Should I remove Ominent toolbar?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
84% remove it16% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #14,400
United States Rank #18,489
Reach 0.0200%
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 1.8.26.12 |
81.22% |
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| 1.8.25.6 |
18.78% |
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Ominent toolbar
from weDownload Ltd
What is Ominent toolbar?
Ominent Toolbar is a potentially unwanted application that runs in the web browser as a toolbar and web extension. The web extension is primarily designed to take control of the user's browser in order to modify the search provider and redirect web searches to the search engine partner the publisher has a revenue relationship with. In doing so, the toolbar performs a number of behaviors in order to maximize the potential of a user to click on sponsored advertising through search. It is typically installed via a bundled offer within a 3rd-party distribution.
Overview
The most common release is 1.8.26.12, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. The program adds a toolbar to Microsoft Internet Explorer. The primary executable is named ominentsrv.exe. A majority of users end up uninstalling this less than a week of it being installed. The setup package generally installs about 7 files and is usually about 2 MB (2,096,370 bytes).
- Malware detected in the program
- Integrates into the web browser
- Typically distributed through a pay-per-install bundle
- Hijacks the browser's default search provider
- Most users and experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Ominent toolbar.
| ominentsrv.exe (34b3fe448d3787a2f0b3c09c3f09dfa3) has been flagged by the following 6 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
| AVG |
2015.0.3582 |
MalSign.Skodna |
| ESET-NOD32 |
8.9176 |
a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Montiera.A |
| Kingsoft AntiVirus |
331020.49267 |
Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud) |
| Malwarebytes |
v2014.01.26.02 |
PUP.Optional.Ominent.A |
| Vba32 AntiVirus |
3.12.24.3 |
AdWare.DelBar |
| VIPRE Antivirus |
24406 |
Montiera (fs) |
Ominent 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
URL: www.wedownload.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\wedownload ltd\ominent\1.8.25.6
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\weDownload Ltd\ominent\1.8.25.6\uninstall.exe"
Estimated size: 2 MB
Files installed by Ominent toolbar
| Program executable: | ominentsrv.exe (Malware detected) |
| Name: | Ominent Toolbar |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\wedownload ltd\ominent\1.8.25.6\ominentsrv.exe |
| MD5: | 34b3fe448d3787a2f0b3c09c3f09dfa3 |
Additional files:
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ominentApp.dll - Ominent Toolbar
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ominentEng.dll
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ominentTlbr.dll
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uninstall.exe - ${PRDCT_DSP}
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sqlite3.dll (by Edmunt Pienkowsky) - sqlite3 (LiteX Automation)
Behaviors exhibited
Internet Explorer Toolbar
- ominentTlbr.dll is loaded as Internet Explorer Toolbar with the name 'Ominent Toolbar' with the class of {817F6EB1-1780-46C5-9225-6832A54AE708}.
How do I remove Ominent toolbar?
You can uninstall Ominent 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 Ominent 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 Ominent 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 Ominent 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) 51%
Win Vista 0%
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HOW DOES IT RUN?
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Plugs into Internet Explorer
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 84%
Keep it 16%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
60.91% |
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| Windows 10 |
23.86% |
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| Windows XP |
10.66% |
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| Windows Vista |
4.57% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
25.71% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
20.31% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
10.28% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
9.51% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
6.17% |
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| Windows 8 |
4.37% |
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Geography
29.58% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
29.58% |
| India |
18.58% |
| Romania |
7.82% |
| Germany |
7.58% |
| United Kingdom |
4.40% |
| Canada |
3.91% |
| South Africa |
3.18% |
| Italy |
2.93% |
| Indonesia |
1.96% |
| Australia |
1.71% |
| Netherlands |
1.71% |
| DK |
1.71% |
| France |
1.47% |
| Switzerland |
1.47% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
30.45% |
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| Dell |
18.05% |
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| Acer |
18.05% |
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| Toshiba |
7.89% |
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| ASUS |
6.39% |
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| Intel |
4.51% |
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| GIGABYTE |
3.76% |
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| Lenovo |
3.38% |
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| Samsung |
3.01% |
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| Sahara |
2.26% |
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| Medion |
1.50% |
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| American Megatrends |
0.75% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
5.71% |
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| Dell Inspiron N5110 |
3.57% |
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| Dell Inspiron 3521 |
2.86% |
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| Dell Inspiron N5010 |
2.14% |
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| HP G62 Notebook PC |
2.14% |
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| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
2.14% |
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