Should I remove Music Frost Toolbar?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
64% remove it36% keep it
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #44,212
United States Rank #41,029
Reach 0.0020%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 239.55 days
1207.42 days >
Average installed length: 634.41 days
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Music Frost Toolbar
from MF Technologies Company
What is Music Frost Toolbar?
Music Frost Toolbar is a Conduit powered OurToolbar in within Internet Explorer, Chrome or the Firefox Web browsers. The software collects and stores information about your web browsing and sends this information to OurToolbar so they can suggest services or provide ads via the toolbar. The toolbar 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 in the toolbar.
Overview
The program adds a toolbar to Microsoft Internet Explorer. The primary executable is named MFSearch.dll. Many users end up uninstalling this after less than a month of it being installed. The setup package generally installs about 12 files and is usually about 3.17 MB (3,325,237 bytes).
- Integrates into the web browser
- May modify the web browser's home page
- The wisdom of the experts agree, if you don't use it you should remove it!
Program details
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\MusicFrost\Music Frost Toolbar\
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\MusicFrost\Music Frost Toolbar\unins000.exe"
Estimated size: 3.17 MB
Files installed by Music Frost Toolbar
| Program module: | MFSearch.dll |
| Name: | MFSearch |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\MusicFrost\Music Frost Toolbar\MFSearch.dll |
| MD5: | de176c57067f8cf5bb4e2f05d6b45db2 |
Additional files:
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SaveTubeVideo.dll - MF Google Search
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MFSearch.dll (by AudioEngines) - Music Frost
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BrowserStartPage.dll
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GoogleChromeExtansion.exe
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InstallHelper.exe
Behaviors exhibited
Internet Explorer BHO
- MFSearch.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'Music Frost' with the class of {2C142572-5E01-456b-9D5A-5C520F433273}.
2 Internet Explorer Toolbars
- MFSearch.dll is loaded as Internet Explorer Toolbar with the name 'Music Frost' with the class of {2C142572-5E01-456b-9D5A-5C520F433273}.
- SaveTubeVideo.dll is loaded as Internet Explorer Toolbar with the name 'MF Google Search' with the class of {F2B3E4C7-A7CF-4c62-AED7-ADC5ED52016D}.
Internet Explorer URL Search Hook
- MFSearch.dll loads into IE as a URL Search Hook named 'MFSearch' with a class of {657E195F-066D-435C-92DB-7C261E6FE832} in order to redirect unknown URL searches.
Internet Explorer Web Browser
- MFSearch.dll installs an IE Web Browser in Internet Explorer named 'Music Frost' with a class of {2C142572-5E01-456B-9D5A-5C520F433273}.
How do I remove Music Frost Toolbar?
You can uninstall Music Frost 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 Music Frost 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 Music Frost 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 Music Frost 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) 54%
Win 7 3%
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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 64%
Keep it 36%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
56.41% |
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| Windows XP |
20.51% |
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| Windows Vista |
17.95% |
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| Windows 10 |
5.13% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
41.03% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
20.51% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
12.82% |
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| Windows 7 Starter |
7.69% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
5.13% |
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| Windows Vista Ultimate |
2.56% |
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Geography
47.92% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
47.92% |
| Belgium |
8.33% |
| Israel |
6.25% |
| Netherlands |
4.17% |
| Canada |
4.17% |
| Italy |
4.17% |
| United Kingdom |
4.17% |
| TT |
2.08% |
| Brazil |
2.08% |
| UA |
2.08% |
| Ecuador |
2.08% |
| Greece |
2.08% |
| Philippines |
2.08% |
| Estonia |
2.08% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
28.57% |
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| Dell |
20.00% |
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| Acer |
17.14% |
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| American Megatrends |
8.57% |
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| Toshiba |
5.71% |
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| Sony |
5.71% |
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| GIGABYTE |
2.86% |
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| Sahara |
2.86% |
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| MSI |
2.86% |
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| Lenovo |
2.86% |
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| Intel |
2.86% |
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Common models |
| HP G61 Notebook PC |
6.25% |
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| TOSHIBA Satellite L300 |
3.13% |
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| TOSHIBA SATELLITE C670-18... |
3.13% |
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| Gigabyte EP45T-DS3R |
3.13% |
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| FUJITSU ESPRIMO P15... |
3.13% |
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| eMachines eMD528 |
3.13% |
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