Should I remove bitdefender demo Toolbar?

What percent of users and experts removed it?

76% remove it24% keep it

Overall Sentiment

Bad

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How common is it?

Reach <0.001%

Versions

Version	Distribution
6.12.0.11	100.00%

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bitdefender demo Toolbar

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What is bitdefender demo Toolbar?

Installs a Conduit powered OurToolbar in Internet Explorer, Chrome and Firefox web browsers. The software collects and stores information about your web browsing and sends this information to OurToolbar 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. The toolbar is typically bundled with the free a program as an option during installation and does not necessarily get uninstalled when the host program is removed from the user's PC. If the home page and search settings were modified by this toolbar, they need to be manually reverted back by the user.

About (from Conduit)

From the EULA: As part of the installation process of the Conduit Software and/or the Customized Software, you may be changing your Internet Browser settings and/or have the ability to change of the default search engine in your Internet Browser's built-in search box, if applicable; allow software updates of the Condui... Read more

Overview

Possible malware installed by this program
Loads into the web browser
Built on and distributed using the Conduit toolbar
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 bitdefender demo Toolbar.

prxtbbitd.dll (c2383bcb676708d7ef2ecb9d38a21f9e) has been flagged by the following 4 scanners:
Anti-Virus software	Version	Detection
ESET-NOD32	8.9702	Win32/Toolbar.Conduit.X
Panda Antivirus	14.04.22.01	PUP/Conduit.A
TrendMicro-HouseCall	7.2.112	TROJ_GEN.F47V0323
VIPRE Antivirus	28448	Conduit (fs)
prxtbbit0.dll (5c6b58516ebb518e1e91f1fb65eab04b) has been flagged by the following 4 scanners:
Anti-Virus software	Software version	Detection
AVware	1.5.0.16	Conduit (fs)
ESET-NOD32	10273	Win32/Toolbar.Conduit.N
Panda Antivirus	10.0.3.5	PUP/Conduit.A
VIPRE Antivirus	32318	Conduit (fs)
bitdefender_demoToolbarHelper.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)
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 14 all detections

Program details

Displayed publisher: bitdefender demo

URL: bitdefenderdemo.OurToolbar.com

Help link: bitdefenderdemo.OurToolbar.com/help

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\bitdefender_demo

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

Estimated size: 15.56 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 bitdefenderdemo.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 bitdefender demo Toolbar

Program module:	prxtbbitd.dll (Malware detected)
Name:	Conduit Toolbar
Path:	C:\Program Files\bitdefender_demo\prxtbbitd.dll
MD5:	c2383bcb676708d7ef2ecb9d38a21f9e

Additional files:

(Malware detected) bitdefender_demoToolbarHelper.exe - ToolbarHelper Application
(Malware detected) uninstall.exe - Conduit Toolbar Uninstall
hk64tbbit0.dll - Conduit Toolbar
hk64tbbitd.dll
hktbbit0.dll
hktbbitd.dll
ldrtbbit0.dll
ldrtbbitd.dll
(Malware detected) prxtbbit0.dll
tbbit0.dll
tbbitd.dll

Behaviors exhibited

2 Internet Explorer BHOs

prxtbbitd.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).
prxtbbit0.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'MixiDJ V44 Toolbar' with the class of {90a1b331-c2b4-4933-9f63-ba7b84d60d58} (MixiDJ V44).

2 Internet Explorer Toolbars

prxtbbitd.dll is loaded as Internet Explorer Toolbar with the name 'forarabnetwork Toolbar' with the class of {c9158ecf-5f0c-412e-856c-a9b6256aff11}.
prxtbbit0.dll is loaded as Internet Explorer Toolbar with the name 'MixiDJ V44 Toolbar' with the class of {90a1b331-c2b4-4933-9f63-ba7b84d60d58}.

2 Internet Explorer URL Search Hooks

prxtbbitd.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.
prxtbbit0.dll loads into IE as a URL Search Hook named 'MixiDJ V44 Toolbar' with a class of {90a1b331-c2b4-4933-9f63-ba7b84d60d58} in order to redirect unknown URL searches.

2 Internet Explorer Web Browsers

prxtbbitd.dll installs an IE Web Browser in Internet Explorer named 'forarabnetwork Toolbar' with a class of {C9158ECF-5F0C-412E-856C-A9B6256AFF11}.
prxtbbit0.dll installs an IE Web Browser in Internet Explorer named 'MixiDJ V44 Toolbar' with a class of {90A1B331-C2B4-4933-9F63-BA7B84D60D58}.

Scheduled Task

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

Windows Firewall Allowed Program

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

How do I remove bitdefender demo Toolbar?

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

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