Should I remove My Toolbar?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
53% remove it47% keep it
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
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My Toolbar
from Alexa.com
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 software | Version | Detection |
Symantec |
7/4/2013 rev. 5 |
WS.Reputation |
TrendMicro-HouseCall |
7.2.185 |
TROJ_GEN.F47V0517 |
Program 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
Files installed by My Toolbar
Program module: | ATBPToolbar.1.0.dll |
Path: | C:\Program Files\my toolbar\ATBPToolbar.1.0.dll |
MD5: | 0d10f29e42874f1de7dc071c6515b713 |
Additional files:
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ATBPToolbar.1.0.Uninstall.exe - My Toolbar
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(Malware detected) ATBPToolbar.1.0.dll
Behaviors 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.
- 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 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).
- Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove My 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 My 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) 57%
Win 7 0%
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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 53%
Keep it 47%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 |
75.04% |
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Windows XP |
14.29% |
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Windows 10 |
9.09% |
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Windows Vista |
1.59% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
Windows 7 Ultimate |
54.83% |
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Microsoft Windows XP |
14.43% |
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Windows 7 Home Premium |
10.97% |
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Windows 7 Professional |
4.33% |
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Windows 8.1 Enterprise |
2.02% |
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Windows 8 Enterprise |
1.73% |
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Geography
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% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Dell |
21.60% |
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GIGABYTE |
20.94% |
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Hewlett-Packard |
16.70% |
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Acer |
15.59% |
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ASUS |
14.48% |
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Lenovo |
3.34% |
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American Megatrends |
2.00% |
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MSI |
1.78% |
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Toshiba |
1.78% |
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Intel |
0.89% |
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Samsung |
0.89% |
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Common models |
Dell Inspiron N5010 |
7.90% |
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Dell Inspiron N5110 |
4.47% |
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Gigabyte EP41T-UD3L |
3.44% |
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HP ProBook 4530s |
3.44% |
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HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
3.09% |
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HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
2.75% |
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