What is toolbar.exe?
toolbar.exe is a legitimate process file popularly known as Toolbar. It belongs to Desktop Toolbar Application developed by the LoggerNet group. It is located in C:\Program Files by default. Malware programmers create files with virus scripts and name them after toolbar.exe with an intention to spread virus on the internet.
Affected Platform: Windows OS
How to check if your computer is infected with toolbar.exe malware?
Keep an eye for the following symptoms to see if your PC is infected with toolbar.exe malware:
- Internet connection fluctuates
- toolbar.exe takes too much CPU space
- PC slows down significantly
- Browser automatically redirects to some irrelevant websites
- Unsolicited ads and popups starts appearing
- Screen freezes constantly
Take the following steps to diagnose your PC for possible toolbar.exe malware attack:
Step 1: Download the award-winning Free Internet Security.
Step 2: Installation configuration frames will be displayed. Select the configuration you would like to apply.
Step 3: After network detection is complete, press “Close” button for a scan window.
Step 4: Restart your PC.
Step 5: It will take some time for the Comodo Internet Security to update the antivirus.
Step 6: Proceed with a quick scan that automatically begins after the update.
Step 7: If threats are found during the scanning, you will be prompted with an alert screen.
Step 8: Comodo Antivirus will remove the toolbar.exe virus from your computer including all other malwares!
| No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Malware Name |
Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
Malware Behavior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | APN LLC. | Executable | 5654e79e3a4e037e 38d800a364050dfc 55e54795 |
a4fe6e2e3e41d406 23586c1d60a77743 |
Application. Win32.AskToo lbar.R |
Yes | 21.27.0.14 8 |
21.27.0.14 8 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
N/A |
| 2 | AOL LLC | Executable | 8c4bc0ffbd1f15d6 a369e1b817892aea a8700c97 |
c81e0112e297ea3b 28948e21967f35b5 |
Virus.Win32. Sality.gen |
No | 5.0.24.1 | 5.0.24.1 | India |
N/A |
| 3 | N/A | Executable | 75bc6a8658793abf 6121746b4719ddd0 c17221e3 |
605fcbd66f0e52c9 788d4b46add1fdb3 |
Heur.Suspici ous |
No | N/A | N/A | Internal Submission |
N/A |
| 4 | AOL | Executable | d272c64a5893f618 c8469328d7087fbf b17b9edf |
8362503e1edb472e 2e982c78960ba42c |
Virus.Win32. Sality.gen |
No | 5.0.20.1 | 5.0.20.1 | India |
N/A |
| No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conduit | Executable | af00a02445c5538b 9d6988651da3768b d20e2cca |
1873ba8360495499 deb61431198a427e |
Yes | 5.3.2.0 | N/A | Internal Submission |
| 2 | Conduit | Executable | e2c2d10ba1248544 98f5b094b466e067 04631bcb |
76ddfa22bcdbcc04 bbca49e404574787 |
Yes | 5.7.2.2 | N/A | Internal Submission |
| 3 | Conduit | Executable | 4101a9f0b1ec40a5 18c090dde5776888 a5c16c55 |
6877c2872ae2c1fa 9e8d5dc20d6f045d |
Yes | 5.7.2.2 | N/A | Internal Submission |
| 4 | N/A | Executable | 2dd618d08dd89041 d9771520060ec374 1ea95691 |
86ee62275f44c712 2215e5029719a03e |
No | N/A | N/A | Internal Submission |

Trinidad and Tobago
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