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Should I remove Winamp Toolbar?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
56% remove it44% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Bad
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How common is it?
Global Rank #4,743
United States Rank #6,724
Reach 0.1099%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 29.91 days
882.27 days >
Average installed length: 463.57 days

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Winamp Toolbar

What is Winamp Toolbar?

The Winamp Toolbar allows you to play Winamp files and SHOUTCast streams directly from Internet Explorer or Firefox web browsers. Winamp Toolbar may include functionality to enable you to select and preserve your default settings for search and to notify you if any attempt is made to change your settings.

About  (from AOL)

Control Winamp from your browser, Access Winamp for Android updates, Play thousands of SHOUTcast radio stations, Play media from a web page in Winamp (Media Monitor), Share Now Playing on Twitter, Facebook and AIM. With the Winamp Toolbar, you can play, stop, rewind, fast-forward, and mute your Winamp player: right in ...  Read more

Overview

The program adds a toolbar to Microsoft Internet Explorer. The main program executable is winamptbServer.exe. The software installer includes 15 files and is usually about 2.52 MB (2,646,129 bytes).
  • Loads into the web browser
Bundled relationships

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.winamp.com/toolbar
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\winamp toolbar
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Winamp Toolbar\uninstall.exe"
Estimated size: 2.52 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Winamp Toolbar

Program executable:winamptbServer.exe
Name:Winamp Toolbar Server
Path:C:\Program Files\winamp toolbar\winamptbServer.exe
MD5:a228f2ae52db587d0ac7394159d40328
winamptbserver.exe is part of the Winamp Toolbar. When loaded by IE, it will install a toolbar in the top of your Internet Explore web browser. By installing itself, the toolbar has full access to the a loaded web page's document object...
Additional files:
  • winampfrtb.dll - Winamp Toolbar for Internet Explorer (Winamp Toolbar)
  • winamppltb.dll
  • winamptb.dll - Winamp Toolbar IE Dynamic Link Library
  • winampfrtbServer.exe - Winamp Toolbar Server
  • winamppltbServer.exe
  • winamptbServer.exe
  • uninstall.exe - Winamp Toolbar
  • winamptbServerPS.dll

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Autoplay Handler
  • uninstall.exe is registered as an AutoPlay event handler named 'iTunesShowSongsOnArrival' with the ProgID of 'iTunes.ShowSongsOnCD' and the action verb 'showsongs.
3 Internet Explorer BHOs
  • winampfrtb.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'Winamp Toolbar Loader' with the class of {2bf90eb9-ff98-44b7-9427-309820e86f1e}.
  • winamppltb.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'Winamp Toolbar Loader' with the class of {4accc990-3dc7-4456-a734-5cb4b610a7f5}.
  • winamptb.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'Winamp Toolbar Loader' with the class of {25CEE8EC-5730-41bc-8B58-22DDC8AB8C20}.
3 Internet Explorer Toolbars
  • winamptb.dll is loaded as Internet Explorer Toolbar with the name 'Winamp Toolbar' with the class of {EBF2BA02-9094-4c5a-858B-BB198F3D8DE2}.
  • winampfrtb.dll is loaded as Internet Explorer Toolbar with the name 'Winamp Toolbar' with the class of {cbb810b1-42ed-40aa-8c6e-edfde34b009e}.
  • winamppltb.dll is loaded as Internet Explorer Toolbar with the name 'Winamp Toolbar' with the class of {a0b1221c-a3ff-4f7c-a393-dc63af5301e9}.
Internet Explorer URL Search Hook
  • winamptb.dll loads into IE as a URL Search Hook named 'Winamp Toolbar Search Class' with a class of {57BCA5FA-5DBB-45a2-B558-1755C3F6253B} in order to redirect unknown URL searches.
3 Internet Explorer Web Browsers
  • winamptb.dll installs an IE Web Browser in Internet Explorer named 'Winamp Toolbar' with a class of {EBF2BA02-9094-4C5A-858B-BB198F3D8DE2}.
  • winampfrtb.dll installs an IE Web Browser in Internet Explorer named 'Winamp Toolbar' with a class of {CBB810B1-42ED-40AA-8C6E-EDFDE34B009E}.
  • winamppltb.dll installs an IE Web Browser in Internet Explorer named 'Winamp Toolbar' with a class of {A0B1221C-A3FF-4F7C-A393-DC63AF5301E9}.

Program resource utilizationResource utilization averages

winamptbServer.exe
Memory:3.24 MB
21.09 MB average
Total CPU:0.0374257483%
0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:0.02270167%
0.016088% average
User CPU:0.01472408%
0.015104% average
Switches/sec:1
70 average

How do I remove Winamp Toolbar?

You can uninstall Winamp 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 Winamp 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 Winamp 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 Winamp Toolbar you can restore them to their previous default settings.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
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OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 58%
Win 7 0%
 
HOW DOES IT RUN?
Plugs into Internet Explorer
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 56%
Keep it 44%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 65.84%
Windows XP 15.81%
Windows Vista 12.36%
Windows 10 5.90%
Windows Server 2003 0.09%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 35.42%
Windows 7 Ultimate 18.80%
Microsoft Windows XP 15.74%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 9.70%
Windows 7 Professional 8.54%
Windows 7 Home Basic 1.62%

Distribution by countryGeography

28.68% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 28.68%
  Germany 15.13%
  Poland 2.92%
  Canada 2.75%
  United Kingdom 2.63%
  Hungary 2.46%
  Indonesia 2.21%
  Romania 2.17%
  Italy 1.83%
  Iran 1.71%
  Russia 1.63%
  Netherlands 1.63%
  Japan 1.54%
  Thailand 1.50%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 23.44%
Dell 20.73%
Acer 16.83%
GIGABYTE 10.13%
ASUS 8.29%
Toshiba 5.34%
Medion 4.07%
Intel 3.19%
American Megatrends 2.63%
Samsung 2.23%
Sahara 1.59%
Lenovo 1.52%
Common models
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 7.25%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 4.35%
MEDIONPC MS-7502 2.90%
Dell Inspiron N5010 2.69%
Dell Inspiron N5110 2.69%
Acer Aspire 5738 2.28%

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