Should I remove Community Smartbar Engine?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
76% remove it24% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #44,380
United States Rank #26,618
Reach 0.0019%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 410.05 days
1299.76 days >
Average installed length: 682.93 days
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 1.6.1.761 |
44.74% |
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| 1.6.1.760 |
55.26% |
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Community Smartbar Engine
from Linkury Inc.
What is Community Smartbar Engine?
Community Smartbar 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 monitization 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 Linkury)
Linkury Smartbar 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 extensio... Read more
Overview
- Starts automatically
- Adds a background Windows Service
- Displays unwanted advertisements
- Hijacks the web browser's home page
- Generally known to have a low reputation
- The experts agree, you should remove it!
Program details
URL: www.linkury.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\toshiba\toshiba app place
Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /X{D2A1B531-98BD-49FD-B7C0-5945C7471C26} /quiet ENGINE=1
(The Windows Installer is used for the installation, maintenance, and removal.)
Estimated size: 588 KB
Files installed by Community Smartbar Engine
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toshibaappplace.exe (by Toshiba) - Toshiba App Place
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aclmcontrol.exe
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aclmcontrolproxy.dll (by Hewlett-Packard Company) - AclmControlProxy
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fusionharvester.dll (by Microsoft) - FusionHarvester
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hpbuio32.dll (by Hewlett-Packard Company) - HP Unified IO (HP Unified IO API)
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hpdevicedetection3.exe - HP Device Detection
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hpdevicedetection3dll.dll - HP Product Detection
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hpdia.exe (by Hewlett-Packard) - HP Download and Install Assistant
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hpsupportsolutionsframeworkservice.exe - SolutionsFrameworkService
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hpunifiediodotnet.dll - HP Unified IO API .NET Wrapper
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icsharpcode.sharpziplib.dll (by ICSharpCode.net) - #ZipLibrary (SharpZipLib for .NET Framework 2.0)
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idfcontroller.dll - IdfController
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idfsoftware.builders.dll - IssueSignatureBuilder
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idfsoftware.common.dll - LogHarvester.Common (IdfSoftware.Common)
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idfsoftware.harvesters.dll (by Microsoft) - IdfSoftware.Harvesters
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idfsoftware.parsers.dll - IdfSoftware.Parsers
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interop.devicedetectioncomlib.dll - Assembly imported from type library 'DeviceDetectionCOMLib'.
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interop.shdocvw.dll - Assembly imported from type library 'SHDocVw'.
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log4net.dll (by The Apache Software Foundation) - log4net (Apache log4net for .NET Framework 2.0)
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newtonsoft.json.dll (by Newtonsoft) - Json.NET (Json.NET .NET 3.5)
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restsharp.dll (by restsharp.org) - RestSharp
Behaviors exhibited
2 Scheduled Tasks
- hpsupportsolutionsframeworkservice.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{E05E7C00-9F9C-45BD-9614-85D9E012F27A}' (runs on registration).
- toshibaappplace.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{5946A4E5-EC16-411C-97AC-7757C65EA4E2}' (runs on registration).
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
- toshibaappplace.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 1.
Service
- hpsupportsolutionsframeworkservice.exe runs as a service named 'HPSupportSolutionsFrameworkService' (HPSupportSolutionsFrameworkService) "This service allows for the detection of HP products and enables identification of support solutions for detected products.".
Startup File (User Run Once)
- hpdia.exe is loaded once in the current user (HKCU) registry as a startup file name 'HP Download and Install Assistant' which loads as "C:\Program Files\Hp\Common\plugins\HPDIA.exe" /Restart.
Startup File (All Users Run)
- toshibaappplace.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'ToshibaAppPlace' which loads as "C:\Program Files\Toshiba\Toshiba App Place\ToshibaAppPlace.exe".
Windows Firewall Allowed Program
- hpdevicedetection3.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\HP\Common\HpDeviceDetection3.exe'.
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
| toshibaappplace.exe |
| Memory: | 32.3 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0003232535% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00005660% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00026666% | |
| CPU cycles/sec: | 48,395 | |
| I/O reads/min: | 454 Bytes | |
| I/O writes/min: | 75 Bytes | |
How do I remove Community Smartbar Engine?
You can uninstall Community Smartbar Engine 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 Community Smartbar Engine, 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 Community Smartbar Engine.
- 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.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 82%
Win 10 3%
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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 76%
Keep it 24%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
84.21% |
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| Windows Vista |
10.53% |
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| Windows XP |
2.63% |
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| Windows 10 |
2.63% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
76.32% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
7.89% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
5.26% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
2.63% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
2.63% |
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| Windows 10 Home |
2.63% |
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Geography
92.06% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
92.06% |
| United Kingdom |
6.35% |
| Austria |
1.59% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Dell |
23.68% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
23.68% |
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| Toshiba |
21.05% |
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| Acer |
18.42% |
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| Sony |
5.26% |
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| Medion |
2.63% |
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| GIGABYTE |
2.63% |
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| ASUS |
2.63% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
8.33% |
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| TOSHIBA Satellite C655D |
5.56% |
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| TOSHIBA Satellite P755 |
2.78% |
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| TOSHIBA Satellite L775D |
2.78% |
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| TOSHIBA Satellite L775 |
2.78% |
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| TOSHIBA Satellite C655 |
2.78% |
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