Should I remove DealBulldog Toolbar?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
80% remove it20% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #20,808
United States Rank #26,036
Reach 0.0101%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 35.63 days
1051.10 days >
Average installed length: 552.27 days
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DealBulldog Toolbar
What is DealBulldog Toolbar?
DealBulldog Toolbar is an ad-supported web browser plugin for Internet Explorer (BHO) and Firefox/Chrome (plugin) and distributed through various monetization platforms during installation. The browser extension includes various features that will modify the default or custom settings of the browser including the home page, search settings and in some cases will modify Internet Explorer's load time threshold, place a lock file within Firefox to prevent competing software from changing its settings as well as disable the browser's Content Security Policy in order to allow for cross site scripting of the plugin.
About (from Somoto)
What you are seeing is competitive shopping add-on that offers better prices to products that you have been evaluating online, offered by Dealbulldog. Dealbulldog is a comparison shopping and coupons add-on was created to make online shopping more simple and reliable. With Dealbulldog, you can instantly verify the pric... Read more
Overview
- Integrates into the web browser
- Delivered through a thrid-party offer
- Hijacks the web browser's home page
- This program has a poor reputation
- The experts agree, you should remove it!
DealBulldog Toolbar has been found to be bundled with 3rd party software. If you have not purposefully installed this, you should be safe uninstalling it.
Program details
URL: dealbulldog.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\dealbulldog toolbar
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\DealBulldog Toolbar\UninstallMinibar.exe
Estimated size: 3.63 MB
Files installed by DealBulldog Toolbar
| Program module: | tbhelper.dll |
| Name: | IE Toolbar |
| IE Toolbar Helper Module |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\dealbulldog toolbar\tbhelper.dll |
| MD5: | 097c346ba4670983ff24716d36ba062b |
Additional files:
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UninstallMinibar.exe - Minibar (Minibar Browser Addon)
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tbcore3.dll - IE Toolbar (IE Toolbar Engine)
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UninstallToolbar.exe
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alert_plugin.dll - IE Toolbar Alert Plugin
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CustomTabPage.dll - CustomTabPage
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MacroParserPlugin.dll - MacroParserPlugin (MacroParser)
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somoto.dll
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TbCommonUtils.dll - IE Toolbar Common Utils
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TbHelper2.exe - Toolbar Helper (Toolbar Helper Module)
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uninstall.exe - IE Toolbar Uninstall
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update.exe - IE Toolbar Updater
Behaviors exhibited
2 Internet Explorer BHOs
- somoto.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'SBCONVERT Class' with the class of {A1056498-D09A-41E4-864B-505EDD640D9E} (SBCONVERT).
- tbcore3.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'SMTTB2009 Class' with the class of {FCBCCB87-9224-4B8D-B117-F56D924BEB18} (SMTTB2009).
Internet Explorer Toolbar
- tbcore3.dll is loaded as Internet Explorer Toolbar with the name 'Acala 3GP Movies DB Toolbar Toolbar' with the class of {338B4DFE-2E2C-4338-9E41-E176D497299E}.
Internet Explorer URL Search Hook
- tbhelper.dll loads into IE as a URL Search Hook named 'ToolbarURLSearchHook Class' with a class of {CA3EB689-8F09-4026-AA10-B9534C691CE0} in order to redirect unknown URL searches.
Internet Explorer Web Browser
- tbcore3.dll installs an IE Web Browser in Internet Explorer named 'Acala 3GP Movies DB Toolbar Toolbar' with a class of {338B4DFE-2E2C-4338-9E41-E176D497299E}.
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
| TbHelper2.exe |
| Memory: | 2.33 MB | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00004884% | |
How do I remove DealBulldog Toolbar?
You can uninstall DealBulldog 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 DealBulldog 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 DealBulldog 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 DealBulldog 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) 68%
Win 7 1%
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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 80%
Keep it 20%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
75.88% |
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| Windows XP |
15.58% |
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| Windows Vista |
6.03% |
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| Windows 10 |
2.51% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
42.86% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
15.82% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
14.80% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
11.73% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
5.10% |
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| Windows 7 Home Basic |
2.55% |
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Geography
27.98% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
27.98% |
| Germany |
9.63% |
| Spain |
4.13% |
| Italy |
3.67% |
| Czech Republic |
3.21% |
| Russia |
2.75% |
| Australia |
2.29% |
| Canada |
2.29% |
| United Kingdom |
2.29% |
| Mexico |
2.29% |
| Taiwan |
2.29% |
| Belgium |
1.83% |
| Brazil |
1.38% |
| Switzerland |
1.38% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
32.23% |
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| Acer |
23.14% |
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| Dell |
19.83% |
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| Toshiba |
8.26% |
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| ASUS |
6.61% |
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| GIGABYTE |
4.13% |
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| Intel |
4.13% |
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| Lenovo |
1.65% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
3.45% |
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| Dell Inspiron N5110 |
3.45% |
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| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
2.59% |
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| Dell Inspiron N5010 |
1.72% |
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| Acer Aspire M5810 |
1.72% |
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| FUJITSU SIEMENS A8NE-FM |
1.72% |
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About Somoto
Partnering with Somoto enables software developers to integrate a clean & dynamic recommendation screen that encourages the user to try a trusted 3rd party software, among them the Somoto Toolbar Customizable Platform.
Publisher URL: www.somotoinc.com