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Should I remove NetScout Toolbar?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
80% remove it20% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Bad
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #43,210
Reach 0.0021%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 17.85 days
526.48 days >
Average installed length: 276.62 days

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NetScout Toolbar

What is NetScout Toolbar?

NetScout Toolbar is a Conduit toolbar (Community OurToolbar) for Intenet Explorer and Firefox. The toolbar collects and stores information about your web browsing habits and sends this information to Conduit so they can suggest services or provide advertising via the toolbar. It 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. If the home page and search settings were modified by this toolbar, they need to be manually reverted back by the user if the user decides to uninstall the toolbar. It also may automatically download and install updates without notifying the user. From the EULA: The Application may also collect and store information about your web browsing locally on your device. This locally saved information may interact with the Application and send us information about your web browsing so we can suggest services or provide you ads that may be more relevant to you. Only generalized inferences are passed from the Application to our servers."

Overview

The main program executable is InstTracker.exe. Typically most users end up uninstalling this just after a few days. The software installer includes 5 files and is usually about 2.83 MB (2,967,924 bytes).
  • Loads into the web browser
  • Hijacks the web browser's home page
  • Hijacks the browser's default search provider
  • The experts agree, you should remove it!

Program detailsProgram details

Displayed publisher: NetScout Toolbar
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\NetScoutToolbar\
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\NetScoutToolbar\unins000.exe"
Estimated size: 2.83 MB

Program filesFiles installed by NetScout Toolbar

Program executable:InstTracker.exe
Name:AutocompleteInstallationTracker
Path:C:\Program Files\NetScoutToolbar\InstTracker.exe
MD5:4eda6fd1425a6bbc5a79fdefcf0ee347
Additional files:
  • InstTracker.exe (by Simplygen) - AutocompleteInstallationTracker
  • FireFoxExtensionWithFF8Fix.exe (by Simplygen) - FireFoxInstallation
  • FireFoxUninstaller.exe - FireFoxUninstaller
  • unins000.exe - Setup/Uninstall
  • System.Data.SQLite.dll - System.Data.SQLite (System.Data.SQLite Interop Library)

How do I remove NetScout Toolbar?

You can uninstall NetScout Toolbar 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 NetScout 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 NetScout 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.

How do I reset my web browser?

If your web browser homepage and search settings have been modfied by NetScout Toolbar you can restore them to their previous default settings.
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OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 39%
Win 8 2%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 80%
Keep it 20%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#43,210

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 56.10%
Windows XP 29.27%
Windows 10 12.20%
Windows Vista 2.44%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Ultimate 43.90%
Microsoft Windows XP 29.27%
Windows 7 Home Premium 7.32%
Windows 7 Professional 4.88%
Windows 8.1 Pro 4.88%
Windows 10 Pro 2.44%

Distribution by countryGeography

42.22% of installs come from Iran
Which countries install it?
  Iran 42.22%
  United States 15.56%
  France 6.67%
  Germany 4.44%
  Netherlands 4.44%
  Austria 2.22%
  Belgium 2.22%
  Brazil 2.22%
  DZ 2.22%
  Croatia 2.22%
  Latvia 2.22%
  MA 2.22%
  OM 2.22%
  Philippines 2.22%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Dell 20.59%
GIGABYTE 17.65%
Acer 11.76%
Hewlett-Packard 11.76%
Sony 8.82%
American Megatrends 8.82%
ASUS 5.88%
Lenovo 5.88%
Samsung 2.94%
Intel 2.94%
Alienware 2.94%
Common models
VIAP4X AWRDACPI 7.14%
Sony VPCEG38FG 3.57%
Sony VGN-NW235D 3.57%
Sony SVS13127PGB 3.57%
Samsung 300E4C/300E5C/300... 3.57%
PositivoPIG41BO 3.57%

About Conduit

Conduit is an online platform that allows web publishers to create custom toolbars, web apps, and mobile apps at no cost.
Publisher URL: www.conduit.com

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