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Should I remove Iminent Toolbar For Internet Explorer?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
63% remove it37% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Bad
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #7,616
United States Rank #12,549
Reach 0.0543%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 122.45 days
991.45 days >
Average installed length: 520.93 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
3.26.0 100.00%

Iminent Toolbar For Internet Explorer

What is Iminent Toolbar For Internet Explorer?

Iminent toolbar is a browser extension for Internet Explorer and Firefox which is used to emoticons while using Facebook and web-based email products. During installation the Iminent toolbar changes your browser's homepage to seach.iminent.com and your standard search engine will be also set to search.iminent.com.

About  (from IMinent)

Our system and the third-party advertising technology uses information derived from your activity on the web, Iminent's cookies on your hard drive, your visits to our site, the Iminent applications that you view and use to target advertising within our site or Iminent applications. In addition, our advertisers may use ...  Read more

Overview

The program adds a toolbar to Microsoft Internet Explorer. The main program executable is tbhelper.dll. A vast majority of those who have this installed end up removing it just after a couple weeks. The software installer includes 7 files and is usually about 1.06 MB (1,110,016 bytes). update.exe is the automatic update component of the software designed to download and apply new updates should new versions be released.
  • Loads into the web browser
  • Many experts agree, if you don't use it you should remove it!
Bundled relationships

Program detailsProgram details

Help link: www.iminent.com/aide
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\iminent toolbar
Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /X{A76AA284-E52D-47E6-9E4F-B85DBF8E35C3}
(The Windows Installer is used for the installation, maintenance, and removal.)
Estimated size: 1.06 MB
Language: English (United States)

Program filesFiles installed by Iminent Toolbar For Internet Explorer

Program module:tbhelper.dll
Name:IE Toolbar
IE Toolbar Helper Module
Path:C:\Program Files\iminent toolbar\tbhelper.dll
MD5:f89cbd75f4efa4209a21eac1d5d9ca47
IE Toolbar Helper Module for Iminent toolbar is a browser extension for Internet Explorer and Firefox which is used to emoticons while using Facebook and web-based email products. During installation the Iminent toolbar changes your...
Additional files:
  • tbcommonutils.dll - IE Toolbar (IE Toolbar Common Utils)
  • tbcore3.dll - IE Toolbar Engine
  • uninstall.exe - IE Toolbar Uninstall
  • update.exe - IE Toolbar Updater
  • iminent_toolbar.dll
  • tbhelper2.exe - Toolbar Helper (Toolbar Helper Module)

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Internet Explorer BHO
  • tbcore3.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'TBSB01620 Class' with the class of {58124A0B-DC32-4180-9BFF-E0E21AE34026} (TBSB01620).
Internet Explorer Toolbar
  • tbcore3.dll is loaded as Internet Explorer Toolbar with the name 'IMinent Toolbar' with the class of {977AE9CC-AF83-45E8-9E03-E2798216E2D5}.
Internet Explorer URL Search Hook
  • tbhelper.dll loads into IE as a URL Search Hook named 'ToolbarURLSearchHook Class' with a class of {CA3EB689-8F09-4026-AA10-B9534C691CE0} in order to redirect unknown URL searches.
Internet Explorer Web Browser
  • tbcore3.dll installs an IE Web Browser in Internet Explorer named 'IMinent Toolbar' with a class of {977AE9CC-AF83-45E8-9E03-E2798216E2D5}.

Program resource utilizationResource utilization averages

tbhelper2.exe
Memory:1.26 MB
21.09 MB average
Total CPU:0.0037299403%
0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:0.00262299%
0.016088% average
User CPU:0.00110695%
0.015104% average

How do I remove Iminent Toolbar For Internet Explorer?

You can uninstall Iminent Toolbar For Internet Explorer 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 Iminent Toolbar For Internet Explorer, 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 Iminent Toolbar For Internet Explorer.
  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 Iminent Toolbar For Internet Explorer you can restore them to their previous default settings.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Mozilla Firefox
Google Chrome

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 63%
Win 10 0%
 
HOW DOES IT RUN?
Plugs into Internet Explorer
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 63%
Keep it 37%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 73.30%
Windows 10 12.42%
Windows XP 7.38%
Windows Vista 6.91%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 38.05%
Windows 7 Ultimate 16.78%
Windows 7 Professional 9.65%
Microsoft Windows XP 7.31%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 5.44%
Windows 8 5.25%

Distribution by countryGeography

21.47% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 21.47%
  Germany 14.22%
  Italy 13.96%
  Brazil 9.81%
  France 7.24%
  Mexico 4.59%
  Spain 3.18%
  United Kingdom 2.74%
  Chile 2.03%
  Colombia 2.03%
  Argentina 1.94%
  Ecuador 1.77%
  Peru 1.33%
  Dominican Republic 1.06%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 29.51%
Acer 21.46%
Dell 17.44%
ASUS 8.64%
Toshiba 7.60%
Samsung 5.51%
GIGABYTE 3.58%
Lenovo 2.68%
Medion 1.79%
American Megatrends 0.89%
Intel 0.89%
Common models
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 7.45%
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 5.28%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 3.11%
HP Pavilion g4 Notebook P... 2.48%
HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... 2.17%
Samsung 300E4C/300E5C/300... 1.86%

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