Should I remove Ask Social Toolbar?

Lifespan of installation (until removal)

Versions

Version	Distribution
12.35.0.2501	2.78%
12.29.0.1639	2.78%
12.24.1.360	1.39%
12.24.1.301	2.78%
12.21.0.4072	4.17%
12.19.0.3649	4.17%
12.19.0.3606	1.39%
12.18.0.3131	2.78%
12.16.2.2384	2.78%
12.16.2.2247	1.39%
12.16.2.1948	1.39%
12.16.1.1730	1.39%
12.16.1.1565	1.39%
12.15.5.1116	6.94%
12.15.0.566	4.17%
12.15.0.557	8.33%
12.10.6.5291	19.44%
12.10.6.5113	15.28%
12.10.6.75	1.39%
12.10.6.74	1.39%
12.10.3.4724	2.78%
12.10.2.4519	2.78%
12.10.2.4517	2.78%
12.10.2.3646	2.78%
12.10.0.3315	1.39%

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from APN, LLC

Ask Social Toolbar is an Ask.com (Ask Partner Network) Toolbar that will provide limited web browser functionality but will modify the user's home and search pages and providers to an Ask.com managed partner search engine.

The Ask Toolbar is a free browser add-on that allows you to search the Web using the Ask.com search engine directly from the browser.

The most used version is 12.10.6.5291, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. Upon installation and setup, it defines an auto-start registry entry which makes this program run on each Windows boot for all user logins. The software is designed to connect to the Internet and adds a Windows Firewall exception in order to do so without being interfered with. The main program executable is tbnotifier.exe. Typically most users end up uninstalling this just after a few days. The software installer includes 12 files and is usually about 496 KB (507,904 bytes).

Help link: apnstatic.ask.com/static/toolbar/everest/documents/faq/index.html

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\askpartnernetwork\toolbar\updater

Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /X{504C542D-534F-4300-76A7-A758B70C0A00}

Estimated size: 496 KB

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 Ask Social 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 Ask Social 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.

1. Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
2. 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.
3. The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.

1. At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
2. To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
3. When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.

1. Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Restart Google Chrome.

OS VERSIONS Win 7 (SP1) 44% Win Vista (SP1) 1%

HOW IT STARTS Automatically starts? Yes (Found in the run registry)

USER ACTIONS Uninstall it 85% Keep it 15%

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

United States	28.21%
Saudi Arabia	10.26%
MA	7.69%
Mexico	7.69%
Brazil	6.41%
Canada	5.13%
Argentina	5.13%
Egypt	3.85%
United Kingdom	3.85%
Germany	2.56%
Spain	2.56%
Vietnam	2.56%
TN	2.56%
Belgium	1.28%

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

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