Should I remove BitTorrentBar2 Toolbar?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
78% remove it22% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #35,461
United States Rank #35,023
Reach 0.0033%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 27.69 days
816.81 days >
Average installed length: 429.17 days
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 6.9.0.16? |
1.54% |
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| 6.9.0.16 |
3.08% |
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| 6.8.9.0 |
7.69% |
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| 6.8.5.1 |
15.38% |
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| 6.8.2.0 |
3.08% |
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| 6.8.11.4 |
47.69% |
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| 6.7.0.6 |
6.15% |
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| 6.6.0.19? |
1.54% |
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| 6.6.0.19 |
1.54% |
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| 6.5.0.18? |
1.54% |
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| 6.5.0.18 |
1.54% |
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| 6.14.0.28 |
3.08% |
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| 6.13.3.505? |
1.54% |
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| 6.13.3.505 |
1.54% |
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| 6.11.2.6 |
3.08% |
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BitTorrentBar2 Toolbar
from BitTorrent Inc.
What is BitTorrentBar2 Toolbar?
BitTorrent Bar 2 Toolbar is a Conduit toolbar (Community OurToolbar) for Intenet Explorer 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. From the EULA: 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 BitTorrent)
As part of the functionality available on the Application, we may offer you search features provided by us and/or other third parties. Additionally, we may use Cookies in the web search services we provide to you. These Cookies collect and store information about your search activity when you use our web search service... Read more
Overview
- Loads into the web browser
- This toolbar is distributed via Conduit (potentially unwanted)
- Hijacks the web browser's home page
- Hijacks the browser's default search provider
- The experts agree, you should remove it!
Program details
Displayed publisher: BitTorrentBar2
URL: BitTorrentBar2.OurToolbar.com
Help link: BitTorrentBar2.OurToolbar.com/help
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\bittorrentbar2
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\BitTorrentBar2\uninstall.exe toolbar
Estimated size: 4.8 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 BitTorrentBar2.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...Each publisher enters into a 'Publisher Agreement' with Conduit which defines the revenue structure, known as the 'incentive amount', to be paid each calendar month in which the user has an active toolbar installed. Typically payout is based on the geographic origin of the user and ranges from $2 for a US user per month to just a few cents for other countries. Is it considered dangerous? Well, it's not malware or even spyware, however it changes the browser’s search provider in order to display, but if you read the EULA that is mentioned and presumably agreed on when installing. Users should decide if you need the functionality the toolbar has to offer. But remember, if you uninstall it make sure you reset your web browser, see how.
Files installed by BitTorrentBar2 Toolbar
| Program module: | tbBitT.dll |
| Name: | Conduit Toolbar |
| Signed by: | Conduit Ltd. |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\bittorrentbar2\tbBitT.dll |
| MD5: | 3d45f0adf444c9239497923162027417 |
| Conduit Toolbar web browser plugin for the various toolbars running on the Conduit Toolbar platform is the browser addin installed into Internet Explorer which has the ability to access and monitor all loaded and requested web pages and... |
Additional files:
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BitTorrentBar2ToolbarHelper.exe (by Conduit) - ToolbarHelper Application
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uninstall.exe (by Conduit) - Conduit Toolbar Uninstall
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ldrtbBit0.dll - Conduit Toolbar
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ldrtbBitT.dll
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prxtbBitT.dll
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tbBit0.dll
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tbBitT.dll
Behaviors exhibited
Internet Explorer BHO
- prxtbBitT.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'MyMatch_v2b Toolbar' with the class of {b860e266-f38a-4e23-a639-0fda18b1beaa} (MyMatch_v2b).
3 Internet Explorer Bars
- tbBitT.dll installs an Explorer Bar in Internet Explorer called 'Avanquest App'-Anwendungsleiste Findbar' with a class of {C97793F6-325D-4A26-ACAB-D551FCBF6DE9}.
- prxtbBitT.dll installs an Explorer Bar in Internet Explorer called 'BitTorrentControl_v10 Findbar' with a class of {61B7EA61-DF56-4683-A474-BFDE2AD56316}.
- tbBit0.dll installs an Explorer Bar in Internet Explorer called 'mako LIVE Findbar' with a class of {E4FBCEE4-B3B5-4FD1-933E-98130DB1E104}.
Internet Explorer Toolbar
- prxtbBitT.dll is loaded as Internet Explorer Toolbar with the name 'MyMatch_v2b Toolbar' with the class of {b860e266-f38a-4e23-a639-0fda18b1beaa}.
Internet Explorer URL Search Hook
- prxtbBitT.dll loads into IE as a URL Search Hook named 'MyMatch_v2b Toolbar' with a class of {b860e266-f38a-4e23-a639-0fda18b1beaa} in order to redirect unknown URL searches.
Internet Explorer Web Browser
- prxtbBitT.dll installs an IE Web Browser in Internet Explorer named 'The Bible for the Christian Toolbar' with a class of {AEF82B22-FE2C-4B28-90C5-2C57571917FC}.
2 Scheduled Tasks
- uninstall.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{42CD7A24-AF4B-44A0-A119-1C6F9B6E2A90}' (runs on registration).
- BitTorrentBar2ToolbarHelper.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{34C01E1F-1D33-4264-8F52-97E13432C5E2}' (runs on registration).
Windows Firewall Allowed Program
- BitTorrentBar2ToolbarHelper.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\eTvOnline.ro\eTvOnline.roToolbarHelper.exe'.
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
| BitTorrentBar2ToolbarHelper.exe |
| Total CPU: | 0.4892737327% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.29804920% | |
| User CPU: | 0.19122453% | |
How do I remove BitTorrentBar2 Toolbar?
You can uninstall BitTorrentBar2 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 BitTorrentBar2 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 BitTorrentBar2 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.
How do I reset my web browser?
If your web browser homepage and search settings have been modfied by BitTorrentBar2 Toolbar you can restore them to their previous default settings.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
- Click the Advanced tab, and then click Reset. Select the Delete personal settings check box if you would also like to remove search providers, Accelerators and home pages. When Internet Explorer finishes applying default settings, click Close, and then click OK.
- The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.
Mozilla Firefox
- At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
- To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
- When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.
Google Chrome
- Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
- Select Settings. In the "Search" section, click Manage search engine. Check if (Default) is displayed next to your preferred search engine. If not, mouse over it and click Make default. Mouse over any other suspicious search engine entries that are not familiar and click X to remove them.
- When the "Show Home button" checkbox is selected, a web address appears below it. If you want the Homepage button to open up a different webpage, click Change to enter a link.
- Restart Google Chrome.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 69%
Win Vista (SP1) 2%
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HOW DOES IT RUN?
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Plugs into Internet Explorer
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 78%
Keep it 22%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
81.54% |
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| Windows Vista |
10.77% |
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| Windows XP |
4.62% |
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| Windows 10 |
3.08% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
43.75% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
28.13% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
7.81% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
6.25% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
4.69% |
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| Windows 8 |
1.56% |
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Geography
42.67% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
42.67% |
| United Kingdom |
8.00% |
| Canada |
8.00% |
| DZ |
5.33% |
| Australia |
4.00% |
| India |
2.67% |
| New Zealand |
2.67% |
| Belgium |
2.67% |
| Philippines |
2.67% |
| FJ |
1.33% |
| Indonesia |
1.33% |
| United Arab Emirates |
1.33% |
| Mexico |
1.33% |
| Panama |
1.33% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
22.03% |
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| Dell |
18.64% |
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| Acer |
16.95% |
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| Toshiba |
6.78% |
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| Samsung |
6.78% |
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| ASUS |
6.78% |
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| Intel |
5.08% |
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| GIGABYTE |
5.08% |
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| American Megatrends |
5.08% |
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| Lenovo |
3.39% |
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| Compaq |
1.69% |
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| Sony |
1.69% |
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Common models |
| Dell Inspiron 1545 |
3.77% |
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| Dell Inspiron N5110 |
3.77% |
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| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
3.77% |
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| Sony VPCCB27FD |
1.89% |
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| LENOVO 3249CTO |
1.89% |
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| LENOVO 2189 |
1.89% |
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About BitTorrent
BitTorrent is responsible for the continuing development of the peer-to-peer protocol, as well as the continuing development of µTorrent & BitTorrent Mainline, clients for that protocol.
Publisher URL: www.bittorrent.com