Should I remove Babylon Toolbar Updater?

What percent of users and experts removed it?

74% remove it26% keep it

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How common is it?

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Versions

Version	Distribution
1.2.0.19709	100.00%

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Babylon Toolbar Updater

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What is Babylon Toolbar Updater?

Babylon Toolbar Updater is a software utility that installs with the Ask.com internet browser toolbar and keeps it automatically updated. The toolbar gets installed through bundled software. The default settings will automatically install toolbar as soon as you install the host bundler software on your PC. Sometimes the toolbar has a habit of leaving numerious files, settings and useless registry entries behind which might cause some stability and performance issues. Unfortunately, the toolbar won’t be removed even you have uninstall the associated program that bundled it. The toolbar is typically bundled with the free program as an option during installation and does not necessarily get uninstalled when teh installing software is removed from the user's PC and must be removed manually. If the home page and search settings were modified by this toolbar, they need to be manually reverted back by the user.

About (from Ask.com)

The ASK Updater is a client application that came with your Ask Toolbar. The Updater's job is to keep your Toolbar up to date to provide you with new features and to increase compatibility. The ASK Updater may also remind you to upgrade certain features of your Windows computer such as browsers, and other optional Micr... Read more

Overview

Automatically starts with Windows
Loads into the web browser
Hijacks the web browser's home page
The wisdom of the crowd agrees, you should remove it!

Program details

URL: sp.ask.com/toolbar

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\ask.com\updater

Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Ask.com\Updater\Updater.exe -uninstall

Estimated size: 1.37 MB

Files installed by Babylon Toolbar Updater

Program executable:	Updater.exe
Name:	Updater
	Ask Updater
Path:	C:\Program Files\ask.com\updater\Updater.exe
MD5:	1d3b430df78a7a6cd846724069727bf5

Behaviors exhibited

Startup File (All Users Run)

Updater.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'ApnUpdater' which loads as "C:\Program Files\Ask.com\Updater\Updater.exe".

Windows Firewall Allowed Program

Updater.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Ask.com\Updater\Updater.exe'.

How do I remove Babylon Toolbar Updater?

You can uninstall Babylon Toolbar Updater 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 Babylon Toolbar Updater, 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 Babylon Toolbar Updater.
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.

How do I reset my web browser?

If your web browser homepage and search settings have been modfied by Babylon Toolbar Updater you can restore them to their previous default settings.

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