Auslogics Toolbar
What is Auslogics Toolbar?
Auslogics Toolbar is an ad-supported (users may see additional banner, search, pop-up, pop-under, interstitial and in-text link advertisements) cross web browser plugin for Internet Explorer (BHO) and Firefox/Chrome (plugin) and distributed through various monetization platforms during installation. The browser extension includes various features that will modify the default or custom settings of the browser including the home page, search settings and in some cases will modify Internet Explorer's load time threshold, place a lock file within Firefox to prevent competing software from changing its settings as well as disable the browser's Content Security Policy in order to allow for cross site scripting of the plugin.
About (from Ask.com)
The Ask Toolbar helps you search the Web directly from you browser and provides convenient tools and links to make your Web surfing more enjoyable and productive!
Overview
- Possible malware installed by this program
- Starts automatically
- Loads into the web browser
- Connects to a server over the Internet
- Injects advertisements unassociated with the underlying web page
- Hijacks the web browser's home page
- The experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Auslogics Toolbar.
| updater.exe (31b522014fc560c122cdfa72d47ca940) has been flagged by the following 2 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
| Baidu-International |
4.0.3.1486 |
PUA.Win32.AskToolbar.81 |
| ESET-NOD32 |
8.10201 |
a variant of Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask.G |
Program details
URL: sp.ask.com/toolbar
Help link: about.ask.com/en/docs/about/index.shtml
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\ask.com\assets\oobe
Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /X{86D4B82A-ABED-442A-BE86-96357B70F4FE}
(The Windows Installer is used for the installation, maintenance, and removal.)
Estimated size: 3.7 MB
Files installed by Auslogics Toolbar
| Program executable: | updater.exe (Malware detected) |
| Name: | Updater |
| Ask Updater |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\ask.com\updater\updater.exe |
| MD5: | 31b522014fc560c122cdfa72d47ca940 |
| Ask Updater runs in the background of Windows and automatically starts up when your PC boots. It checks for software udpates and automatically downloads and installs them if found.
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Behaviors exhibited
Startup File (All Users Run)
- updater.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'Updater.exe' which loads as "C:\Program Files\Ask.com\Updater\Updater.exe".
Network connections
- updater.exe connects to 165.254.35.120 (port 80).
- updater.exe connects to 63.116.243.51 (port 80).
- updater.exe connects to a23-67-242-105.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com (23.67.242.105 port 80).
- updater.exe connects to a23-67-242-107.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com (23.67.242.107 port 80).
- updater.exe connects to a23-67-242-33.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com (23.67.242.33 port 80).
- updater.exe connects to a23-67-242-40.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com (23.67.242.40 port 80).
- updater.exe connects to a23-67-242-57.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com (23.67.242.57 port 80).
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
| updater.exe |
| Memory: | 3.98 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0001011287% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00004446% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00005667% | |
How do I remove Auslogics Toolbar?
You can uninstall Auslogics 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 Auslogics 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 Auslogics 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 Auslogics 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) 48%
Win XP 2%
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HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 82%
Keep it 18%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
54.76% |
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| Windows XP |
35.71% |
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| Windows Vista |
7.14% |
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| Windows 10 |
2.38% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Microsoft Windows XP |
35.71% |
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| Windows 7 Home Premium |
23.81% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
21.43% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
7.14% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
4.76% |
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| Windows Vista Business |
2.38% |
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Geography
32.65% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
32.65% |
| Germany |
20.41% |
| Russia |
8.16% |
| Japan |
6.12% |
| Brazil |
4.08% |
| Thailand |
4.08% |
| MA |
2.04% |
| Vietnam |
2.04% |
| Taiwan |
2.04% |
| UA |
2.04% |
| Belgium |
2.04% |
| Latvia |
2.04% |
| France |
2.04% |
| India |
2.04% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Acer |
17.14% |
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| GIGABYTE |
11.43% |
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| Dell |
11.43% |
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| Toshiba |
11.43% |
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| American Megatrends |
8.57% |
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| Intel |
8.57% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
8.57% |
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| ASUS |
8.57% |
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| Lenovo |
5.71% |
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| Sony |
2.86% |
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| Sahara |
2.86% |
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| Medion |
2.86% |
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Common models |
| TOSHIBA Satellite A200 |
3.13% |
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| TOSHIBA Qosmio F30 |
3.13% |
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| TOSHIBA dynabook T350/34A... |
3.13% |
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| MICRO-STAR INTL, CO.,LTD.... |
3.13% |
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| KOUZIRO KOUZIRODT |
3.13% |
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| HP ProBook 4530s |
3.13% |
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About Ask.com
Ask focuses on search traffic through various methods, the number being installation of its toolbars through a lot of bundle and rebrand programs.
Publisher URL: www.ask.com