Ranked
#14,505
Worldwide
Ranked
#13,378
US
Lifespan
15.3
Days
 

Ask Shopping Toolbar

Published by APN LLC

Ask Shopping Toolbar Publisher's Description

The Shopping toolbar by Ask enhances user shopping experience by offering an enhanced shopping search results, links to popular shopping sites and/or content such as coupons, special offers and the...  Read more

Details

Latest version:12.10.6.5433
Location:C:\Program Files\askpartnernetwork\toolbar\updater
Install size:582 KB (595,968 bytes)
About URL:http://help.ask.com/link/portal/30015/30018/Article/227/What-features-does-the-Shopping-Toolbar-by-Ask-offer
Help link:http://apnstatic.ask.com/static/toolbar/everest/documents/faq/index.html
Uninstall:MsiExec.exe /X{42435041-5637-2D53-4154-A758B70C0A06}
The trust score is the reputation of Ask Shopping Toolbar based on a number of factors including malware scans, behvaior, uninstall trends and general user experiences.
Poor Below average Good Excellent

Reasons behind trust score

  • Some versions are flagged as malware by multiple antivirus programs.
  • Adds a recurring scheduled task to Windows.
  • Automatically starts up each time any user logs into Windows.
  • Very poorly rated by third-party sources and expert users.

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Malware detections

tbnotifier.exe has been detected by the following 2 antivirus programs:
AhnLab V3 Internet Security
 as PUP/Win32.IECore
ESET NOD32
 as a variant of Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask.F
Ask Shopping Toolbar installs 3 unique (by hash) versions of the file tbnotifier.exe that contain multiple malware detections.
(Malware scans performed using the herdProtect meta-scan engines)

Global Reach

Install and Uninstall Trends

tbnotifier.exe (Main Executable)
Common path:C:\Program Files\askpartnernetwork\toolbar\updater\tbnotifier.exe
Behavior:Startup File (All Users Run)
Name:Ask TBNotifier
Description:Ask Toolbar Notifier
MD5:4b96654025b28eeb1e5d8f001e5d1b8a
vntldr.exe
Behavior:Startup File (All Users Run)
Name:Virtual New Tab
MD5:f205be21ed1a7f686edc46e90db94f0c
vntsrv.dll
MD5:3084d842e166d304e62a686e48f1d293

Installs by Country

29.6%
13.0%
8.7%
5.2%
4.3%
3.5%
2.6%
2.6%
2.6%
2.6%
2.6%
1.7%
1.7%
1.7%
1.7%
1.7%
1.7%
0.9%
0.9%
0.9%
US
BE
GB
NL
BR
SE
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AU
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Installs in the United States

Latest Installs

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Versions

12.10.6.5433 1.55%
12.10.6.5352 1.55%
12.10.6.5349 0.78%
12.10.6.5289 3.88%
12.10.6.5274 2.33%
12.10.6.5115 3.10%
12.10.6.5106 0.78%
12.10.6.4946 0.78%
12.10.6.60 47.29%
12.10.6.53 20.16%
12.10.3.4847 2.33%
12.10.3.24 3.88%
12.10.2.3956 1.55%
12.10.0.3440 0.78%
12.10.0.3438 0.78%
12.10.0.3422 0.78%
12.10.0.3417 1.55%
12.10.0.3416 1.55%
12.10.0.3406 0.78%
12.10.0.3402 0.78%
12.10.0.3374 0.78%
12.6.0.1689 0.78%
12.3.0.948 0.78%
12.3.0.933 0.78%

Facts

  • Ask Shopping Toolbar is developed by APN LLC.
  • It contains malware with multiple detections from the top antivirus engines.
  • This software is potentially unwanted based on the trust factor and experience of other users.
  • The current user reach of this app is about 0.0071% of all PC users, however this reach has declined from a lifetime average of 0.0261%.
  • This program has a higher than normal uninstall rate of about 86.0%.
  • A scheduled task is added to Windows that will execute when a user logs in. The task is named 'ApnTBMon'.
  • The current version is 12.10.6.5433 with 24 known versions. The most widely installed version is 12.10.6.60.

Operating Systems

Windows 7 63.57%
Windows Vista 13.95%
Windows 8 13.18%
Windows XP 9.30%

PC Manufacturers

HP 27.50%
Dell 17.50%
Acer 16.67%
Toshiba 9.17%
ASUS 8.33%
AMI 4.17%
Sony 4.17%
GIGABYTE 2.50%
Samsung 2.50%
Lenovo 1.67%
Alienware 1.67%
MSI 1.67%
Gateway 0.83%
Intel 0.83%
Packard Bell 0.83%
 
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