for my browsers.

  • SAFErating from user Curtis for file %PROGRAMFILES%\Search Settings\SearchSettings.exe

  • THREATrating from user spycatcher for file D:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Spigot\Search Settings\SearchSettings.exe (Variant: 859296)

    Search settings 4.3.0.2 came as a little "gift" from IO bit. Still trying to verify best removal method. Just goes to show you there's no such thing as a free lunch!

  • SAFErating from user majaraun for file %COMMONFILES%\Spigot\Search Settings\SearchSettings.exe

  • THREATrating from user aaaa for file %COMMONFILES%\Spigot\Search Settings\SearchSettings.exe (Variant: 365078)

    it damaged me computer

  • THREATrating from user bobsobol for file %COMMONFILES%\Spigot\Search Settings\SearchSettings.exe (Variant: 365078)

    This file is NOT safe, if you consider your browsing habits to be private and confidential. Additionally it has caused numerous other applications on my system (Vista x64) to behave erratically, and consumes a fair amount of resources even when it is not used. Worst of all, it is not uninstalled when you choose to not to use PDFforge any longer. (which I did a long time ago... it has taken me considerable time and effort to pin down what this is, that it is the cause of so many of my problems and get rid of it) Uninstall "PDFforge Toolbar" from "Programs and Features" or "Add and Remove Programs" to cleanly remove it.

  • SAFErating from user MikeOne for file %PROGRAMFILES%\pdfforge Toolbar\SearchSettings.exe (Variant: 9905)

    Also in this MD5 version the file is safe, was not marked as a threat or virus-containing application by any antivirus software. Check the MD5 hash, there can be more versions of this file. More info about the file on http://www.pdfforge.org/content/pdfcreator-toolbar-spyware

  • SAFErating from user MikeOne for file %PROGRAMFILES%\Search Settings\SearchSettings.exe (Variant: 1827)

    This file is safe, was not marked as a threat or virus-containing application by any antivirus software. Check the MD5 hash, there can be more versions of this file.

  • SAFErating from user MikeOne for file %PROGRAMFILES%\pdfforge Toolbar\SearchSettings.exe (Variant: 8742)

    In this MD5 version, this file was marked by most antiviruses as Win32/Adware.Toolbar. Here You can find an article describing the application with explanation why the software is safe : http://www.pdfforge.org/content/pdfcreator-toolbar-spyware

  • SAFErating from user MikeOne for file %PROGRAMFILES%\Search Settings\SearchSettings.exe (Variant: 4114)

    This file is safe, was not marked as a threat or virus-containing application by any antivirus software. Check the MD5 hash, there can be more versions of this file.