Should I remove MTV Direct Toolbar?

What percent of users and experts removed it?

82% remove it18% keep it

Overall Sentiment

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How common is it?

Reach <0.001%

Versions

Version	Distribution
6.2.3.0	100.00%

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MTV Direct Toolbar

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Remove MTV Direct Toolbar by Conduit

What is MTV Direct Toolbar?

From the Privacy Policy: "The Trovi Software (including the Toolbar, the Search Protect, and the Value Apps software) may also collect and store information about your web browsing locally on your device, like the web pages that you have visited and the content you have accessed. This locally saved information may interact with the Trovi Software and send us information about your web browsing so we can suggest services or provide you with ads that may be more relevant to you, including via our Partners when using the Value Apps software. Only generalized inferences are passed from the Trovi Software to our servers.

Your Browsing Data and Search Data are collected and analyzed by the Value Apps platform in real time to trigger the relevant Apps you enabled, and we share such information with our Partners so our Partners or we, as applicable (depending on the App provider), can suggest services or provide you with offers that may be relevant to you according to the data collected and processed in real time. We do not store your Browsing Data nor your Search Data while you Use Value Apps."

About (from Conduit)

Search Protect is a separate piece of software installed on your hard drive in connection with your installation of a Toolbar or third-party software. It is designed to change and protect your preferred Browser home page and default search settings from unintentional takeover by third-party software during redirection ... Read more

Overview

Possible malware installed by this program
Loads into the web browser
Built on and distributed using the Conduit toolbar
Installs a Windows Service
The experts agree, you should remove it!

Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in MTV Direct Toolbar.

MTV_DirectToolbarHelper1.exe (943f313974a830d4634c73beb8103f5e) has been flagged by the following 4 scanners:
Anti-Virus software	Version	Detection
Comodo Security	17313	Application.Win32.Conduit.~f
Dr.Web	9.0.0.0166	Adware.Toolbar.202
Malwarebytes	v2013.11.22.02	PUP.Optional.Conduit.A
VIPRE Antivirus	23610	Conduit (fs)
tbMTV0.dll (975993043e355206a1fba5a702044f0c) has been flagged by the following 6 scanners:
Anti-Virus software	Software version	Detection
Comodo Security	17676	Application.Win32.Conduit.~A
ESET-NOD32	9338	a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Conduit.B
Malwarebytes	1.75.0.1	PUP.Optional.Conduit
Panda Antivirus	10.0.3.5	Adware/Conduit
TrendMicro-HouseCall	9.700.0.1001	TROJ_GEN.F47V1113
VIPRE Antivirus	25818	Conduit (fs)
tbMTV_.dll (0200c694b3922b95a008dd29f7aacdb4) has been flagged by the following 5 scanners:
Anti-Virus software	Software version	Detection
AVware	1.5.0.21	Conduit (fs)
Baidu-International	3.5.1.41473	Adware.Win32.Conduit.45
ESET-NOD32	10646	a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Conduit.B
Panda Antivirus	10.0.3.5	PUP/Conduit.A
VIPRE Antivirus	34378	Conduit (fs)
MTV_DirectToolbarHelper.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
prxtbMTV0.dll (59f4aa1a1ecf4c023f44872a9aae3b76) has been flagged by the following 4 scanners:
Anti-Virus software	Software version	Detection
Dr.Web		Adware.Conduit.16
Malwarebytes	1.75.0.1	PUP.Optional.Conduit
Panda Antivirus	10.0.3.5	Adware/Conduit
VIPRE Antivirus	25282	Conduit (fs)

View all 24 all detections

Program details

Displayed publisher: MTV Direct

URL: MTVDirect.OurToolbar.com

Help link: MTVDirect.OurToolbar.com/help

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\mtv_direct

Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\MTV_Direct\UninstallerUI.exe

Estimated size: 16.22 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 MTVDirect.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 MTV Direct Toolbar

Program executable:	MTV_DirectToolbarHelper1.exe (Malware detected)
Name:	ToolbarHelper Application
Path:	C:\Program Files\mtv_direct\MTV_DirectToolbarHelper1.exe
MD5:	943f313974a830d4634c73beb8103f5e

Additional files:

tbMTV1.dll - Conduit Toolbar Automatic Update
(Malware detected) MTV_DirectToolbarHelper1.exe - ToolbarHelper Application
hk64tbMTV0.dll - Conduit Toolbar
hktbMTV0.dll
ldrtbMTV0.dll
(Malware detected) prxtbMTV0.dll
(Malware detected) tbMTV_.dll
(Malware detected) tbMTV0.dll
(Malware detected) MTV_DirectToolbarHelper.exe
UninstallerUI.exe - 1.4.0.1
UNWISE.EXE

Behaviors exhibited

2 Internet Explorer BHOs

prxtbMTV0.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'Produtools Maps B Toolbar' with the class of {18272225-4c7f-4445-a7e3-8b260662e407} (Produtools Maps B).
tbMTV_.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'Softonic Italia Toolbar' with the class of {4edd5c14-2d22-4d7a-9748-c975a7fd933b} (Softonic Italia).

2 Internet Explorer Toolbars

prxtbMTV0.dll is loaded as Internet Explorer Toolbar with the name 'Produtools Maps B Toolbar' with the class of {18272225-4c7f-4445-a7e3-8b260662e407}.
tbMTV_.dll is loaded as Internet Explorer Toolbar with the name 'Softonic Italia Toolbar' with the class of {4edd5c14-2d22-4d7a-9748-c975a7fd933b}.

2 Internet Explorer URL Search Hooks

prxtbMTV0.dll loads into IE as a URL Search Hook named 'Produtools Maps B Toolbar' with a class of {18272225-4c7f-4445-a7e3-8b260662e407} in order to redirect unknown URL searches.
tbMTV_.dll loads into IE as a URL Search Hook named 'Softonic Italia Toolbar' with a class of {4edd5c14-2d22-4d7a-9748-c975a7fd933b} in order to redirect unknown URL searches.

2 Internet Explorer Web Browsers

prxtbMTV0.dll installs an IE Web Browser in Internet Explorer named 'Produtools Maps B Toolbar' with a class of {18272225-4C7F-4445-A7E3-8B260662E407}.
tbMTV_.dll installs an IE Web Browser in Internet Explorer named 'Softonic Italia Toolbar' with a class of {4EDD5C14-2D22-4D7A-9748-C975A7FD933B}.

2 Scheduled Tasks

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

2 Windows Firewall Allowed Programs

UNWISE.EXE is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files1\Yahoo!\MESSEN~1\UNWISE.EXE'.
MTV_DirectToolbarHelper1.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\eTvOnline.ro\eTvOnline.roToolbarHelper.exe'.

How do I remove MTV Direct Toolbar?

You can uninstall MTV Direct 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 MTV Direct 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 MTV Direct 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.