Note the following from an anonymous blog, titled "Removing Software Hijacker: Software Informer or System Informer " [^1] :
ISSUES:
Software Informer is dangerous software hijacker, keylogger, and spyware. Another name is "System Informer".
2. Uninstallation : This application can't be deleted or uninstalled unless you do a direct manual deletion into registry: The Software Informer also causes high CPU utilization and makes overall computer performance dropped.
2. Hijacking google search: As part of this company's software strategy, the designers effectively hijack www.google.com seach functionality: if you try to find information regarding this sofware, the page will only show results from Software Informer pages.
Workaround: This ADVANCED SEARCH on Google is a specially-crafted string that excludes the hundreds of subdomains used by informer.com : > SEARCH
For information on deleting it, see Removing Software Informer hijaker (aroundsap blog)!
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