Hello,
I have a HP Pavilion with Windows 7. I noticed an icon amongst my desktop icons (I will insert screenshots for this post) called search PROTECT that I WANT to uninstall and I think it came as a sneaky add-on from a download or something.
The program doesn't show up on Programs and Features for me to uninstall, however I did find the FOLDER containing the program in Local Disk (C:) > Program Files, and I tried to delete the folder but an error message shows stating that it cannot be deleted because the program is in use. I have no idea how I close this program to delete it or whether there is another way I can delete the program?
(Btw I have closed all programs when trying to delete this but it still shows up that it is in use)
I would really appreciate it if someone could help me because it's messing with Firefox as everytime I go on a site - even youtube, facebook, etc. - it will redirect me to a dodgy page asking me to "UPDATE my video player" when I know everything is updated.
Thank you!


[attachment deleted by admin to conserve space]http://www.wikihow.com/Remove-Conduit-Search-Protectthank you so much! This worked perfectly so glad to see all that crap off my laptop!
thanks again for the help!