Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Additional versions
Relationships
Parent process
Related files
SearchSettings.exe
Widgi Toolbar by CBS Interactive (Signed)
Version: | 6, 6, 0, 4 |
MD5: | abb6898707ff15e8c0ca4f02b2ad8e17 |
SHA1: | 95bc372e992ced6443b5712459b4080eb1f7036b |
Overview
searchsettings.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges typically within the context of its parent
tosbthsp.exe (Bluetooth Stack for Windows by Toshiba by TOSHIBA CORPORATION). It is set to be start when the PC boots and any user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the all users under the local machine). The file is digitally signed by CBS Interactive which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
File name: | searchsettings.exe |
Publisher: | CBS Interactive |
Product name: | Widgi Toolbar |
Description: | Search Settings |
Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\common files\spigot\search settings\searchsettings.exe |
File version: | 6, 6, 0, 4 |
Size: | 1.07 MB (1,121,512 bytes) |
Certificate |
Issued to: | CBS Interactive |
Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
Effective date: | Sunday, May 8, 2011 |
Expiration date: | Wednesday, May 8, 2013 |
Digital DNA |
PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
File packed: | No |
Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ 9.0 |
.NET CLR: | No |
More details
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"
Network connections
[TCP] 174.36.215.20-static.reverse.softlayer.com (174.36.215.20:80)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
CPU |
Total CPU: | 0.00077040% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00065360% | |
User CPU: | 0.00011680% | |
Kernel CPU time: | 62,260 ms/min | |
Context switches: | 143/sec | |
Memory |
Private memory: | 2.4 MB | |
Private (maximum): | 7.46 MB | |
Private (minimum): | 3.91 MB | |
Non-paged memory: | 2.4 MB | |
Virtual memory: | 69.49 MB | |
Virtual memory (peak): | 74.35 MB | |
Working set: | 3.93 MB | |
Working set (peak): | 7.47 MB | |
Page faults: | 8,087/min | |
I/O |
I/O read transfer: | 26 Bytes/sec | |
I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
I/O write transfer: | 2 Bytes/sec | |
I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
I/O other transfer: | 21 Bytes/sec | |
I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
Resource allocations |
Threads: | 6 | |
Handles: | 166732 | |
GUI GDI count: | 24 | |
GUI GDI peak: | 22 | |
GUI USER count: | 16 | |
GUI USER peak: | 17 | |
Process properties
Integrety level: | Undefined |
Platform: | 32-bit |
Command line: | "C:\Program Files\common files\spigot\search settings\searchsettings.exe" |
Owner: | User |
Parent processes: |
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Distribution by Windows OS
OS version | distribution |
Microsoft Windows XP |
75.00% |
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Windows 7 Home Premium |
25.00% |
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Distribution by country
Canada installs about 50.00% of Widgi Toolbar.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
PC Manufacturer | distribution |
Dell |
100.00% |
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