Ranked
#7,479
Worldwide
Ranked
#4,510
US
Lifespan
427.9
Days
 

ALOT Toolbar

Published by alOt

ALOT Toolbar Publisher's Description

The ALOT News Toolbar is a free toolbar that lets you navigate your favorite news sites and search top news stories with the following features: one-click access to web searches powered by Google, the...  Read more

Details

Location:C:\Program Files\alot
Install size:902.85 KB (924,518 bytes)
About URL:http://www.alot.com/
Help link:http://www.alot.com/toolbar/faq/
Uninstall:"C:\Program Files\alot\alotUninst.exe"

The trust score is the reputation of ALOT Toolbar based on a number of factors including malware scans, behvaior, uninstall trends and general user experiences.
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Reasons behind trust score

  • Files installed (alot.dll) are flagged as malware by multiple antivirus programs.
  • Adds a toolbar to Internet Explorer.
  • Very poorly rated by third-party sources and expert users.

4
Malware detections

alot.dll has been detected by the following 4 antivirus programs:
Fortinet
as Adware/Cometsys
McAfee
as Adware-Cometsys
McAfee Gateway Anti-Malware
as Adware-Cometsys
Sophos
as Alot Toolbar
In addition, a total of 17 unique files installed by ALOT Toolbar contain malware detections. Detections include alotuninst.exe.
(Malware scans performed using the herdProtect meta-scan engines)

Global Reach

Install and Uninstall Trends


alot.dll
Behavior:Internet Explorer BHO
Publisher:Vertro
Description:alot.dll
MD5:969ff1474fb81c53329c5683bb219f9f
alotUninst.exe
MD5:
2
06b94e97d548f86b0618af014020ef51
ALOTSettings.exe
Name:ALOTSettings
MD5:d21182622dd380fe3ac6931d49c99d54

Installs by Country

61.0%
14.6%
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Installs in the United States

Latest Installs



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Facts

  • ALOT Toolbar is developed by alOt.
  • 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 0.0006% of all PC users, however this reach has declined from a lifetime average of 0.0765%.
  • This program has a higher than normal uninstall rate of about 92.0%.
  • A toolbar is added to Microsoft Internet Explorer with the name ALOT Toolbar.
  • About 61.0% of users who have this installed are located in the United States.

Operating Systems

Windows 7 42.23%
Windows Vista 36.89%
Windows XP 19.42%
Windows 8 1.46%

PC Manufacturers

HP 33.51%
Dell 16.76%
Toshiba 12.97%
Acer 10.81%
ASUS 5.41%
Gateway 4.86%
GIGABYTE 3.78%
Sony 2.70%
AMI 1.62%
Compaq 1.62%
MSI 1.62%
Intel 1.08%
Samsung 1.08%
Lenovo 1.08%
NEC 0.54%
Sahara 0.54%
 
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