Should I remove Browser Media Toolbar?

What percent of users and experts removed it?

83% remove it17% keep it

Overall Sentiment

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How common is it?

Reach <0.001%

Versions

Version	Distribution
5.7.2.2	100.00%

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Browser Media Toolbar

from Conduit Ltd.

Remove Browser Media Toolbar by Conduit

What is Browser Media Toolbar?

Browser Media Toolbar is a Conduit powered search toolbar and Browser helper Object (for IE) that delivers contextual based advertising to the web browser. In addition it will modify the user's browser home and search pages as well as 'New Tab' pages to push advertising and search.

About (from Conduit)

From the EULA: As part of the installation process of the Conduit Software and/or the Customized Software, you may be changing your Internet Browser settings and/or have the ability to change of the default search engine in your Internet Browser's built-in search box, if applicable; allow software updates of the Condui... Read more

Overview

Upon being installed, the software adds a Windows Service which is designed to run continuously in the background. Manually stopping the service has been seen to cause the program to stop functing properly. It adds a background controller service that is set to automatically run. Delaying the start of this service is possible through the service manager. The program adds a toolbar to Microsoft Internet Explorer. A scheduled task is added to Windows Task Scheduler in order to launch the program at various scheduled times (the schedule varies depending on the version). 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 primary executable is named tbBrow.dll. A majority of users end up uninstalling this less than a week of it being installed. It also bundles additional software in the form of the Conduit Engine, which installs a potentially unwanted toolbar, and makes homepage and default search engine changes to a user's web browser. The setup package generally installs about 4 files and is usually about 3.1 MB (3,250,152 bytes).

Malware detected in the program
Integrates into the web browser
Built on and distributed using the Conduit toolbar
Installs a Windows Service
The experts agree, you should remove it!

Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Browser Media Toolbar.

tbBrow.dll (469b44ae63d2ae02b512ec92c64d4a06) has been flagged by the following 4 scanners:
Anti-Virus software	Version	Detection
Bkav FE	1.3.0.4246	HW32.Stranact
ESET-NOD32	7.9314	a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Conduit.B
Panda Antivirus	14.01.26.11	Adware/Conduit
VIPRE Antivirus	25620	Conduit (fs)
Browser_MediaToolbarHelper.exe (a320df2b47cfcaf98d06eb59cd72084c) has been flagged by the following 5 scanners:
Anti-Virus software	Software version	Detection
Bkav FE	1.3.0.6379	W32.HfsAdware.C534
Dr.Web	7.0.12.3050	Adware.Conduit.300
G Data	25	Win32.Adware.Conduit.B
IKARUS anti.virus	T3.1.6.1.0	PUA.ClientConnect
Panda Antivirus	4.6.4.2	PUP/Conduit.A

Program details

Displayed publisher: Browser Media

URL: BrowserMedia.OurToolbar.com

Help link: BrowserMedia.OurToolbar.com/help

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Browser_Media

Uninstaller: C:\Program Files2\BROWSE~1\UNWISE.EXE /U C:\Program Files2\BROWSE~1\INSTALL.LOG

(Wise Installer is used for installing and uninstalling this software.)

Estimated size: 3.1 MB

This is a Community Toolbar by Conduit, what does that mean?

Conduit is a toolbar monetization platform for software publishers. It provides a utility for developers to create branded generic web browser toolbars. Publishers can bundle these toolbars with their software programs or provide access to download them separately through BrowserMedia.OurToolbar.com. Once installed, the toolbar modifies the browser's home page and search settings in order to redirect searches through the Conduit portal (which utilizes Bing or Yahoo! Search engines). Read more...

Files installed by Browser Media Toolbar

Program module:	tbBrow.dll (Malware detected)
Name:	Conduit Toolbar
Path:	C:\Program Files\Browser_Media\tbBrow.dll
MD5:	469b44ae63d2ae02b512ec92c64d4a06

Additional files:

(Malware detected) tbBrow.dll - Conduit Toolbar
(Malware detected) Browser_MediaToolbarHelper.exe
tbBro1.dll
UNWISE.EXE

Behaviors exhibited

Internet Explorer BHO

tbBrow.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'ToggleSW Toolbar' with the class of {6dabbda0-1da5-4a2f-bc89-2ae084c572fa}.

Internet Explorer Bar

tbBrow.dll installs an Explorer Bar in Internet Explorer called 'HotSpot International Findbar' with a class of {E7B933F6-FC68-4603-8C33-69AF90051503}.

Internet Explorer Toolbar

tbBrow.dll is loaded as Internet Explorer Toolbar with the name 'ToggleSW Toolbar' with the class of {6dabbda0-1da5-4a2f-bc89-2ae084c572fa}.

Internet Explorer URL Search Hook

tbBrow.dll loads into IE as a URL Search Hook named 'ToggleSW Toolbar' with a class of {6dabbda0-1da5-4a2f-bc89-2ae084c572fa} in order to redirect unknown URL searches.

Internet Explorer Web Browser

tbBrow.dll installs an IE Web Browser in Internet Explorer named 'ToggleSW Toolbar' with a class of {6DABBDA0-1DA5-4A2F-BC89-2AE084C572FA}.

2 Scheduled Tasks

UNWISE.EXE is scheduled as a task with the class '{F71A9918-1861-4EFE-AE94-530BDDE46DD4}' (runs on registration).
Browser_MediaToolbarHelper.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{B8E8E278-F25D-478A-BAB2-24A5EDB01F6C}' (runs on registration).

Service

UNWISE.EXE runs as a service named 'Browser System Enahncer' (671c50b0).

Windows Firewall Allowed Program

UNWISE.EXE is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files1\Yahoo!\MESSEN~1\UNWISE.EXE'.

How do I remove Browser Media Toolbar?

You can uninstall Browser Media 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 Browser Media 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 Browser Media 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.