CrowdStar Gamebar Updater
What is CrowdStar Gamebar Updater?
CrowdStar Gamebar Updater is an Ask.com powered toolbar update mechanism that is designed to keep the branded toolbar up to date. The Ask Toolbar is a web-browser add-on that can appear as an extra bar added to the browser's window and/or menu. It is often installed during the installation of 3rd party software. Ask.com has entered into partnerships with some software security vendors, whereby they are paid to distribute the toolbar alongside their software. When you use the Toolbar to submit a query, the Toolbar forwards such query information to Ask servers. Ask.com uses this information to process your web search requests and to return a search results page to you.
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
- Starts automatically
- Connects to the Internet
- The experts agree, 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: 1.53 MB
Files installed by CrowdStar Gamebar Updater
| Program executable: | Updater.exe |
| Name: | Updater |
| Ask Updater |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\ask.com\updater\Updater.exe |
| MD5: | 6ea1bf3f6e6b0613351411a3eb6b85a2 |
| Ask Updater runs in the background of Windows and automatically starts up when your PC boots. It checks for software udpates and automatically downloads and installs them if found.
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Updater.exe (by Ask) - Updater (Ask Updater)
Behaviors exhibited
Startup File (All Users Run)
- Updater.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'Updater.exe' which loads as "C:\Program Files\Ask.com\Updater\Updater.exe".
Network connections
- Updater.exe connects to a23-67-250-91.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com (23.67.250.91 port 80).
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
| Updater.exe |
| Memory: | 3.68 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0091227712% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00551148% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00361129% | |
| CPU cycles/sec: | 1,896,826 | |
| Switches/sec: | 3 | |
| I/O reads/min: | 26 Bytes | |
How do I remove CrowdStar Gamebar Updater?
You can uninstall CrowdStar Gamebar 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 CrowdStar Gamebar 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 CrowdStar Gamebar 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.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 78%
Win 7 11%
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HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 83%
Keep it 17%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
88.89% |
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| Windows Vista |
11.11% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
88.89% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
11.11% |
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Geography
80.00% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
80.00% |
| United Kingdom |
10.00% |
| South Africa |
5.00% |
| BB |
5.00% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Dell |
22.22% |
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| Acer |
22.22% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
22.22% |
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| GIGABYTE |
11.11% |
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| Toshiba |
11.11% |
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| ASUS |
11.11% |
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Common models |
| TOSHIBA Satellite L505D |
11.11% |
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| TOSHIBA Satellite C660 |
11.11% |
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| Hewlett-Packard Presario ... |
11.11% |
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| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
11.11% |
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| Gigabyte H61M-S2-B3 |
11.11% |
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| Gateway NV55C |
11.11% |
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About Ask.com
Ask focuses on search traffic through various methods, the number being installation of its toolbars through a lot of bundle and rebrand programs.
Publisher URL: www.ask.com