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Should I remove My Toolbar?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
53% remove it47% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Poor
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #10,186
United States Rank #20,699
Reach 0.0352%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 11.93 days
352.04 days >
Average installed length: 184.97 days

My Toolbar

What is My Toolbar?  (from Alexa.com)

Toolbars and Extensions are also available for Firefox and Internet Explorer. Each member of the community, in addition to getting a useful tool, gives back. By using the Firefox, Chrome and IE toolbars, every member contributes valuable information about the web, how it's used, what's important and what isn't. Alexa r...  Read more

Overview

My Toolbar is a program developed by Alexa.com. The program adds a toolbar to Microsoft Internet Explorer. The main program executable is ATBPToolbar.1.0.dll. The software installer includes 5 files and is usually about 1.23 MB (1,289,349 bytes). In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 7 (SP1) as well as Windows 7. While about 71% of users of My Toolbar come from Iran, it is also popular in the United States and United Kingdom.
  • Possible malware installed by this program
  • Loads into the web browser
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in My Toolbar.
ATBPToolbar.1.0.dll (99aa56a60121f00f2c0bcfbf456e1ee2) has been flagged by the following 2 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareVersionDetection
Symantec 7/4/2013 rev. 5 WS.Reputation
TrendMicro-HouseCall 7.2.185 TROJ_GEN.F47V0517

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.alexa.com/toolbar
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\my toolbar
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\My Toolbar\ATBPToolbar.1.0.Uninstall.exe"
Estimated size: 1.23 MB

Program filesFiles installed by My Toolbar

Program module:ATBPToolbar.1.0.dll
Path:C:\Program Files\my toolbar\ATBPToolbar.1.0.dll
MD5:0d10f29e42874f1de7dc071c6515b713
Additional files:
  • ATBPToolbar.1.0.Uninstall.exe - My Toolbar
  • (Malware detected) ATBPToolbar.1.0.dll

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Internet Explorer Toolbar
  • ATBPToolbar.1.0.dll is loaded as Internet Explorer Toolbar with the name 'My Toolbar' with the class of {EA582743-9076-4178-9AA6-7393FDF4D5CE}.

How do I remove My Toolbar?

You can uninstall My Toolbar from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
  1. 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.
  2. When you find the program My 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).
  3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove My Toolbar.
  4. 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 My Toolbar you can restore them to their previous default settings.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Mozilla Firefox
Google Chrome

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 57%
Win 7 0%
 
HOW DOES IT RUN?
Plugs into Internet Explorer
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 53%
Keep it 47%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 75.04%
Windows XP 14.29%
Windows 10 9.09%
Windows Vista 1.59%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Ultimate 54.83%
Microsoft Windows XP 14.43%
Windows 7 Home Premium 10.97%
Windows 7 Professional 4.33%
Windows 8.1 Enterprise 2.02%
Windows 8 Enterprise 1.73%

Distribution by countryGeography

70.80% of installs come from Iran
Which countries install it?
  Iran 70.80%
  United States 13.68%
  United Kingdom 2.12%
  Germany 1.13%
  Saudi Arabia 0.85%
  Brazil 0.71%
  Egypt 0.71%
  Russia 0.71%
  Taiwan 0.71%
  France 0.56%
  South Africa 0.56%
  Belgium 0.42%
  Canada 0.42%
  Indonesia 0.42%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Dell 21.60%
GIGABYTE 20.94%
Hewlett-Packard 16.70%
Acer 15.59%
ASUS 14.48%
Lenovo 3.34%
American Megatrends 2.00%
MSI 1.78%
Toshiba 1.78%
Intel 0.89%
Samsung 0.89%
Common models
Dell Inspiron N5010 7.90%
Dell Inspiron N5110 4.47%
Gigabyte EP41T-UD3L 3.44%
HP ProBook 4530s 3.44%
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 3.09%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 2.75%

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