Should I remove MP3Rocket Toolbar?

Lifespan of installation (until removal)

Versions

Version	Distribution
12.47.5.697	0.66%
12.45.1.1327	0.66%
12.40.4.518	0.66%
12.35.0.2608	2.65%
12.29.0.1691	3.31%
12.28.1.1388	1.32%
12.24.1.337	4.64%
12.23.0.122	1.32%
12.21.0.4024	2.65%
12.19.0.3629	0.66%
12.18.0.3159	1.32%
12.17.1.2647	1.99%
12.16.2.1985	3.97%
12.15.5.1019	2.65%
12.15.0.165	9.93%
12.10.6.5036	11.92%
12.10.2.4040	14.57%
12.10.0.3570	9.27%
12.7.0.2344	8.61%
12.7.0.2083	3.97%
12.6.0.1675	1.32%
12.6.0.1662	3.97%
12.5.1.1551	1.32%
12.3.0.879	6.62%

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Remove MP3Rocket Toolbar by APN

MP3Rocket Toolbar is an Ask.com (Ask Partner Network) Toolbar that will provide limited web browser functionality but will modify the user's home and search pages and providers to an Ask.com managed partner search engine.

The Ask Toolbar is a free browser add-on that allows you to search the Web using the Ask.com search engine directly from the browser.

The most common release is 12.10.2.4040, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. During setup, the program creates a startup registration point in Windows in order to automatically start when any user boots the PC. 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 software is designed to connect to the Internet and adds a Windows Firewall exception in order to do so without being interfered with. The primary executable is named tbnotifier.exe. A majority of users end up uninstalling this less than a week of it being installed. The setup package generally installs about 13 files.

Help link: apnstatic.ask.com/static/toolbar/everest/documents/faq/index.html

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\askpartnernetwork\toolbar\updater

Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /X{4D503352-5637-006A-76A7-A758B70C0700}

tbnotifier.exe
Memory:	3.82 MB	21.09 MB average
Total CPU:	0.0045475051%	0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:	0.00282179%	0.016088% average
User CPU:	0.00172572%	0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:	257,823	8,062,084 average
I/O reads/min:	1.27 KB	435.61 KB average

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 MP3Rocket 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 MP3Rocket 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.

1. Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
2. Click the Advanced tab, and then click Reset. Select the Delete personal settings check box if you would also like to remove search providers, Accelerators and home pages. When Internet Explorer finishes applying default settings, click Close, and then click OK.
3. The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.

1. At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
2. To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
3. When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.

1. Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
2. Select Settings. In the "Search" section, click Manage search engine. Check if (Default) is displayed next to your preferred search engine. If not, mouse over it and click Make default. Mouse over any other suspicious search engine entries that are not familiar and click X to remove them.
3. When the "Show Home button" checkbox is selected, a web address appears below it. If you want the Homepage button to open up a different webpage, click Change to enter a link.
4. Restart Google Chrome.

OS VERSIONS Win 7 (SP1) 59% Win Vista 1%

HOW IT STARTS Automatically starts? Yes (Found in the run registry)

USER ACTIONS Uninstall it 75% Keep it 25%

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

United States	61.46%
Canada	8.78%
Australia	7.32%
Brazil	6.34%
Italy	3.90%
DZ	1.95%
Netherlands	1.46%
Mexico	0.98%
Portugal	0.98%
Finland	0.98%
South Africa	0.98%
Belgium	0.98%
MQ	0.49%
India	0.49%

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

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