What is searchgo.dll?

searchgo.dll is part of Searchgo and developed by Searchgo according to the searchgo.dll version information.

searchgo.dll's description is "Searchgo component"

searchgo.dll is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\locallow\searchgo\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected searchgo.dll.

If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.

Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on searchgo.dll:

PropertyValue
Product nameSearchgo
Company nameSearchgo
File descriptionSearchgo component
Legal copyrightCopyright Searchgo LLC © 2016
Product version1.0.0.186
File version1.0.0.186

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameSearchgo
Company nameSearchgo
File descriptionSearchgo component
Legal copyrightCopyright Searchgo LLC © 2016
Product version1.0.0.186
File version1.0.0.186

Digital signatures [?]

searchgo.dll is not signed.

VirusTotal report

35 of the 54 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the searchgo.dll file. That's a 65% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Trojan.GenericKD.3158757
AegisLab Webtoolbar.W32.Searchbar!c
ALYac Trojan.GenericKD.3158757
Antiy-AVL RiskWare[WebToolbar:not-a-virus]/Win32.Searchbar
Arcabit Trojan.Generic.D3032E5
Avast Win32:Malware-gen
AVG Generic7.ABOV
AVware Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
BitDefender Trojan.GenericKD.3158757
Comodo TrojWare.Win32.Generic.pyumi
Cyren W32/Adware.RFLL-4667
DrWeb Trojan.LoadMoney.1408
Emsisoft Trojan.GenericKD.3158757 (B)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Adware.SearchGo.A
F-Secure Trojan.GenericKD.3158757
Fortinet Riskware/Searchbar
GData Trojan.GenericKD.3158757
Ikarus PUA.Gertokr
Jiangmin WebToolbar.Searchbar.b
K7AntiVirus Adware ( 004e2b241 )
K7GW Adware ( 004e2b241 )
Kaspersky not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.Searchbar.k
Malwarebytes Adware.SearchGo
McAfee RDN/Generic PUP.x
McAfee-GW-Edition RDN/Generic PUP.x
MicroWorld-eScan Trojan.GenericKD.3158757
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.LoadMoney.ecazrg
nProtect Trojan.GenericKD.3158757
Panda Trj/CI.A
Sophos Generic PUA LA (PUA)
Symantec Trojan.Gen.2
TrendMicro TROJ_GEN.R0EBC0ODG16
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
ViRobot Adware.Searchgo.288768[h]
Zillya Adware.Searchbar.Win32.1
35 of the 54 anti-virus programs detected the searchgo.dll file.

searchgo.dll removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove searchgo.dll with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the searchgo.dll file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that searchgo.dll has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

  1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
  2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.
    Screenshot of Start Scan button
  3. When the scan is finished, locate searchgo.dll in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the searchgo.dll file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate searchgo.dll in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\locallow\searchgo\searchgo.dll
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the searchgo.dll file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If searchgo.dll still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If searchgo.dll is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If searchgo.dll still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
  8. Restart your computer.
  9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that searchgo.dll no longer appear in the scan result.
Please select the option that best describe your thoughts on the removal instructions given above








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Filename variants

searchgo.dll may also use other filenames. The most common variants are listed below:

Folder name variants

searchgo.dll may also be located in other folders than c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\locallow\searchgo\. The most common variants are listed below:

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD50f21077acd26b74e219aaa824e7581c4
SHA2564865893f729d139e208f0f9b4aa3e60f535c5dc06a96f0067082357c7e9c3db0

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with searchgo.dll. 100% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 1 user.

Votes
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Remove100 %
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NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with searchgo.dll. Only 1 user has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

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