Should I remove ShowPass Smartbar?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
63% remove it37% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #12,605
United States Rank #12,084
Reach 0.0251%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 15.97 days
471.20 days >
Average installed length: 247.58 days
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 11.128.76.20716 |
25.05% |
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| 11.118.76.20514 |
28.28% |
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| 11.116.76.19268 |
39.80% |
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| 11.91.76.18557 |
6.87% |
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Rankings
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- #12,604 StarMoney 10 by Star Finanz GmbH
- #12,605 ShowPass Smartbar by ReSoft
- #12,606 Smart Driver Updater v3.0 by Avanquest Software
- #12,607 Puran Utilities 2.0
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ShowPass Smartbar
What is ShowPass Smartbar?
ShowPass Smartbar is an adware program (supported by various types of advertising) that is usually bundled by third party installers and download managers. Once installed, this ad-supported web browser extension will run within the context of the user's browser (supports Internet Explorer, Chrome and Firefox) and is primarily designed to inject advertisements in a number of formats within the web pages the user is visiting. Ad insertion takes place in the form of both full banner adverts as well as text-hyperlinks that are injected over existing HTML content. As for the banners, these are either inserted within existing white space in the rendered HTML or by overwriting the pages ads. In either case, these ads are not associated by the underlying website and are simply injected by the adware through an extension, BHO or plugin depending on the browser.
Summary of this adware's functions:
- Installs a web browser extension
- Injects ads within the underlying webpage
- Ads appear as banners or inline text advertisements
- Ads are targeted to queries the user makes
- Tracks web pages visited, search terms and domains
Overview
The most used version is 11.116.76.19268, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. Upon installation, it defines an auto-start registry entry which allows the program run on each boot for the user which installed it. The main program executable is adobe air updater.exe. A vast majority of those who have this installed end up removing it just after a couple weeks. The software installer includes 144 files and is usually about 10.09 MB (10,575,872 bytes).
- Possible malware installed by this program
- Automatically starts with Windows
- Difficult to remove as it will reinstall itself
- Displays unwanted advertisements
- Many experts agree, if you don't use it you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in ShowPass Smartbar.
| showpass.exe (14fd4f269d758a1a1f6c70dc6930551e) has been flagged by the following 18 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
| Lavasoft Ad-Aware |
663 |
Adware.Linkury.S |
| ALYac |
1.0.1.4 |
Adware.Linkury.S |
| AVG |
2016.0.3141 |
Generic |
| AVware |
1.5.0.21 |
Adware.Linkury (fs) |
| Bitdefender |
1.0.20.515 |
Adware.Linkury.S |
| Comodo Security |
21620 |
ApplicUnwnt |
| Emsisoft Anti-Malware |
8.15.04.13.04 |
Adware.Linkury.S |
| ESET-NOD32 |
9.11414 |
a variant of MSIL/Toolbar.Linkury.A potentially unwanted |
| F-Secure |
11.2015-13-04_2 |
Adware.Linkury.S |
| G Data |
15.4.25 |
Adware.Linkury |
| McAfee |
5600.6797 |
Artemis!14FD4F269D75 |
| MicroWorld-eScan |
16.0.0.309 |
Adware.Linkury.S |
| nProtect |
15.04.01.01 |
Adware.Linkury.S |
| Sophos |
4.98 |
Generic PUA CO |
| Symantec |
4/13/2015 rev. 2 |
WS.Reputation |
| Trend Micro |
10.465.13 |
ADW_Linkury.component |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall |
7.2.103 |
ADW_Linkury.component |
| VIPRE Antivirus |
38988 |
Adware.Linkury (fs) |
View all 18 all detections
Program details
URL: snap.do
Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\local\smartbar\common\iconswide
Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /X{CCBA4895-11F3-4D81-B430-A37DA2198E68} /quiet
(The Windows Installer is used for the installation, maintenance, and removal.)
Estimated size: 10.09 MB
Language: English (United States)
Files installed by ShowPass Smartbar
| Program executable: | adobe air updater.exe |
| Name: | Adobe AIR |
| Adobe AIR Installer |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\common files\adobe air\versions\1.0\resources\adobe air updater.exe |
| MD5: | e0e2fe836fd209fbe336de720032da99 |
Additional files:
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crdli.dll
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sb.host.json
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crdli64.dll
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crdlil.dll
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axinterop.wmplib.dll
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browserhelper.exe - BrowserHelper
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interop.shdocvw.dll - Assembly imported from type library 'SHDocVw'.
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interop.wmplib.dll - Assembly imported from type library 'WMPLib'.
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lrcnt.dll - lrcnt
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lrcnta.exe - Lrcnta
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lrrot.dll - lrrot
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mactrackbarlib.dll
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ndde.dll (by Brian Gideon) - NDde
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newtonsoft.json.dll (by Newtonsoft) - Json.NET (Json.NET .NET 2.0)
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piflagsmanager.dll - FlagsManager
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pilogger.dll - PI_Logger
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pilogmanager.dll - LogManager
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productsremovaltool.exe - Smartbar.Resources.ProductsRemovalTool
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proxy.lib.dll - Proxy.Lib
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proxysettings.dll - ProxySettings
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sgml.dll - sgmu
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sgmu.dll
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sidb.dll (by Microsoft) - sipb
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siem.dll
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sipb.dll (by Microsoft) - Client
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sismlp.dll - sismlp
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smartbar.common.dll - Smartbar.Common
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smartbar.communication.dll - TAWAG.Communication
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smartbar.communication.namedpipe.dll - TAWAG.Communication.NamedPipe
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smartbar.gui.controls.dll - Smartbar.GUI.Controls
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smartbar.gui.docking.dll - Smartbar.GUI.Docking
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smartbar.gui.mainclient.dll - Smartbar
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smartbar.infrastructure.businessentities.dll - Smartbar.Infrastructure.BusinessEntities
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smartbar.infrastructure.core.dll - SmartbarProxy
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smartbar.infrastructure.plugins.chromelocalplugin.dll
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smartbar.infrastructure.plugins.firefoxlocalplugin.dll
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smartbar.infrastructure.plugins.internetexplorerlocalplugin.dll - InternetExplorerLocalPlugin
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smartbar.infrastructure.utilities.dll - SmartbarGUI
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smartbar.monetization.proxy.proxyservice.dll - ProxyService
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smartbar.personalization.common.dll - Smartbar.Personalization.Common
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smartbar.resources.historyandstatswrapper.dll - Smartbar.Resources.HistoryAndStatsWrapper
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smartbar.resources.languagesettings.dll - Smartbar.Resources.LanguageSettings
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smartbar.resources.socialnetssharer.dll - Smartbar.Resources.SocialNetsSharer
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smartbar.resources.socialnetssharer.xmlserializers.dll
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smartbar.resources.translations.dll - Smartbar.Resources.Translations
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smartbarinternetexplorerextension.dll - ShowPass Smartbar
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smartbarversionshelper.exe - SmartbarVersionsHelper
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smsp.dll - Smartbar.Monetization.SearchProviders
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smta.dll - smta
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smti.dll - Tray
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smtu.dll - smtu
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spbe.dll - spbe
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spbl.dll - spbl
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sppsm.dll - sppsm
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spsm.dll - spsm
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spusm.dll - spusm
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srau.dll - srau
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srbhu.dll - srbhu
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srbs.dll - srbs
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srbu.dll - srbu
Behaviors exhibited
Startup File (User Run)
- showpass.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Browser Infrastructure Helper' and executes as C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Smartbar\Application\ShowPass.exe startup.
How do I remove ShowPass Smartbar?
You can uninstall ShowPass Smartbar 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 ShowPass Smartbar, 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 ShowPass Smartbar.
- 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.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 45%
Win XP 0%
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WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 63%
Keep it 37%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
51.61% |
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| Windows 10 |
43.95% |
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| Windows Vista |
2.42% |
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| Windows XP |
2.02% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
19.07% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
16.23% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
12.78% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
12.58% |
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| Windows 8.1 Single Langua... |
8.32% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro |
6.69% |
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Geography
43.31% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
43.31% |
| Mexico |
13.71% |
| Brazil |
9.03% |
| Argentina |
5.35% |
| Chile |
4.18% |
| Canada |
3.34% |
| Colombia |
2.51% |
| United Kingdom |
2.01% |
| Italy |
1.67% |
| Turkey |
1.34% |
| France |
1.17% |
| Saudi Arabia |
1.00% |
| Belgium |
0.84% |
| Australia |
0.84% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
30.12% |
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| Dell |
21.12% |
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| Acer |
14.60% |
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| Toshiba |
10.56% |
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| Lenovo |
7.76% |
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| ASUS |
7.45% |
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| Samsung |
2.48% |
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| Intel |
1.55% |
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| GIGABYTE |
1.55% |
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| Alienware |
0.93% |
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| MSI |
0.93% |
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| Sony |
0.93% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion 15 Notebook P... |
3.64% |
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| HP 15 Notebook PC |
3.03% |
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| TOSHIBA Satellite C845 |
3.03% |
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| Dell Inspiron 3847 |
2.42% |
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| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
2.42% |
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| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
2.42% |
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About (from ReSoft Ltd.)
Our vision is to become the leading provider of simple, smart web solutions and complementary applications dedicated to improving browsing efficiency and simplicity using existing technologies and user interfaces.
Publisher URL: www.snap.do