Name: SearchIt Toolbar Category: Adware Alias: SearchIt Advice: Remove Risk: Elevated Risk Elevated threats are usually threats that fall into the range of adware in which data about a user's habits are tracked and sent back to a server for analysis without your consent or knowledge. Description: SearchIt Toolbar is a search toolbar that displays popup advertising in Internet Explorer once it is installed. On the SearchIt Toolbar site it claims it does not track user surfing habits. However it does not inform you about the many popup advertisements it will spawn. From the EULA: "You understand and accept that when you perform a search in the toolbar, you will be searching the Searchit.com database and interacting with our server. Our server need to recieve the search terms to give you the results. We do not attempt to identify you, your search habits, or your surfing habits. Your search may show in our recent searches page, but noone will be able to identify who performed the search." Signatures: process: searchit_toolbar.exe: MD5 Hash: 0f2036e5f25944d876c.. Type: Adware - Adware is generally software that displays advertisements. Some advertisers may covertly install adware on your system and generate a stream of unsolicited advertisements that can clutter your desktop and affect your productivity. The advertisements may also contain pornographic or other material that you might find inappropriate. The extra processing required to track you or to display advertisements can tax your computer and hurt your system performance.