Should I remove QuickShare?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
79% remove it21% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #1,253
United States Rank #1,033
Reach 0.5520%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 33.97 days
1002.19 days >
Average installed length: 526.57 days
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 11.78.61.17994 |
3.08% |
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| 11.24.60.15709 |
8.19% |
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| 10.206.60.14326 |
1.83% |
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| 10.204.60.14277 |
4.10% |
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| 10.202.60.14245 |
0.07% |
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| 10.201.1.12915 |
1.33% |
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| 10.169.60.13223 |
5.68% |
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| 10.165.60.13189 |
1.00% |
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| 10.159.1.12889 |
0.59% |
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| 1.148.60.12560 |
1.95% |
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| 1.146.60.12450 |
7.20% |
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| 1.135.60.12323 |
7.72% |
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| 1.90.60.12091 |
4.14% |
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| 1.62.60.11333 |
5.13% |
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| 1.46.60.10997 |
1.42% |
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| 1.43.60.10962 |
0.98% |
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| 1.39.60.10936 |
6.24% |
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| 1.38.61.10911 |
4.29% |
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| 1.27.61.10767 |
1.30% |
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| 1.6.1.952 |
3.38% |
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| 1.6.1.951 |
0.57% |
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| 1.6.1.950 |
0.42% |
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| 1.6.1.949 |
5.71% |
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| 1.6.1.945 |
0.67% |
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| 1.6.1.935 |
0.70% |
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| 1.6.1.934 |
0.67% |
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| 1.6.1.931 |
1.11% |
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| 1.6.1.924 |
1.60% |
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| 1.6.1.920 |
0.11% |
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| 1.6.1.906 |
0.40% |
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| 1.6.1.905 |
1.22% |
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| 1.6.1.887 |
0.14% |
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| 1.6.1.880 |
0.77% |
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| 1.6.1.872 |
1.14% |
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| 1.6.1.841 |
0.08% |
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| 1.6.1.827 |
1.45% |
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| 1.6.1.804 |
0.56% |
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| 1.6.1.796 |
4.96% |
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| 1.6.1.795 |
1.41% |
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| 1.6.1.791 |
0.01% |
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| 1.6.1.714 |
2.64% |
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| 1.6.1.707 |
0.06% |
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| 1.6.1.697 |
0.69% |
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| 1.6.1.696 |
1.36% |
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| 1.6.1.665 |
0.72% |
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| 1.6.1.635 |
1.21% |
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QuickShare
from Linkury Inc.
What is QuickShare?
QuickShare, also know as Smartbar, is an auto-starting program that is typically bundled with various shareware software. It displays advertising and is designed to run when Windows boots up. In addition it integrates with the various social networks including Facebook and Twitter in order to provide sharing features (and has access to core Facebook permissions). The product has low-level adware flags by more than one top-tier anti-virus/anti-spyware.
What the Smartbar does:
- Changes the default search engine in your web browser's built-in search box.
- Changes the default home page of your web browser.
- Adds alternative "page not found" functionality.
- Enable search from the address bar of your web browser.
- Allows software updates of the application once a new version is released.
- Adds, removes or modifies components interacting with search input fields.
The main process, quickshare.exe, is set to run as a startup file in the local run registry (HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run) named ''Browser Infrastructure Helper'.
From the EULA: "Linkury provides Users, inter alia, with a toolbar to be implemented in User's web browser. You also understand and agree that the Linkury Services may include advertisements and that these advertisements are necessary for Linkury to provide the Services. You also understand and agree that the Linkury Services may include certain communications from Linkury and you will not be able to opt out of receiving them."
About (from Linkury)
QuickShare simplifies the process of the most common and important actions today, such as sharing online. It enables users to share via the largest social networks with a single click. To share text quickly, mark the text, open the Share box and select the desired network.To share an image or a video, place the pointer... Read more
Overview
- Possible malware installed by this program
- Automatically starts with Windows
- Difficult to remove as it will reinstall itself
- Typically distributed through a pay-per-install bundle
- Displays unwanted advertisements
- Hijacks the web browser's home page
- Generally known to have a low reputation
- The wisdom of the crowd agrees, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in QuickShare.
| quickshare.exe (7fef82869e3482985fd5915f7e378732) has been flagged by the following 16 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
| AVG |
2015.0.3546 |
Toolbar |
| Baidu-International |
4.0.3.1434 |
Adware.Win32.Agent.aZ |
| CMC Antivirus |
1.1.0.977 |
AdWare.MSIL.Agent!O |
| Comodo Security |
17746 |
ApplicUnwnt |
| Dr.Web |
9.0.0.063 |
Trojan.MulDrop4.24551 |
| ESET-NOD32 |
8.9394 |
a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Linkury.A |
| Fortinet FortiGate |
3/4/2014 |
Adware/MSIL_Agent |
| Kaspersky |
14.0.0.4224 |
not-a-virus:AdWare.MSIL.Agent |
| Kingsoft AntiVirus |
331020.49267 |
Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud) |
| McAfee |
5600.7202 |
Artemis!7FEF82869E34 |
| McAfee-GW-Edition |
7.7202 |
Artemis!7FEF82869E34 |
| NANO AntiVirus |
0.28.0.57630 |
Trojan.Win32.MulDrop4.cbqluc |
| Norman |
10.20140304 |
Suspicious_Gen4.EGXYO |
| Sophos |
4.97 |
Generic PUA KE |
| Vba32 AntiVirus |
3.12.24.3 |
AdWare.MSIL.Agent |
| VIPRE Antivirus |
26226 |
Adware.Linkury (fs) |
View all 16 all detections
QuickShare has been found to be bundled with 3rd party software. If you have not purposefully installed this, you should be safe uninstalling it.
Program details
URL: www.linkury.com/faq/NS/faq.aspx?c=QuickShare
Help link: www.linkury.com
Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Smartbar\Application\
Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /X{52BE22C7-5CA2-4150-8948-88C9DD7F6B56}
(The Windows Installer is used for the installation, maintenance, and removal.)
Estimated size: 8.1 MB
Language: English (United States)
Files installed by QuickShare
| Program executable: | quickshare.exe (Malware detected) |
| Name: | Smartbar |
| Signed by: | Linkury |
| Path: | C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\smartbar\application\quickshare.exe |
| MD5: | 7fef82869e3482985fd5915f7e378732 |
| Smartbar (Snap.Do) is a web browser addin/toolbar with Internet Explorer, Chrome and Firefox. Snap.Do provides social integration features for Facebook and Twitter. Privacy Policy: In order to facilitate, refine, personalize and match the... |
Additional files:
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interop.shdocvw.dll - Assembly imported from type library 'SHDocVw'.
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microsoft.mshtml.dll - Assembly imported from type library MSHTML
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smartbar.resources.historyandstatswrapper.dll - Smartbar.Resources.HistoryAndStatsWrapper
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smartbar.infrastructure.businessentities.dll - Smartbar.Infrastructure.BusinessEntities
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productsremovaltool.exe - Smartbar.Resources.ProductsRemovalTool
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smartbar.resources.languagesettings.dll - Smartbar.Resources.LanguageSettings
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smartbar.resources.socialnetssharer.dll - Smartbar.Resources.SocialNetsSharer
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smartbar.personalization.common.dll - Smartbar.Personalization.Common
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smartbar.resources.translations.dll - Smartbar.Resources.Translations
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smartbar.infrastructure.plugins.internetexplorerlocalplugin.dll - InternetExplorerLocalPlugin
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smartbarinternetexplorerbho.dll - SmartbarInternetExplorerBHO
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smartbarversionshelper.exe - SmartbarVersionsHelper
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smartbar.gui.controls.dll - Smartbar.GUI.Controls
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smartbar.gui.docking.dll - Smartbar.GUI.Docking
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smartbarinternetexplorerextension.dll - QuickShare Widget
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browserhelper.exe - BrowserHelper
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smartbar.infrastructure.core.dll - SmartbarProxy
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smartbar.infrastructure.utilities.dll - SmartbarGUI
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smartbar.gui.mainclient.dll - Smartbar
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ndde.dll (by Brian Gideon) - NDde
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mactrackbarlib.dll
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smartbar.resources.socialnetssharer.xmlserializers.dll
Behaviors exhibited
Startup File (User Run)
- quickshare.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Browser Infrastructure Helper' and executes as C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Smartbar\Application\QuickShare.exe startup.
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
| quickshare.exe |
| Memory: | 66.8 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0039409084% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00171990% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00222101% | |
| CPU cycles/sec: | 2,108,335 | |
| Switches/sec: | 91 | |
| I/O reads/min: | 10.99 KB | |
| I/O writes/min: | 2.36 KB | |
How do I remove QuickShare?
You can uninstall QuickShare 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 QuickShare, 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 QuickShare.
- 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.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 67%
Win 8.1 0%
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WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 79%
Keep it 21%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
71.58% |
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| Windows 10 |
15.88% |
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| Windows Vista |
8.48% |
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| Windows XP |
4.06% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
49.30% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
9.55% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
9.05% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
6.74% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
5.36% |
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| Windows 8 |
4.65% |
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Geography
57.99% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
57.99% |
| Germany |
7.99% |
| United Kingdom |
5.67% |
| Brazil |
4.87% |
| France |
4.24% |
| Canada |
3.47% |
| Netherlands |
2.38% |
| Norway |
1.79% |
| Australia |
1.46% |
| Italy |
1.39% |
| Sweden |
1.29% |
| Spain |
0.94% |
| Austria |
0.92% |
| Japan |
0.64% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
31.20% |
|
| Dell |
21.14% |
|
| Acer |
17.72% |
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| ASUS |
8.66% |
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| Toshiba |
8.50% |
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| Samsung |
4.27% |
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| GIGABYTE |
3.90% |
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| Lenovo |
2.31% |
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| Intel |
0.87% |
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| Medion |
0.84% |
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| American Megatrends |
0.61% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
7.49% |
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| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
6.83% |
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| HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
5.35% |
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| HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... |
4.72% |
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| HP 2000 Notebook PC |
3.75% |
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| Dell Inspiron 1545 |
2.30% |
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