VMN Toolbar
What is VMN Toolbar?
The VMN 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. The toolbar 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 in the toolbar.
About (from Visicom Media)
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Overview
The program adds a toolbar to Microsoft Internet Explorer. The main program executable is vmntoolbar.dll. Typically most users end up uninstalling this just after a few days. The software installer includes 4 files and is usually about 2.48 MB (2,603,588 bytes).
- Possible malware installed by this program
- 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!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in VMN Toolbar.
| vmntoolbar.dll (3308a562098dbc506a2701dd3c5fb6cd) has been flagged by the following 15 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
| Antiy-AVL |
2.0.3.7 |
AdWare/Win32.BHO.gen |
| CAT-QuickHeal |
9.13.11.00 |
AdWare.BHO.ajt (Not a Virus) |
| Comodo Security |
9450 |
Application.Win32.AdWare.BHO.VMNToolbar |
| eSafe |
7.0.17.0 |
Win32.Artemis |
| K7 AntiVirus |
13.108.4929 |
Adware |
| McAfee |
5600.7186 |
Artemis!3308A562098D |
| McAfee-GW-Edition |
7.7186 |
Artemis!3308A562098D |
| Norman |
10.20130903 |
W32/BHO.CDG |
| nProtect |
11.07.20.01 |
Trojan-Clicker/W32.BHO.1707264 |
| Panda Antivirus |
13.09.03.05 |
Adware/WebSearch |
| PC Tools |
2013 |
Adware.Gen!rem |
| Rising Antivirus |
23.00.65.13901 |
Trojan.Win32.Generic.125E7501 |
| Symantec |
9/3/2013 rev. 3 |
Adware.Gen |
| Vba32 AntiVirus |
3.12.16.4 |
Signed-AdWare.Win32.MegaSearch.j |
| ViRobot |
2011.7.20.4579 |
Adware.BHO.1707264 |
View all 15 all detections
Program details
URL: software.visicommedia.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\vmntoolbar
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\vmntoolbar\uninstall.exe
Estimated size: 2.48 MB
Files installed by VMN Toolbar
| Program module: | vmntoolbar.dll |
| Name: | VMN Toolbar |
| VMN Toolbar from http://toolbar.vmn.net |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\vmntoolbar\vmntoolbar.dll |
| MD5: | 458b1ae4e30ab28eb4d54d1780cb500b |
Additional files:
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uninst_ff.exe - VMN Toolbar for Firefox (VMN Toolbar for Firefox installer.)
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uninstall.exe - VMN Toolbar Uninstaller (VMN Toolbar Unistaller)
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tbuninstall.exe - Toolbar Uninstaller
Behaviors exhibited
Internet Explorer BHO
- vmntoolbar.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'VMN Toolbar' with the class of {4E7BD74F-2B8D-469E-8DA9-FD60BB9AAE33}.
Internet Explorer Toolbar
- vmntoolbar.dll is loaded as Internet Explorer Toolbar with the name 'VMN Toolbar' with the class of {4E7BD74F-2B8D-469E-8DA9-FD60BB9AAE33}.
Internet Explorer Web Browser
- vmntoolbar.dll installs an IE Web Browser in Internet Explorer named 'VMN Toolbar' with a class of {4E7BD74F-2B8D-469E-8DA9-FD60BB9AAE33}.
How do I remove VMN Toolbar?
You can uninstall VMN 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 VMN 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 VMN 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 VMN 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) 56%
Win 7 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 78%
Keep it 22%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
64.09% |
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| Windows 10 |
13.18% |
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| Windows XP |
13.18% |
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| Windows Vista |
9.55% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
27.06% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
20.64% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
13.76% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
12.84% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
7.80% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
3.21% |
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Geography
36.86% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
36.86% |
| Iran |
10.20% |
| France |
6.67% |
| Germany |
5.88% |
| Italy |
3.53% |
| Hungary |
2.75% |
| United Kingdom |
2.75% |
| Brazil |
2.35% |
| Canada |
1.96% |
| Taiwan |
1.57% |
| Netherlands |
1.57% |
| Belgium |
1.18% |
| Australia |
1.18% |
| India |
1.18% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
25.18% |
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| Acer |
22.30% |
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| Dell |
20.86% |
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| GIGABYTE |
11.51% |
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| Toshiba |
7.19% |
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| ASUS |
5.04% |
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| American Megatrends |
3.60% |
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| Samsung |
2.88% |
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| Intel |
1.44% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
4.76% |
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| Dell Inspiron N5010 |
1.90% |
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| Gigabyte M56S-S3 |
1.90% |
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| Acer Aspire 5742G |
1.90% |
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| Dell Inspiron N5110 |
1.90% |
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| Dell Inspiron N5050 |
0.95% |
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About Visicom Media
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