Should I remove tvjeeves Toolbar?

What percent of users and experts removed it?

88% remove it12% keep it

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How common is it?

Reach <0.001%

Versions

Version	Distribution
6.2.6.0	100.00%

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tvjeeves Toolbar

from Conduit Ltd.

Remove tvjeeves Toolbar by Conduit

What is tvjeeves Toolbar?

tvjeeves Toolbar is a Conduit web browser plugin (Community OurToolbar) for Intenet Explorer, Chrome and Firefox. The toolbar collects and stores information about your web browsing habits and sends this information to Conduit so they can suggest services or provide advertising via the toolbar. It 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. If the home page and search settings were modified by this toolbar, they need to be manually reverted back by the user if the user decides to uninstall the toolbar. It also may automatically download and install updates without notifying the user. According to the License Agreement, "The Application may also collect and store information about your web browsing locally on your device. This locally saved information may interact with the Application and send us information about your web browsing so we can suggest services or provide you ads that may be more relevant to you. Only generalized inferences are passed from the Application to our servers."

About (from Conduit)

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 opt to make changes to your Internet Browser settings and/or your mobile device settings and/or your social network account settings. By Using the Con... Read more

Overview

Malware detected in the program
Integrates into the web browser
Built on and distributed using the Conduit toolbar
Installs a Windows Service
Typically distributed through a pay-per-install bundle
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 tvjeeves Toolbar.

tbtvje.dll (01e190b029476013db4d7203fd20cebc) has been flagged by the following 4 scanners:
Anti-Virus software	Version	Detection
AVware	1.5.0.21	Conduit (fs)
ESET-NOD32	8.10659	a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Conduit.B
Panda Antivirus	14.01.26.11	PUP/Conduit.A
VIPRE Antivirus	34460	Conduit (fs)
tvjeevesToolbarHelper.exe (a320df2b47cfcaf98d06eb59cd72084c) has been flagged by the following 5 scanners:
Anti-Virus software	Software version	Detection
Bkav FE	1.3.0.6379	W32.HfsAdware.C534
Dr.Web	7.0.12.3050	Adware.Conduit.300
G Data	25	Win32.Adware.Conduit.B
IKARUS anti.virus	T3.1.6.1.0	PUA.ClientConnect
Panda Antivirus	4.6.4.2	PUP/Conduit.A

tvjeeves 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: tvjeeves

URL: tvjeeves.OurToolbar.com

Help link: tvjeeves.OurToolbar.com/help

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\tvjeeves

Uninstaller: C:\Program Files2\tvjeeves\UNWISE.EXE /U C:\Program Files2\tvjeeves\INSTALL.LOG

(Wise Installer is used for installing and uninstalling this software.)

Estimated size: 3.93 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 tvjeeves.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 tvjeeves Toolbar

Program module:	tbtvje.dll (Malware detected)
Name:	Conduit Toolbar
Path:	C:\Program Files\tvjeeves\tbtvje.dll
MD5:	01e190b029476013db4d7203fd20cebc
	Conduit Toolbar web browser plugin for the various toolbars running on the Conduit Toolbar platform is the browser addin installed into Internet Explorer which has the ability to access and monitor all loaded and requested web pages and...

Additional files:

(Malware detected) tvjeevesToolbarHelper.exe
UNWISE.EXE

Behaviors exhibited

Internet Explorer BHO

tbtvje.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'Productivity Toolbar' with the class of {1c9b96a0-cba2-482e-9c40-9200b547123a}.

Internet Explorer Bar

tbtvje.dll installs an Explorer Bar in Internet Explorer called 'Avanquest FR Findbar' with a class of {E921CB29-27E8-44FC-926C-8648F4CBBB79}.

Internet Explorer Toolbar

tbtvje.dll is loaded as Internet Explorer Toolbar with the name 'Productivity Toolbar' with the class of {1c9b96a0-cba2-482e-9c40-9200b547123a}.

Internet Explorer URL Search Hook

tbtvje.dll loads into IE as a URL Search Hook named 'Productivity Toolbar' with a class of {1c9b96a0-cba2-482e-9c40-9200b547123a} in order to redirect unknown URL searches.

Internet Explorer Web Browser

tbtvje.dll installs an IE Web Browser in Internet Explorer named 'Productivity Toolbar' with a class of {1C9B96A0-CBA2-482E-9C40-9200B547123A}.

2 Scheduled Tasks

UNWISE.EXE is scheduled as a task with the class '{F71A9918-1861-4EFE-AE94-530BDDE46DD4}' (runs on registration).
tvjeevesToolbarHelper.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{B8E8E278-F25D-478A-BAB2-24A5EDB01F6C}' (runs on registration).

Service

UNWISE.EXE runs as a service named 'Browser System Enahncer' (671c50b0).

Windows Firewall Allowed Program

UNWISE.EXE is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files1\Yahoo!\MESSEN~1\UNWISE.EXE'.

How do I remove tvjeeves Toolbar?

You can uninstall tvjeeves 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 tvjeeves 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 tvjeeves 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.