AOL Mail Toolbar
What is AOL Mail Toolbar?
The AOL Toolbar is a browser toolbar for Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Flock. It has a few default buttons like Mail, Weather, and Radio, and also allows the user to add additional buttons - from the Button Gallery or by dragging and dropping a website's favicon. It allows the user to search, view widgets from many sites, read RSS feeds, and displays a count of the number of pages visited. via a small odometer-style indicator. The AOL Toolbar is one of a range made by AOL, which include toolbars branded with their other properties, such as AIM, MapQuest, AOL Radio, and Winamp.
Overview
The program adds a toolbar to Microsoft Internet Explorer. The main program executable is aolmailtbServer.exe. The software installer includes 8 files and is usually about 2.55 MB (2,677,144 bytes).
- Loads into the web browser
Program details
URL: www.aol.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\aol mail toolbar
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\AOL Mail Toolbar\uninstall.exe"
Estimated size: 2.55 MB
Files installed by AOL Mail Toolbar
| Program executable: | aolmailtbServer.exe |
| Name: | AOL Mail Toolbar Server |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\aol mail toolbar\aolmailtbServer.exe |
| MD5: | 21726e49651ba97b3982d3e3d7c37ef8 |
Additional files:
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aolmailtb.dll - AOL Mail Toolbar for Internet Explorer (AOL Mail Toolbar IE Dynamic Link Library)
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aolmailtbServer.exe - AOL Mail Toolbar Server
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uninstall.exe - AOL Mail Toolbar
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aolmailtbServerPS.dll
Behaviors exhibited
Internet Explorer BHO
- aolmailtb.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'AOL Mail Toolbar Loader' with the class of {fbea8524-8c72-4208-9d12-7fb73e9926eb}.
Internet Explorer Toolbar
- aolmailtb.dll is loaded as Internet Explorer Toolbar with the name 'AOL Mail Toolbar' with the class of {a3704fa3-dbf6-46b5-b95e-0677dfd39577}.
Internet Explorer URL Search Hook
- aolmailtb.dll loads into IE as a URL Search Hook named 'AOL Mail Toolbar Search Class' with a class of {98572e47-b5fe-43de-9aea-492a1d3064cd} in order to redirect unknown URL searches.
Internet Explorer Web Browser
- aolmailtb.dll installs an IE Web Browser in Internet Explorer named 'AOL Mail Toolbar' with a class of {A3704FA3-DBF6-46B5-B95E-0677DFD39577}.
How do I remove AOL Mail Toolbar?
You can uninstall AOL Mail 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 AOL Mail 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 AOL Mail 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 AOL Mail 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) 65%
Win XP 0%
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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 59%
Keep it 41%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
69.59% |
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| Windows Vista |
21.20% |
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| Windows 10 |
5.53% |
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| Windows XP |
3.69% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
62.96% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
19.44% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
4.17% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
3.70% |
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| Windows 10 Home |
3.70% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
2.78% |
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Geography
97.90% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
97.90% |
| Canada |
0.52% |
| Germany |
0.52% |
| United Kingdom |
0.52% |
| Spain |
0.26% |
| Turkey |
0.26% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
47.65% |
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| Dell |
25.88% |
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| Toshiba |
14.71% |
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| Acer |
7.65% |
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| Gateway |
2.35% |
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| Intel |
1.76% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... |
4.17% |
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| HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
4.17% |
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| Dell Inspiron 530 |
2.78% |
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| Dell Inspiron N7010 |
2.78% |
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| TOSHIBA Satellite L505 |
2.78% |
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| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
2.08% |
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About AOL
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Publisher URL: corp.aol.com