Should I remove ZenDealsCoupons4 Toolbar?

What percent of users and experts removed it?

74% remove it26% keep it

Overall Sentiment

Bad

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How common is it?

Reach 0.0001%

Versions

Version	Distribution
6.15.0.27	50.00%
6.13.3.505	50.00%

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ZenDealsCoupons4 Toolbar

from Conduit Ltd.

Remove ZenDealsCoupons4 Toolbar by Conduit

What is ZenDealsCoupons4 Toolbar?

This is a Conduit toolbar installed in the user's Web browsers (IE, Chrome and Firefox) that collects and stores information about your web browsing habits and sends this information to Conduit so they can suggest services or provide ads via the toolbar. The toolbar itself which is typically bundled with free software is an is an ad-supported (users may see additional banner and in-text link advertisements) web browser plugin distributed through various monetization platforms during installation. The browser extension includes various features that will modify the default or custom settings of the browser including the home page and search settings.

What the toolbar does:
- Changes the default search engine in your web browser's built-in search box.
- Changes the default home page of your web browser.
- Enable search from the address bar of your web browser.
- Adds alternative "page not found" functionality.

"By Using a Conduit Software you may enable Conduit to access, use and collect a variety of information, both personal and non-personal, regarding your Internet Browser, your browsing habits, and information about your computer." - from the EULA.

The software is typically bundled with third party installers such as Open Candy.

About (from Conduit)

Offer your users a free browser extension which helps them save money and find great deals while shopping at their favorite online merchants. Note: Includes the ZenDeals Toolbar and sets homepage, search defaults, & new tab pages to ZenDeals search.

Overview

Possible malware installed by this program
Loads into the web browser
Built on and distributed using the Conduit toolbar
Typically distributed through a pay-per-install bundle
Displays advertisements unassociated with the underlying web page
May modify the web browser's home page
Many experts agree, if you don't use it you should remove it!

Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in ZenDealsCoupons4 Toolbar.

prxtbZen0.dll (2fffa4711ee94bed0a982886f65aaf3a) has been flagged by the following 4 scanners:
Anti-Virus software	Version	Detection
AVware	1.5.0.16	Conduit (fs)
ESET-NOD32	8.10274	Win32/Toolbar.Conduit.N
Panda Antivirus	14.08.07.03	PUP/Conduit.A
VIPRE Antivirus	32328	Conduit (fs)
ZenDealsCoupons4ToolbarHelper.exe (943f313974a830d4634c73beb8103f5e) has been flagged by the following 4 scanners:
Anti-Virus software	Software version	Detection
Comodo Security	17313	Application.Win32.Conduit.~f
Dr.Web		Adware.Toolbar.202
Malwarebytes	1.75.0.1	PUP.Optional.Conduit.A
VIPRE Antivirus	23610	Conduit (fs)
prxtbZenD.dll (c2383bcb676708d7ef2ecb9d38a21f9e) has been flagged by the following 4 scanners:
Anti-Virus software	Software version	Detection
ESET-NOD32	9702	Win32/Toolbar.Conduit.X
Panda Antivirus	10.0.3.5	PUP/Conduit.A
TrendMicro-HouseCall	9.700-1001	TROJ_GEN.F47V0323
VIPRE Antivirus	28448	Conduit (fs)
tbZen0.dll (8de9d8fda8df6dd2e1b99a1f297faa8a) has been flagged by the following 3 scanners:
Anti-Virus software	Software version	Detection
Comodo Security	17469	Application.Win32.Conduit.ks
ESET-NOD32	9190	a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Conduit.B
VIPRE Antivirus	24534	Conduit (fs)
uninstall.exe (b728fa6a309e5d18141947b95b730e95) has been flagged by the following 2 scanners:
Anti-Virus software	Software version	Detection
Panda Antivirus	10.0.3.5	PUP/Conduit.A
VIPRE Antivirus	26380	Conduit (fs)

View all 17 all detections

ZenDealsCoupons4 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

Displayed publisher: ZenDealsCoupons4

URL: ZenDealsCoupons4.OurToolbar.com

Help link: ZenDealsCoupons4.OurToolbar.com/help

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\zendealscoupons4

Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\ZenDealsCoupons4\uninstall.exe

Estimated size: 15.59 MB

This is a Community Toolbar by Conduit, what does that mean?

Conduit is a toolbar monetization platform for software publishers. It provides a utility for developers to create branded generic web browser toolbars. Publishers can bundle these toolbars with their software programs or provide access to download them separately through ZenDealsCoupons4.OurToolbar.com. Once installed, the toolbar modifies the browser's home page and search settings in order to redirect searches through the Conduit portal (which utilizes Bing or Yahoo! Search engines). Read more...

Files installed by ZenDealsCoupons4 Toolbar

Program module:	prxtbZen0.dll (Malware detected)
Name:	Conduit Toolbar
Path:	C:\Program Files\zendealscoupons4\prxtbZen0.dll
MD5:	2fffa4711ee94bed0a982886f65aaf3a

Additional files:

(Malware detected) uninstall.exe - Conduit Toolbar Uninstall
(Malware detected) ZenDealsCoupons4ToolbarHelper.exe - ToolbarHelper Application
hk64tbZen0.dll - Conduit Toolbar
hk64tbZenD.dll
hktbZen0.dll
hktbZenD.dll
ldrtbZen0.dll
ldrtbZenD.dll
(Malware detected) prxtbZen0.dll
(Malware detected) prxtbZenD.dll
(Malware detected) tbZen0.dll
tbZenD.dll

Behaviors exhibited

2 Internet Explorer BHOs

prxtbZenD.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'forarabnetwork Toolbar' with the class of {c9158ecf-5f0c-412e-856c-a9b6256aff11} (forarabnetwork).
prxtbZen0.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'Produtools Manuals Toolbar' with the class of {16bb67e0-6319-4077-be84-f41269e051f3} (Produtools Manuals).

2 Internet Explorer Toolbars

prxtbZenD.dll is loaded as Internet Explorer Toolbar with the name 'forarabnetwork Toolbar' with the class of {c9158ecf-5f0c-412e-856c-a9b6256aff11}.
prxtbZen0.dll is loaded as Internet Explorer Toolbar with the name 'Produtools Manuals Toolbar' with the class of {16bb67e0-6319-4077-be84-f41269e051f3}.

2 Internet Explorer URL Search Hooks

prxtbZenD.dll loads into IE as a URL Search Hook named 'forarabnetwork Toolbar' with a class of {c9158ecf-5f0c-412e-856c-a9b6256aff11} in order to redirect unknown URL searches.
prxtbZen0.dll loads into IE as a URL Search Hook named 'Produtools Manuals Toolbar' with a class of {16bb67e0-6319-4077-be84-f41269e051f3} in order to redirect unknown URL searches.

2 Internet Explorer Web Browsers

prxtbZenD.dll installs an IE Web Browser in Internet Explorer named 'forarabnetwork Toolbar' with a class of {C9158ECF-5F0C-412E-856C-A9B6256AFF11}.
prxtbZen0.dll installs an IE Web Browser in Internet Explorer named 'Produtools Manuals Toolbar' with a class of {16BB67E0-6319-4077-BE84-F41269E051F3}.

Scheduled Task

uninstall.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{C247631C-606C-44F8-9B4E-C25B77177427}' (runs on registration).

Windows Firewall Allowed Program

ZenDealsCoupons4ToolbarHelper.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\eTvOnline.ro\eTvOnline.roToolbarHelper.exe'.

How do I remove ZenDealsCoupons4 Toolbar?

You can uninstall ZenDealsCoupons4 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 ZenDealsCoupons4 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 ZenDealsCoupons4 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 ZenDealsCoupons4 Toolbar you can restore them to their previous default settings.

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