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Should I remove iWin Toolbar for Pogo?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
55% remove it45% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Bad
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How common is it?
Global Rank #20,887
United States Rank #12,541
Reach 0.0100%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 7.38 days
217.58 days >
Average installed length: 114.32 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
1.0.0.12 37.88%
1.0.0.10 60.10%
1.0.0.7 2.02%

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iWin Toolbar for Pogo

What is iWin Toolbar for Pogo?

The Plugin is supported by third-party advertising, and when you download the Plugin you will see various types of advertisements displayed through your browser
as you visit locations on the Internet. The Plugin currently displays several basic types of advertising: sponsored links, traditional display advertisements,
such as banner ads, "pop-unders" and interstitial ads,coupons, and video targeted ads. The sponsored links may sometimes appear as in-text advertising. Sponsored
links may also be displayed in response to keyword searches you enter through Google, Bing and other search engines.

About  (from Visicom Media inc)

The VMN Toolbar does collect the user’s IP address. The purpose of collecting this data is to enable proper geographic localization. That is, the weather feature present on the VMN Toolbar uses this IP address to generate the current weather based on the user’s current location. While the IP address is stored for backu...  Read more
Overview
  • Possible malware installed by this program
  • Loads into the web browser
  • Displays unwanted advertisements
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in iWin Toolbar for Pogo.
dtuser.exe (bff3d44021f36e2d9873fa19769afef5) has been flagged by the following 3 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareVersionDetection
Agnitum Outpost 7.1.1 PUA.Toolbar.Visicom
Dr.Web 9.0.0.0324 Adware.Toolbar.283
ESET-NOD32 8.10717 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Visicom.C

Program detailsProgram details

URL: toolbar.vmn.net/en/eula.php
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\iwintoolbarforpogo
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\iwintoolbarforpogo\uninstall.exe
Estimated size: 4 MB

Program filesFiles installed by iWin Toolbar for Pogo

Program module:encyclopediabritannicagamesbar.dll
Name:DTX Toolbar
DTX kernel Module
Path:C:\Program Files\iwintoolbarforpogo\encyclopediabritannicagamesbar.dll
MD5:0c5e65192ca4f3979096ab85768b633f
Additional files:
  • ffHelper.exe - ffHelper Application (Helper Application for IE)
  • encyclopediabritannicagamesbar64.dll - DTX Toolbar (DTX kernel Module)
  • (Malware detected) dtuser.exe - DtUser
  • encyclopediabritannicagamesbarX.dll - dtx Dynamic Link Library
  • encyclopediabritannicagamesbarX64.dll
  • uninstall.exe (by Iplay) - iWin Toolbar for Pogo (iWin Toolbar for Pogo Installer)

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

2 Internet Explorer BHOs
  • encyclopediabritannicagamesbarX64.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'iWin Toolbar for Pogo' with the class of {d925bc12-7440-413e-a040-cef15508f0c5}.
  • encyclopediabritannicagamesbarX.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'iWin Toolbar for Pogo' with the class of {d925bc12-7440-413e-a040-cef15508f0c5}.
2 Internet Explorer Toolbars
  • encyclopediabritannicagamesbarX64.dll is loaded as Internet Explorer Toolbar with the name 'iWin Toolbar for Pogo' with the class of {d925bc12-7440-413e-a040-cef15508f0c5}.
  • encyclopediabritannicagamesbarX.dll is loaded as Internet Explorer Toolbar with the name 'iWin Toolbar for Pogo' with the class of {d925bc12-7440-413e-a040-cef15508f0c5}.
Windows Firewall Allowed Program
  • dtuser.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\iwingamestoolbar\dtuser.exe'.

How do I remove iWin Toolbar for Pogo?

You can uninstall iWin Toolbar for Pogo 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 iWin Toolbar for Pogo, 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 iWin Toolbar for Pogo.
  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 iWin Toolbar for Pogo you can restore them to their previous default settings.
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OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 44%
Win Vista 1%
 
HOW DOES IT RUN?
Plugs into Internet Explorer
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 55%
Keep it 45%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 47.47%
Windows 10 40.91%
Windows Vista 6.06%
Windows XP 5.56%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 32.83%
Windows 8.1 16.67%
Windows 10 Home 15.66%
Windows 7 Ultimate 7.58%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 6.06%
Microsoft Windows XP 5.56%

Distribution by countryGeography

80.46% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 80.46%
  Canada 3.97%
  Australia 2.65%
  Egypt 0.99%
  United Kingdom 0.99%
  Chile 0.66%
  Colombia 0.66%
  Ecuador 0.66%
  DZ 0.66%
  Argentina 0.66%
  Indonesia 0.66%
  Germany 0.66%
  Italy 0.66%
  Kazakstan 0.33%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 36.91%
Dell 28.19%
Acer 18.12%
Lenovo 4.70%
Toshiba 4.70%
GIGABYTE 2.68%
ASUS 2.01%
Intel 1.34%
Sony 1.34%
Common models
HP 15 Notebook PC 4.92%
HP 2000 Notebook PC 2.46%
Dell Inspiron 1545 2.46%
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 2.46%
ASUS All Series 1.64%
Dell Computer OptiPlex GX... 1.64%

About Visicom Media inc

Visicom Media Network or VMN.net is a Web portal with a number of free services for users. Its headquarters is in Brossard, Quebec. The domain VMN.
Publisher URL: software.visicommedia.com

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