How to remove an SearchProtection error
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SearchProtection.exe file information
The process known as Yahoo! Application belongs to software Yahoo! Search Protection or Sony on Yahoo! Essentials or Yahoo! Suche Schutzvorkehrung or Search Protection by Yahoo! (www.yahoo.com).
Description: The file SearchProtection.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files".
Known file sizes on Windows 7/XP are 111,856 bytes (56% of all occurrences), 224,248 bytes, 223,984 bytes or 181,488 bytes. 
It is not a Windows system file. The process starts when Windows starts (see Registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run).
The program is not visible. It is a Verisign signed file. The file has a digital signature.
Therefore the technical security rating is 41% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.
You can also uninstall the program using the Control Panel ⇒ Add/Remove programs ⇒ Yahoo! Search Protection or Yahoo! Suche Schutzvorkehrung.
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Important: Some malware camouflages itself as SearchProtection.exe, particularly when located in the c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Therefore, you should check the SearchProtection.exe process on your PC to see if it is a threat. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. This was one of the Top Download Picks of The Washington Post and PC World.
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