Should I remove Ask Toolbar?

Lifespan of installation (until removal)

Versions

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1,433 versions

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from APN LLC

Remove Ask Toolbar by APN

The Ask Toolbar is a web browser extension and toolbar that delivers contextual based advertising as well as modify the user's web browser home and search pages to provide advertising and search. The software is typically defined as a potentially unwanted application by various malware vendors.

What the browser extension does:
- Changes the default search engine.
- Changes the default browser home page.
- Adds search from the address bar.
- Adds alternative redirection "page not found" and DNS errors.
- Displays contextual advertising by injecting banner and text ads.
- Prevents other applications from changing the toolbar settings.

It is often installed during the installation of other software. Ask.com has entered into partnerships with some software security vendors, whereby they are paid to distribute the toolbar alongside their software. When you use the Toolbar to submit a query, the Toolbar forwards such query information to Ask servers. Ask.com uses this information to process your web search requests and to return a search results page to you.

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Displayed publisher: APN, LLC

URL: apn.ask.com

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

Installation folder: C:\Windows\Installer\{4D594333-2D56-3700-76A7-A758B70C0300}

Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /X{42435041-312D-5637-00A7-A758B70C0300}

Estimated size: 581.5 KB

tbnotifier.exe
Memory:	3.82 MB	21.09 MB average
Total CPU:	0.0045475051%	0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:	0.00282179%	0.016088% average
User CPU:	0.00172572%	0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:	257,823	8,062,084 average
I/O reads/min:	1.27 KB	435.61 KB average
vntldr.exe
Memory:	1.29 MB
Total CPU:	0.0009148031%
Kernel CPU:	0.00002577%
User CPU:	0.00088903%
CPU cycles/sec:	67,009
I/O reads/min:	19.23 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 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 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) 54% Win 10 0%

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

USER ACTIONS Uninstall it 74% Keep it 26%

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

United States	41.36%
Germany	5.15%
Brazil	3.81%
United Kingdom	3.79%
Canada	2.85%
Italy	2.77%
France	2.35%
India	1.92%
Australia	1.88%
MA	1.68%
DZ	1.55%
Netherlands	1.49%
Egypt	1.48%
Israel	1.48%

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

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