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Should I remove Dynamo Toolbar?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
51% remove it49% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Bad
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #26,467
United States Rank #27,649
Reach 0.0062%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 25.99 days
766.81 days >
Average installed length: 402.90 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
1.2.3 3.28%
1.2.2 43.44%
1.2.1 0.82%
1.0.1 2.46%
1.0.0 50.00%

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Dynamo Toolbar

What is Dynamo Toolbar?

The Dynamo Community Toolbar by Conduit that runs in IE, Chrome and Firefox Web browsers. The toolbar collects and stores information about your web browsing and sends this information to OurToolbar so they can suggest services or provide ads via the toolbar. The toolbar will attempt to change the browser's home page and search provider settings during installation (sometimes this is an option provided to the user but is checked by default) and provides a search box and various other generic features in the toolbar. It also may send event logs and other system-related information to a server, and may automatically download and install updates without notifying the user.

Overview

The most used version is 1.0.0, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. Upon installation, it defines an auto-start registry entry which allows the program run on each boot for the user which installed it. 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 main program executable is dtbhlp.exe. The software installer includes 4 files and is usually about 1.52 MB (1,597,078 bytes).
  • Starts automatically
  • Loads into the web browser
  • May modify the web browser's home page
  • Generally known to have a low reputation
Bundled relationships

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.dynamo-media.com
Help link: www.searchbrowsing.com/about
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Search Core Systems\Dynamo Toolbar\
Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /X{FCFA4952-D2A9-4D8C-A0E9-EC95629E4156}
(The Windows Installer is used for the installation, maintenance, and removal.)
Estimated size: 1.52 MB
Language: English (United States)

Program filesFiles installed by Dynamo Toolbar

Program executable:dtbhlp.exe
Name:Dynamo Toolbar Helper
Path:C:\Program Files\Search Core Systems\Dynamo Toolbar\dtbhlp.exe
MD5:a387ea96680d07927e452e84f9076214
Additional files:
  • uninstall.exe - Dynamo Toolbar (Dynamo Toolbar Installer)
  • iewrk.dll

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task
  • dtbhlp.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Heartbeat' (runs daily at 4:49 PM).
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
  • dtbhlp.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Heartbeat Logon.
Startup File (User Run)
  • dtbhlp.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'DTBHeartbeat' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Search Core Systems\Dynamo Toolbar\dtbhlp.exe" --heartbeat.

How do I remove Dynamo Toolbar?

You can uninstall Dynamo Toolbar from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
  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 Dynamo 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 Dynamo 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.

How do I reset my web browser?

If your web browser homepage and search settings have been modfied by Dynamo Toolbar you can restore them to their previous default settings.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Mozilla Firefox
Google Chrome

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 61%
Win XP 1%
 
WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 51%
Keep it 49%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 69.67%
Windows 10 10.66%
Windows XP 9.84%
Windows Vista 9.02%
Windows Server 2003 0.82%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 39.17%
Windows 7 Ultimate 16.67%
Windows 7 Professional 11.67%
Microsoft Windows XP 10.83%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 6.67%
Windows 8.1 4.17%

Distribution by countryGeography

38.03% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 38.03%
  Canada 8.45%
  United Kingdom 7.04%
  Israel 5.63%
  Philippines 3.52%
  Hungary 3.52%
  Australia 2.82%
  Iran 2.82%
  Brazil 2.11%
  South Africa 1.41%
  Ecuador 1.41%
  Norway 1.41%
  RS 1.41%
  Sweden 1.41%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 36.26%
Dell 18.68%
Acer 14.29%
Toshiba 10.99%
Lenovo 4.40%
Sony 4.40%
ASUS 3.30%
American Megatrends 3.30%
GIGABYTE 2.20%
Alienware 1.10%
Samsung 1.10%
Common models
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 2.86%
Dell Inspiron N5010 2.86%
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 2.86%
TOSHIBA Satellite C650 1.90%
Hewlett-Packard Presario ... 1.90%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 1.90%

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