Should I remove Autosurfspace Toolbar?

What percent of users and experts removed it?

79% remove it21% keep it

Overall Sentiment

Bad

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How common is it?

Reach <0.001%

Versions

Version	Distribution
6.11.2.6	100.00%

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Autosurfspace Toolbar

from Conduit Ltd.

Remove Autosurfspace Toolbar by Conduit

What is Autosurfspace Toolbar?

Autosurfspace Toolbar is a Conduit web browser plugin (Community OurToolbar) for Intenet Explorer, Chrome and Firefox. The toolbar collects and stores information about your web browsing habits and sends this information to Conduit so they can suggest services or provide advertising via the toolbar. It will attempt to change your home page and search provider if you are not careful during installation and provides a search box and various other generic features. If the home page and search settings were modified by this toolbar, they need to be manually reverted back by the user if the user decides to uninstall the toolbar. It also may automatically download and install updates without notifying the user. According to the License Agreement, "The Application may also collect and store information about your web browsing locally on your device. This locally saved information may interact with the Application and send us information about your web browsing so we can suggest services or provide you ads that may be more relevant to you. Only generalized inferences are passed from the Application to our servers."

About (from Conduit)

Each Application includes a new search box for your use and enjoyment. In addition, while installing the Application, you may voluntarily opt to change your home page, other search related preferences, add components, receive notifications, offers or enable other features provided to you by the Publisher or other third... Read more

Overview

Malware detected in the program
Integrates into the web browser
Built on and distributed using the Conduit toolbar
Hijacks the web browser's home page
Hijacks the browser's default search provider
Most users and experts agree, you should remove it!

Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Autosurfspace Toolbar.

AutosurfspaceToolbarHelper.exe (3167b101e3345524acebba29772a858e) has been flagged by the following 2 scanners:
Anti-Virus software	Version	Detection
Panda Antivirus	14.04.22.11	PUP/Conduit.A
VIPRE Antivirus	28252	Conduit (fs)
prxtbAuto.dll (9117027aea464e41c60b87b9826e8447) has been flagged by the following 6 scanners:
Anti-Virus software	Software version	Detection
AVware	1.5.0.21	Conduit (fs)
Baidu-International	3.5.1.41473	PUA.Win32.Conduit.BX
ESET-NOD32	10641	a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Conduit.X
G Data	24	Win32.Application.Conduit.F
Panda Antivirus	10.0.3.5	PUP/Conduit.A
VIPRE Antivirus	31234	Conduit (fs)
uninstall.exe (b728fa6a309e5d18141947b95b730e95) has been flagged by the following 2 scanners:
Anti-Virus software	Software version	Detection
Panda Antivirus	10.0.3.5	PUP/Conduit.A
VIPRE Antivirus	26380	Conduit (fs)

Program details

Displayed publisher: Autosurfspace

URL: Autosurfspace.OurToolbar.com

Help link: Autosurfspace.OurToolbar.com/help

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\autosurfspace

Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Autosurfspace\uninstall.exe toolbar

Estimated size: 7.84 MB

This is a Community Toolbar by Conduit, what does that mean?

Conduit is a toolbar monetization platform for software publishers. It provides a utility for developers to create branded generic web browser toolbars. Publishers can bundle these toolbars with their software programs or provide access to download them separately through Autosurfspace.OurToolbar.com. Once installed, the toolbar modifies the browser's home page and search settings in order to redirect searches through the Conduit portal (which utilizes Bing or Yahoo! Search engines). Read more...

Files installed by Autosurfspace Toolbar

Program executable:	AutosurfspaceToolbarHelper.exe (Malware detected)
Name:	ToolbarHelper Application
Path:	C:\Program Files\autosurfspace\AutosurfspaceToolbarHelper.exe
MD5:	3167b101e3345524acebba29772a858e

Additional files:

(Malware detected) AutosurfspaceToolbarHelper.exe - ToolbarHelper Application
(Malware detected) uninstall.exe - Conduit Toolbar Uninstall
hk64tbAuto.dll - Conduit Toolbar
hktbAuto.dll
ldrtbAuto.dll
(Malware detected) prxtbAuto.dll
tbAuto.dll

Behaviors exhibited

Internet Explorer BHO

prxtbAuto.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'Produtools Forms Toolbar' with the class of {76a747b4-edc6-46ff-8a5d-9ae61a889d5b} (Produtools Forms).

Internet Explorer Bar

prxtbAuto.dll installs an Explorer Bar in Internet Explorer called 'uTorrentBar Findbar' with a class of {06157046-AF54-4CF0-9FD0-F577ECC557F8}.

Internet Explorer Toolbar

prxtbAuto.dll is loaded as Internet Explorer Toolbar with the name 'Avanquest FR Toolbar' with the class of {6ec85fcf-87ad-41d7-ae1f-f116f8ad4848}.

Internet Explorer URL Search Hook

prxtbAuto.dll loads into IE as a URL Search Hook named 'Avanquest FR Toolbar' with a class of {6ec85fcf-87ad-41d7-ae1f-f116f8ad4848} in order to redirect unknown URL searches.

Internet Explorer Web Browser

prxtbAuto.dll installs an IE Web Browser in Internet Explorer named 'Avanquest FR Toolbar' with a class of {6EC85FCF-87AD-41D7-AE1F-F116F8AD4848}.

Scheduled Task

uninstall.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{C247631C-606C-44F8-9B4E-C25B77177427}' (runs on registration).

How do I remove Autosurfspace Toolbar?

You can uninstall Autosurfspace Toolbar from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.

On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:

Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.

When you find the program Autosurfspace Toolbar, click it, and then do one of the following:

Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).

Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Autosurfspace Toolbar.
If for some reason uninstallation fails, please install Microsoft's uninstall fixer utility which will help fix problems with programs that can't be uninstalled at support.microsoft.com.