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Versions

Version	Distribution
5.0.0.0	100.00%

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Elections Toolbar

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What is Elections Toolbar?

Elections Toolbar is a web browser toolbar and extension that modifies the browsers search and home pages as well as delivers. In order to provide search advertising revenue, the software is designed not only to modify the search provider but to protect it so that it remains the default browser search engine. It is typically installed via a bundled offer within a third-party software distribution. As for distribution, the toolbar is typically bundled with 3rd party publishers in order to try to maximize install revenue as typically payouts per installation is between a few cents and a couple dollars depending on the geographical location of the host.

What the toolbar does:
- Change of the default search engine, including the Browser's built-in search box, and address bar.
- Addition of alternative error page functionality, such as “Page Not Found”.
- Change of the default Home Page and/or New Tabs, and protect your search settings.

Overview

The program adds a toolbar to Microsoft Internet Explorer. The main program executable is electionstbServer.exe. The software installer includes 7 files and is usually about 2.22 MB (2,327,630 bytes).

Loads into the web browser
May modify the web browser's home page

Program details

Displayed publisher: AOL,LLC

URL: toolbar.aol.com/elections/?

Help link: www.aol.com

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\elections toolbar

Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Elections Toolbar\uninstall.exe"

Estimated size: 2.22 MB

Files installed by Elections Toolbar

Program executable:	electionstbServer.exe
Name:	Elections IE Toolbar Server
Path:	C:\Program Files\elections toolbar\electionstbServer.exe
MD5:	6b221d24bc1d842ae15837c0ee2af27c

Additional files:

uninstall.exe (by AOL,LLC) - Elections Toolbar
electionstbServer.exe - Elections IE Toolbar Server
electionstb.dll - Elections IE Toolbar (Elections IE Toolbar Dynamic Link Library)
xprt5.dll (by America Online) - XPRT Runtime Library
apopup.dll - AOL Popup Control
electionstbServerPS.dll
msvcr71.dll (by Microsoft) - Microsoft® Visual Studio .NET (Microsoft® C Runtime Library)

Behaviors exhibited

Internet Explorer BHO

electionstb.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'Elections Loader' with the class of {355314af-a23c-4435-a356-2570dce4221f}.

Internet Explorer Toolbar

electionstb.dll is loaded as Internet Explorer Toolbar with the name 'Elections Toolbar' with the class of {8791c498-5f4f-47bc-831d-8a3af1109fe0}.

Internet Explorer Web Browser

electionstb.dll installs an IE Web Browser in Internet Explorer named 'Elections Toolbar' with a class of {8791C498-5F4F-47BC-831D-8A3AF1109FE0}.

How do I remove Elections Toolbar?

You can uninstall Elections 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 Elections 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 Elections 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.