What is googletoolbarinstaller.exe?
Originally developed by Google, googletoolbarinstaller.exe is a legitimate file process and also called as Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer that is associated with software Google Toolbar Installer. It is located in C:\Program Files by default.
googletoolbarinstaller.exe virus is created when malware authors write virus files and name them after googletoolbarinstaller.exe with an aim to spread virus on the internet.
Affected Platform: Windows OS
How to check if your computer is infected with googletoolbarinstaller.exe malware?
If your system is affected by googletoolbarinstaller.exe malware, you will notice one or the several below symptoms:
- googletoolbarinstaller.exe occupies an unusually large CPU memory
- Erratic internet connection
- Your browser is bombarded with annoying popup ads
- Computer screen freezes
- PC's processing speed suffers
- You are redirected to unknown websites
To pinpoint the virus file location, take the following steps:
Step 1: Press CTRL+ALT+DEL keys at once to open Task Manager.
Step 2: If you notice the file located outside C:\Program Files you should run an antivirus scan to get rid of the malware.
How to remove googletoolbarinstaller.exe malware from system using Comodo Cleaning Essentials?
You can either choose to remove googletoolbarinstaller.exe and other malwares using Comodo Antivirus, or Comodo Cleaning Essentials (CCE) – both of which are absolutely free to download! CCE is a set of computer security tools designed to help you identify and remove malwares and unsafe processes from an infected computer.
To remove malwares using CCE, take the following steps:
- Check the system requirements and download the feature-rich CCE suite for free.
- After installation, choose the type of scan you want to perform. CCE offers 3 scan options to get rid of malwares from a PC:
- Smart Scan: Does a scan on critical areas of your system.
- Full Scan: Does a complete scan of your system.
- Custom Scan: Does a scan only on selected items.
The process to initiate the above mentioned scans are self-explanatory and thus, easy-to-use.
Additionally, it's recommended that you approve of any updates that the CCE will prompt you about to ensure it does a better job of identifying all the latest threats.
- Click 'Next' to view the results.
Regardless of the type of scan you choose, the results will sometimes show false positive (flagging files that are actually safe), which has to be ignored. Only select the files you want to get rid of.
4. Click 'Apply' to apply the selected operations to the threats. The selected operations will be applied.
No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Malware Name |
Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
Malware Behavior |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | N/A | Executable | 0b7e5a2e07aed588 b038c328660b9d4f 9b26fda4 |
1adf5efafabf9950 fa74fcae1907ba49 |
Virus.Win32. Sality.gen |
No | N/A | N/A | ![]() |
N/A |
2 | Executable | 461462a28a7c2479 74b25a103c017629 5cb5645e |
cf165e0cc13d7ef2 088acff9ee4722b0 |
Virus.Win32. Sality.gen |
No | 4, 0, 1601, 4978 |
N/A | ![]() |
N/A | |
3 | Executable | 6ba04cb3652ba99d 7d647ae1ba1fb208 6df0a636 |
711ce0cfbd47aa8f 1fa2a4d014e81a36 |
Virus.Win32. Sality.gen |
No | 4, 0, 1601, 5904 |
N/A | ![]() |
N/A | |
4 | N/A | Executable | 84a3dca877cb9c86 6a9c934d3dea2bf5 581c67b1 |
205bc3e7c0b18cac abb4be55009c9043 |
Virus.Win32. Sality.gen |
No | N/A | N/A | ![]() |
N/A |
No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Executable | ffdad96326ee0907 f9ef98ed17a8a43a 9dbcf770 |
3ce3c18cca8b636f 1cd690135932a76e |
Yes | 4, 0, 1020, 5070 |
N/A | ![]() |
|
2 | Executable | d8a4616e98aead8b 15f5bc314c11789b cd38bcbe |
b07e0f6244dcd58f f381a42d3378d22e |
No | 2.0 | N/A | ![]() |
|
3 | Executable | 9aee3f3a3475afb7 eaeb2fd846359ff8 34cb09a8 |
8eff386a0a7468a9 43aba7ea6773003a |
Yes | 5, 0, 1112, 3348 |
N/A | ![]() |
|
4 | Executable | 5372b7b8663dda5e fea5ed1d8a9bae49 5d80250a |
6e859f3cc76b6fe5 f6c67f2b33f7d664 |
Yes | 2.0 | N/A | ![]() |