The Search Settings application or the searchsettings.exe process was developed by Spigot, Inc., which belongs to the software YouTube Downloader Toolbar or Search Settings. This process is usually bundled with several toolbars which includes YouTube Downloader, MyBrowserBar and others. This EXE file is considered an adware with the potentiality of being unwanted as it is bundled with an amount of several applications. The file is considered to be unsafe if the user considers his browsing habits to be confidential. It can cause a variety of other applications to behave in an unexpected manner and can consume a sizable amount of resources even when unused. The searchsettings.exe process also has the tendency to remain glued within the computer system and cannot be easily uninstalled if or when the user decides it no longer wants the process within his system files. Reports of possible damage to the computer are present as anti-virus programs consider the searchsettings.exe file a threat.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. searchsettings.exe. is used by Search Settings Application, If you shut down searchsettings.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop searchsettings.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Search Settings Application, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed searchsettings.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Search Settings Application, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if searchsettings.exe. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that searchsettings.exe, belongs to, in this case Search Settings Application