Photopos Toolbar
What is Photopos Toolbar?
Photopos Toolbar is a Visicom toolbar installed in your Web browser that collects and stores information about your web browsing habits and sends this information to Visicom so they can suggest services or provide ads via the toolbar.
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Overview
The most used version is 3.1.1.1, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. The program adds a toolbar to Microsoft Internet Explorer. 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 photopostb.dll. Typically most users end up uninstalling this just after a few days. The software installer includes 5 files and is usually about 2.55 MB (2,674,162 bytes).
- Loads into the web browser
- The experts agree, you should remove it!
Program details
URL: software.visicommedia.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\photopostb
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\photopostb\uninstall.exe
Estimated size: 2.55 MB
Files installed by Photopos Toolbar
| Program module: | photopostb.dll |
| Name: | Photopos Toolbar |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\photopostb\photopostb.dll |
| MD5: | 7a2126d176d960eb53912e51d975b442 |
Additional files:
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ffHelper.exe - ffHelper Application (Helper Application for IE and Firefox)
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uninstall.exe - Photopos Toolbar (Photopos Toolbar Uninstaller)
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dtUser.exe - DtUser
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photoposDx.dll - Photopos Toolbar Link Library
Behaviors exhibited
Internet Explorer BHO
- photoposDx.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'Photopos Toolbar' with the class of {59509308-4e15-4619-8e8d-0154e1588cdd}.
Internet Explorer Toolbar
- photoposDx.dll is loaded as Internet Explorer Toolbar with the name 'Photopos Toolbar' with the class of {59509308-4e15-4619-8e8d-0154e1588cdd}.
Windows Firewall Allowed Program
- dtUser.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\photopostb\dtUser.exe'.
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
| ffHelper.exe |
| Memory: | 1.2 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0023512370% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00192728% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00042396% | |
| Switches/sec: | 2 | |
How do I remove Photopos Toolbar?
You can uninstall Photopos 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 Photopos 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 Photopos 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 Photopos 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) 78%
Win XP 2%
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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 78%
Keep it 22%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
84.31% |
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| Windows 10 |
7.84% |
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| Windows XP |
5.88% |
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| Windows Vista |
1.96% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
60.78% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
13.73% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
7.84% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
5.88% |
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| Windows 8 |
1.96% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
1.96% |
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Geography
53.13% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
53.13% |
| United Kingdom |
12.50% |
| Italy |
6.25% |
| South Africa |
4.69% |
| Indonesia |
4.69% |
| Australia |
3.13% |
| Canada |
3.13% |
| Hong Kong |
1.56% |
| MK |
1.56% |
| Brazil |
1.56% |
| Thailand |
1.56% |
| Switzerland |
1.56% |
| India |
1.56% |
| Spain |
1.56% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
38.64% |
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| Dell |
22.73% |
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| Acer |
9.09% |
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| ASUS |
6.82% |
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| Toshiba |
6.82% |
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| Alienware |
4.55% |
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| Sony |
4.55% |
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| American Megatrends |
4.55% |
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| Lenovo |
2.27% |
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Common models |
| TOSHIBA Satellite P100 |
2.27% |
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| TOSHIBA Satellite C675D |
2.27% |
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| TOSHIBA Satellite C660 |
2.27% |
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| TOSHIBA Satellite A505 |
2.27% |
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| Sony VPCEB1E9E |
2.27% |
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| Sony VGN-FZ21S |
2.27% |
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About Visicom Media inc
Visicom Media Network or VMN.net is a Web portal with a number of free services for users. Its headquarters is in Brossard, Quebec. The domain VMN.
Publisher URL: software.visicommedia.com