Should I remove ALOT Toolbar?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
51% remove it49% keep it
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #11,530
United States Rank #7,795
Reach 0.0289%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 12.75 days
376.22 days >
Average installed length: 197.68 days
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ALOT Toolbar
What is ALOT Toolbar?
ALOT Toolbar is an alias for ALOT Appbar. ALOT Appbar is a web browser plugin in the form of a toolbar. ALOT Appbar allows customized 'apps' to be added to the toolbar including social media apps. Appbar Web Search Users who opt-in to the Discover program help ALOT identify the best sites on the web and improve ALOT Apps.
About (from alOt)
The ALOT News Toolbar is a free toolbar that lets you navigate your favorite news sites and search top news stories with the following features: one-click access to web searches powered by Google, the ability to easily search the latest headline news and top stories, quick access to online local, national and internati... Read more
Overview
The program adds a toolbar to Microsoft Internet Explorer. The main program executable is alot.dll. The software installer includes 3 files and is usually about 902.85 KB (924,518 bytes).
- Possible malware installed by this program
- Loads into the web browser
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in ALOT Toolbar.
| alotUninst.exe (c61a6cd2fa9646b22f2d8bfeb29563b4) has been flagged by the following 9 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
| Bkav FE |
1.3.0.4613 |
W32.Clod2b9.Trojan |
| K7 AntiVirus |
13.174.10588 |
Riskware |
| K7GW |
13.174.10588 |
Riskware ( 0040f0f51 ) |
| McAfee |
5600.7256 |
RDN/Generic.tfr!dq |
| McAfee-GW-Edition |
7.7256 |
RDN/Generic.tfr!dq |
| Norman |
10.20140108 |
Toolbar.A!genr |
| Sophos |
4.96 |
Alot Toolbar Installer |
| Symantec |
1/8/2014 rev. 4 |
WS.Reputation |
| VIPRE Antivirus |
24658 |
Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
Program details
URL: www.alot.com
Help link: www.alot.com/toolbar/faq
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\alot
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\alot\alotUninst.exe"
Estimated size: 902.85 KB
Files installed by ALOT Toolbar
| Program module: | alot.dll |
| Name: | ALOT Toolbar |
| alot.dll |
| Signed by: | Alot.com |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\alot\bin\alot.dll |
| MD5: | acb423998044f7dcc904a43419ef2d78 |
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alotUninst.exe - ALOT Toolbar (ALOT Toolbar Setup)
Behaviors exhibited
Internet Explorer BHO
- alot.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'ALOT Toolbar Helper' with the class of {14CEEAFF-96DD-4101-AE37-D5ECDC23C3F6}.
Internet Explorer Toolbar
- alot.dll is loaded as Internet Explorer Toolbar with the name 'ALOT Toolbar' with the class of {5AA2BA46-9913-4dc7-9620-69AB0FA17AE7}.
How do I remove ALOT Toolbar?
You can uninstall ALOT 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 ALOT 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 ALOT 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 ALOT 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) 38%
Win Vista 1%
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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 51%
Keep it 49%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
41.93% |
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| Windows Vista |
41.58% |
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| Windows XP |
13.86% |
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| Windows 10 |
2.63% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
35.65% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
33.16% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
12.83% |
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| Windows Vista Home Basic |
7.31% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
3.57% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
2.50% |
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Geography
67.58% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
67.58% |
| United Kingdom |
13.64% |
| Canada |
7.13% |
| Australia |
5.76% |
| Ireland |
1.13% |
| New Zealand |
1.00% |
| South Africa |
0.63% |
| United Arab Emirates |
0.25% |
| Germany |
0.25% |
| France |
0.25% |
| Mexico |
0.25% |
| Poland |
0.25% |
| PR |
0.25% |
| Austria |
0.13% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
32.31% |
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| Dell |
28.46% |
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| Toshiba |
15.90% |
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| Acer |
12.56% |
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| GIGABYTE |
3.33% |
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| Gateway |
1.79% |
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| American Megatrends |
1.54% |
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| Sahara |
1.03% |
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| Samsung |
1.03% |
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| Sony |
1.03% |
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| ASUS |
1.03% |
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Common models |
| Dell Inspiron 1545 |
4.17% |
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| Dell Inspiron 530 |
3.75% |
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| Dell Inspiron 530s |
3.75% |
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| HP G60 Notebook PC |
3.75% |
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| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
3.33% |
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| TOSHIBA Satellite L300 |
2.50% |
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About (from alOt)
ALOT apps are displayed in our free ALOT Appbar, a neat piece of software that sits in your web browser and keeps all your favorite content constantly within reach.
Publisher URL: www.alot.com