Should I remove SoThink Toolbar?

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Version	Distribution
1.15.15.0	42.86%
1.15.2.0	42.86%
1.14.1.0	14.29%

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Remove SoThink Toolbar by Ask.com

SoThink Toolbar is a web browser extension and Browser helper Object (for Internet Explorer) that delivers contextual based advertising to the web browser. In addition it will modify the user's browser home and search pages as well as 'New Tab' pages to display advertising and search. The software is typically defined as a unwanted application by various malware vendors.

The most common release is 1.15.15.0, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. During setup, the program creates a startup registration point in Windows in order to automatically start when any user boots the PC. The primary executable is named updater.exe. A majority of users end up uninstalling this less than a week of it being installed. The setup package generally installs about 1 files and is usually about 2.22 MB (2,330,624 bytes). The installed file updater.exe is the auto-update component of the program which is designed to check for software updates and notify and apply them when new versions are discovered.

URL: sp.ask.com/toolbar

Help link: about.ask.com/en/docs/about/index.shtml

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\ask.com\assets\oobe

Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /X{86D4B82A-ABED-442A-BE86-96357B70F4FE}

Estimated size: 2.22 MB

• updater.exe connects to a23-67-250-91.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com (23.67.250.91 port 80).

updater.exe
Memory:	3.68 MB	21.09 MB average
Total CPU:	0.0091227712%	0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:	0.00551148%	0.016088% average
User CPU:	0.00361129%	0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:	1,896,826	8,062,084 average
Switches/sec:	3	70 average
I/O reads/min:	26 Bytes	435.61 KB average

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 SoThink 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 SoThink 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.

1. Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
2. 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.
3. The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.

1. At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
2. To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
3. When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.

1. Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Restart Google Chrome.

OS VERSIONS Win XP 29% Win 10 14%

HOW IT STARTS Automatically starts? Yes (Found in the run registry)

USER ACTIONS Uninstall it 75% Keep it 25%

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

United States	63.64%
Greece	9.09%
Spain	9.09%
Germany	9.09%
Italy	9.09%

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

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

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