Hi and thanks for posting your info...perhaps it will save someone else some trouble. At this link you can read what I went through to rid my computer of the search assistant:

http://forums.tomcoyote.org/index.php?showtopic=39516

In one of many posts I read about this search assistant, someone pointed out that it is a little ridiculous that Dell associated themselves with such a questionable search assistant. Your point about tracking information is an excellent one. I have no idea if I still have this search assistant of Dell's, but I did rid myself of the other........I think. :rolleyes: