swg.dll
GoogleToolbarNotifier by Google Inc (Signed)
Overview
swg.dll has 10 known versions, the most recent one is 5, 7, 9012, 1008. It is installed as an Internet Explorer extension as a Browser Helper Object, often without any obvious user interface, and will start when IE loads. The average file size is about 879.71 KB. It is an authenticode code-signed executable issued to Google Inc by the certification authority VeriSign.
What is swg.dll?
Google Toolbar Notifier is a Windows service that runs in the background to make sure that Google is your default search engine and is automatically installed on your PC when you install many of the Google applications such as the Google Toolbar or Google Chrome. This windows service is simply designed to make sure the default search provider is not changed.
About swg.dll (from Google Inc)
“Toolbar Notifier protects your Google search settings and notifies you if a website or program attempts to change your default search settings. Sometimes malware attempts to redirect your searches to ”
 Details
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| File name: | swg.dll |
| Publisher: | Google Inc. |
| Product name: | GoogleToolbarNotifier |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\google\googletoolbarnotifier\5.7.7227.1100\swg.dll |
| Original name: | GoogleToolbarNotifier.exe |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Google Inc |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Expiration date: | Friday, June 18, 2010 |
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of swg.dll, select a unique version for details.)
Internet Explorer Browser Helper Object
Located in the registry at 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects'
- BHO CLSID: {AF69DE43-7D58-4638-B6FA-CE66B5AD205D}
All file variations of swg.dll
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Microsoft Windows XP |
33.09% |
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| Windows 7 Home Premium |
27.27% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
10.55% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
8.73% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
5.82% |
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| Windows 7 Home Basic |
3.27% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate N |
2.55% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
1.82% |
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| Windows Vista Home Basic |
1.45% |
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| Windows Vista Ultimate |
1.09% |
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| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
1.09% |
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| Windows 7 Starter |
1.09% |
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| Windows 8 |
0.73% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
0.36% |
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| Windows 8 Enterprise |
0.36% |
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| Windows 7 Enterprise |
0.36% |
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| Windows Server 2012 Standard Evaluation |
0.36% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 49.08% of GoogleToolbarNotifier.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
22.98% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
13.19% |
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| ASUS |
12.77% |
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| Toshiba |
12.77% |
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| Sony |
8.51% |
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| Acer |
7.23% |
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| Compaq |
5.11% |
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| Intel |
4.26% |
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| Lenovo |
3.40% |
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| Gateway |
3.40% |
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| GIGABYTE |
1.70% |
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| Samsung |
1.28% |
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| American Megatrends |
1.28% |
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| Sahara |
0.85% |
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| NEC |
0.85% |
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| Packard Bell |
0.43% |
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