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StartNow Toolbar
Published by StartNow.com
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StartNow Toolbar Publisher's Description
Our Search Toolbar offers access to the Bing™ decision engine helping users to search and surf the web! Bing brings together key information and organizes it in one place, you can check the weather... Read more
Details
| Latest version: | 2.5.0 |
| Location: | C:\Program Files\startnow toolbar |
| Install size: | 1.18 MB (1,232,901 bytes) |
| About URL: | http://about.startnow.com/ |
| Uninstall: | C:\Program Files\StartNow Toolbar\StartNowToolbarUninstall.exe |
Trust
The trust score is the reputation of StartNow Toolbar based on a number of factors including malware scans, behvaior, uninstall trends and general user experiences.
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Below average
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Reasons behind trust score
- Some versions are flagged as malware by multiple antivirus programs.
- Automatically executes when the user logs into Windows.
- Adds a toolbar to Internet Explorer.
- Very poorly rated by third-party sources and expert users.
- Known to be bundled through third-party download managers.
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Malware detections
| Toolbar32.dll has been detected by the following 6 antivirus programs: |
Dr.Web |
as Adware.Zugo.71 |
Emsisoft Anti-Malware |
as Riskware.Win32.Toolbar.Zugo.AMN (A) |
eSafe |
as Win32.Trojan |
ESET NOD32 |
as Win32/Toolbar.Zugo |
Fortinet |
as Adware/Zugo |
SUPERAntiSpyware |
as PUP.StartNow Toolbar |
In addition, a total of 17 unique files installed by StartNow Toolbar contain malware detections. Detections include toolbarupdaterservice.exe,search_protect.exe.
Trends
Global Reach
Install and Uninstall Trends
Technical Details
| Toolbar32.dll (Main Library) |
| Common path: | C:\Program Files\startnow toolbar\Toolbar32.dll |
| Behavior: | Internet Explorer BHO |
| Name: | Toolbar |
| MD5: | 6 b8daa64785fba97a881f45b21ec6078f |
| ToolbarUpdaterService.exe |
| Behavior: | Service |
| MD5: | 4 e13419c67987e7832915789da6d99637 |
| search_protect.exe |
| Behavior: | Startup File (User Run) |
| MD5: | 5 7c99159601d4c84a32dcc3f933839c56 |
| ToolbarUpdaterService(74).exe |
| Behavior: | Service |
| MD5: | 4 7ccf424450af71461ca5aca14fb45b72 |
| StartNowToolbarUninstall.exe |
| MD5: | 2e48cc1161087fe12b831b4f539e27c9 |
| ReactivateFF.exe |
| MD5: | 65e954f2c5cc87252ed52c150a053134 |
| genfix.exe |
| MD5: | 28ae3dd3ac533b525a3fcbe4f26fd6f8 |
| ToolbarBroker.exe |
| Name: | ToolbarBroker |
| MD5: | 46a1ec5da0d991a266201f203fe3d225 |
| Reactivate.exe |
| MD5: | 75d3f1345b8a85b9f55828cc7ace79c7 |
| XBrowser.dll |
| MD5: | 621264cc56952093c87562719b03c5af |
| ReactivateIE.exe |
| MD5: | 22bad404b5d940b9f56fd62ebbabb4b8 |
Geography of Installations
Installs by Country
60.4% |
9.9% |
3.0% |
2.4% |
2.2% |
2.0% |
1.3% |
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0.6% |
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