Search Protection

A guide to uninstall Search Protection from your system

This page contains complete information on how to remove Search Protection for Windows. The Windows release was created by Spigot, Inc.. More information on Spigot, Inc. can be found here. Please follow http://www.spigot.com if you want to read more on Search Protection on Spigot, Inc.'s website. Search Protection is usually set up in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Search Protection folder, but this location may vary a lot depending on the user's decision when installing the program. The full command line for uninstalling Search Protection is C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Search Protection\uninstall.exe. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may be prompted for admin rights. The application's main executable file has a size of 1.06 MB (1112936 bytes) on disk and is named SP.exe.

The executable files below are installed along with Search Protection. They occupy about 1.54 MB (1617518 bytes) on disk.

• SP.exe (1.06 MB)
• Uninstall.exe (492.76 KB)

This info is about Search Protection version 10.3.0.1 only. Click on the links below for other Search Protection versions:

• 8.7.0.1
• 20.8.0.4
• 8.7.0.2
• 9.8.0.1
• 9.7.0.3
• 8.9.0.2
• 11.2.0.1
• 10.5.0.1
• 10.2.0.1
• 8.8.0.10
• 9.7.0.6
• 10.7.0.1
• 10.0.0.1
• 10.4.0.3
• 7.3.0.3
• 7.5.0.1
• 10.1.0.2
• 8.9.0.1
• 10.5.0.2
• 9.9.0.1
• 11.2.0.2
• 20.6.0.1
• 8.5.0.2
• 10.9.0.3
• 20.7.0.3
• 10.6.0.1
• 20.8.0.5
• 11.1.0.1
• 20.8.0.3
• 9.7.0.4
• 10.8.0.1
• 9.5.0.3
• 9.8.0.2
• 20.5.0.2
• 9.6.0.4
• 9.3.0.2
• 9.7.0.1
• 8.5.0.1
• 9.4.0.2

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If you are manually uninstalling Search Protection we recommend you to verify if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Registry that is not uninstalled:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AppDataLow\Software\Search Protection
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Search Protection

Open regedit.exe in order to remove the following values:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Search Protection\DisplayIcon
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Search Protection\DisplayName
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Search Protection\InstallDir
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Search Protection\InstallLocation

How to remove Search Protection from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Search Protection is a program offered by Spigot, Inc.. Some users try to erase it. Sometimes this can be difficult because uninstalling this manually requires some know-how regarding Windows program uninstallation. One of the best EASY way to erase Search Protection is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your computer.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system utility.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the programs installed on your computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate Search Protection or simply click the Search feature and type in "Search Protection". If it is installed on your PC the Search Protection app will be found very quickly. After you click Search Protection in the list of programs, the following data regarding the program is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have regarding Search Protection, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the program you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Search Protection:

• The publisher is: http://www.spigot.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Search Protection\uninstall.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will come up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Search Protection.


8. After removing Search Protection, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of Search Protection which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Search Protection with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall Search Protection by Spigot, Inc. from your computer, nor are we saying that Search Protection by Spigot, Inc. is not a good application for your PC. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Search Protection supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.