is there an easy check to see if this has been installed on a machine?????
Bump. for more visibility.
In other words, I can’t think of an easier check to see if Sears’ spyware has been installed on your computer.
Now, if you didn’t want to download, install and run one of those packages (or something similar), and you know the ‘name’ of Sears’ registry entry, you could search the registry directly and if you found it, delete it.
But as you probably know, messing around with the registry is not something novices should be doing. In fact, it’s better if novices didn’t even know of its existence.
Not that novices can’t do it. They can and do. Successfully. But I think most who try to play around with the registry, screw it up royally and then have spend a day or two re-formatting their hard disk, re-installing the OS and all their apps, etc.
I’m only telling you this, is_is, not because I think you’re a newbie, but only because there might be some real computer newbies out there who are reading my words and thinking of playing around with their registries. Then later they will blame me for their computer woes. DON’T DO IT, guys (unless you study a book about the registry first and know what you’re getting into).