Should I remove MTV Toolbar?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
87% remove it13% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #45,388
United States Rank #36,541
Reach 0.0018%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 23.71 days
626.13 days >
Average installed length: 328.98 days
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 12.24.1.342 |
2.78% |
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| 12.23.0.183 |
5.56% |
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| 12.21.0.4025 |
2.78% |
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| 12.18.0.3219 |
2.78% |
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| 12.15.0.201 |
2.78% |
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| 12.10.2.4136 |
2.78% |
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| 12.10.0.3486 |
66.67% |
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| 12.7.0.2527 |
5.56% |
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| 12.6.0.1822 |
2.78% |
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| 12.3.0.978 |
5.56% |
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MTV Toolbar
from APN, LLC
What is MTV Toolbar?
This 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.
About (from APN)
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.
Overview
The most used version is 12.10.0.3486, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. Upon installation and setup, it defines an auto-start registry entry which makes this program run on each Windows boot for all user logins. 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 main program executable is ToolbarIcon.exe. Typically most users end up uninstalling this just after a few days. The software installer includes 12 files and is usually about 524 KB (536,576 bytes).
- Possible malware installed by this program
- Automatically starts with Windows
- Loads into the web browser
- Typically distributed through a pay-per-install bundle
- The experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in MTV Toolbar.
| tbnotifier.exe (f332813cc013d6af5c5a0c32a3aed725) has been flagged by the following 4 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
| Baidu-International |
4.0.3.15817 |
Adware.Win32.Asktoolbar.45 |
| ESET-NOD32 |
9.12098 |
a variant of Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask.M potentially unsafe |
| K7 AntiVirus |
13.2016900 |
Unwanted-Program |
| K7GW |
13.2016900 |
Unwanted-Program ( 004c42951 ) |
MTV Toolbar has been found to be bundled with 3rd party software. If you have not purposefully installed this, you should be safe uninstalling it.
Program details
Help link: apnstatic.ask.com/static/toolbar/everest/documents/faq/index.html
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\vnt
Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /X{4D545656-3700-A76A-76A7-A758B70C0700}
(The Windows Installer is used for the installation, maintenance, and removal.)
Estimated size: 524 KB
Files installed by MTV Toolbar
| Program executable: | ToolbarIcon.exe |
| Path: | C:\Windows\Installer\{4D545656-3700-A76A-76A7-A758B70C0600}\ToolbarIcon.exe |
| MD5: | b4d0e24a01c8ae23f63ab6d337de04b2 |
Additional files:
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vntldr.exe - Virtual New Tab (Virtual New Tab Loader)
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vntsrv.dll - Virtual New Tab Server
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(Malware detected) tbnotifier.exe - Ask TBNotifier (Ask Toolbar Notifier)
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idcldr.exe - IDC (IDC Loader)
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idcsrv.dll - IdcSrv (IDC Server)
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idcsrvstub.dll - IDC Server Stub
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idcldr_x64.exe
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idcsrv_x64.dll
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idcsrvstub_x64.dll
Behaviors exhibited
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
- tbnotifier.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named ApnTBMon.
2 Startup Files (All Users Run)
- tbnotifier.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'ApnTBMon (1)' which loads as "C:\Program Files\AskPartnerNetwork\Toolbar\Updater\TBNotifier.exe".
- vntldr.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'VNT' which loads as "C:\Program Files\VNT\vntldr.exe".
Windows Firewall Allowed Program
- tbnotifier.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\AskPartnerNetwork\Toolbar\Updater\TBNotifier.exe'.
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
| vntldr.exe |
| Memory: | 1.29 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0009148031% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00002577% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00088903% | |
| CPU cycles/sec: | 67,009 | |
| I/O reads/min: | 19.23 KB | |
| tbnotifier.exe |
| Memory: | 3.82 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0045475051% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00282179% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00172572% | |
| CPU cycles/sec: | 257,823 | |
| I/O reads/min: | 1.27 KB | |
How do I remove MTV Toolbar?
You can uninstall MTV 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 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 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.
How do I reset my web browser?
If your web browser homepage and search settings have been modfied by MTV Toolbar you can restore them to their previous default settings.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
- 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.
- The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.
Mozilla Firefox
- At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
- To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
- When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.
Google Chrome
- Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
- 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.
- 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.
- Restart Google Chrome.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 47%
Win 7 6%
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HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 87%
Keep it 13%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
52.78% |
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| Windows 10 |
22.22% |
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| Windows XP |
16.67% |
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| Windows Vista |
8.33% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
36.11% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
16.67% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
8.33% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
8.33% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
5.56% |
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| Windows 7 Home Basic |
5.56% |
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Geography
60.42% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
60.42% |
| United Kingdom |
10.42% |
| Canada |
6.25% |
| India |
4.17% |
| AZ |
2.08% |
| MA |
2.08% |
| Philippines |
2.08% |
| RS |
2.08% |
| Turkey |
2.08% |
| Romania |
2.08% |
| Egypt |
2.08% |
| Australia |
2.08% |
| Russia |
2.08% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
24.14% |
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| Dell |
20.69% |
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| Acer |
17.24% |
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| GIGABYTE |
10.34% |
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| Lenovo |
10.34% |
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| ASUS |
6.90% |
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| American Megatrends |
6.90% |
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| Alienware |
3.45% |
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Common models |
| ASUSTeK K53E |
6.67% |
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| HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
3.33% |
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| Hewlett-Packard D5468AT-A... |
3.33% |
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| GBT AWRDACPI |
3.33% |
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| Dell XPS 8300 |
3.33% |
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| Dell OptiPlex GX620 ... |
3.33% |
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