Should I remove Fb-Fans Toolbar?

What percent of users and experts removed it?

79% remove it21% keep it

Overall Sentiment

Bad

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How common is it?

Reach 0.0001%

Versions

Version	Distribution
6.2.2.4	50.00%
6.1.0.7	50.00%

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Fb-Fans Toolbar

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What is Fb-Fans Toolbar?

Installs a Conduit powered OurToolbar in Internet Explorer, Chrome and Firefox web browsers. The software 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 your home page and search provider if you are not careful during installation and provides a search box and various other generic features in the toolbar. The toolbar is typically bundled with the free a program as an option during installation and does not necessarily get uninstalled when the host program is removed from the user's PC. If the home page and search settings were modified by this toolbar, they need to be manually reverted back by the user.

About (from Conduit)

By Using a Conduit Software you may enable Conduit to access, use and collect a variety of information, both personal and non-personal, regarding your Internet Browser, your browsing habits, and information about your computer

Overview

Malware detected in the program
Integrates into the web browser
Built on and distributed using the Conduit toolbar
Installs a Windows Service
Hijacks the web browser's home page
Hijacks the browser's default search provider
Most users and experts agree, you should remove it!

Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Fb-Fans Toolbar.

tbFb-F.dll (895c4812245e244b2f81c71bad0c4e55) has been flagged by the following 4 scanners:
Anti-Virus software	Version	Detection
Bkav FE	1.3.0.4246	HW32.Stranfom
ESET-NOD32	7.9311	a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Conduit.B
Panda Antivirus	14.01.26.01	Adware/Conduit
VIPRE Antivirus	25610	Conduit (fs)
Fb-FansToolbarHelper.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
tbFb-0.dll (e4cc410bd005958125cd87c5f6e66371) has been flagged by the following 4 scanners:
Anti-Virus software	Software version	Detection
Bkav FE	1.3.0.4246	HW32.Stranact.yycu
ESET-NOD32	9577	a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Conduit.B
Panda Antivirus	10.0.3.5	PUP/Conduit.A
VIPRE Antivirus	27650	Conduit (fs)
Fb-FansToolbarHelper1.exe (f3011af04d7bf1afe16cec5eb7d9a586) has been flagged by the following 2 scanners:
Anti-Virus software	Software version	Detection
Panda Antivirus	10.0.3.5	PUP/Conduit.A
VIPRE Antivirus	29542	Conduit (fs)

View all 15 all detections

Program details

Displayed publisher: Fb-Fans

URL: FbFans.OurToolbar.com

Help link: FbFans.OurToolbar.com/help

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Fb-Fans

Uninstaller: C:\Program Files1\Fb-Fans\UNWISE.EXE /U C:\Program Files1\Fb-Fans\INSTALL.LOG

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

Estimated size: 3.93 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 FbFans.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 Fb-Fans Toolbar

Program module:	tbFb-F.dll (Malware detected)
Name:	Conduit Toolbar
Path:	C:\Program Files\Fb-Fans\tbFb-F.dll
MD5:	895c4812245e244b2f81c71bad0c4e55

Additional files:

(Malware detected) Fb-FansToolbarHelper1.exe - ToolbarH Application
(Malware detected) tbFb-0.dll - Conduit Toolbar
tbFb-1.dll
(Malware detected) tbFb-F.dll
(Malware detected) Fb-FansToolbarHelper.exe
UNWISE.EXE

Behaviors exhibited

Internet Explorer BHO

tbFb-F.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'MessengerPlusLive TB Toolbar' with the class of {d8fb4583-db9d-4c7b-85be-294c13a3e5c4}.

Internet Explorer Bar

tbFb-F.dll installs an Explorer Bar in Internet Explorer called 'IncrediMail MediaBar 2 Findbar' with a class of {44F2C084-7B8C-4910-8F76-DFC4C04CD5AF}.

Internet Explorer Toolbar

tbFb-F.dll is loaded as Internet Explorer Toolbar with the name 'MessengerPlusLive TB Toolbar' with the class of {d8fb4583-db9d-4c7b-85be-294c13a3e5c4}.

Internet Explorer URL Search Hook

tbFb-F.dll loads into IE as a URL Search Hook named 'MessengerPlusLive TB Toolbar' with a class of {d8fb4583-db9d-4c7b-85be-294c13a3e5c4} in order to redirect unknown URL searches.

Internet Explorer Web Browser

tbFb-F.dll installs an IE Web Browser in Internet Explorer named 'MessengerPlusLive TB Toolbar' with a class of {D8FB4583-DB9D-4C7B-85BE-294C13A3E5C4}.

2 Scheduled Tasks

UNWISE.EXE is scheduled as a task with the class '{F71A9918-1861-4EFE-AE94-530BDDE46DD4}' (runs on registration).
Fb-FansToolbarHelper.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 Fb-Fans Toolbar?

You can uninstall Fb-Fans 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 Fb-Fans 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 Fb-Fans 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.