TBNotifier.exe
Ask TBNotifier by APN LLC (Signed)
| Version: | 30.5.0.871 |
| MD5: | ff5066b1a198e469ae88445ded0bc9f8 |
| SHA1: | d162cd974650ee98f58f85c0ed92045702f30960 |
| SHA256: | 6c36eb86054b234c6c70dd52d67e3a59070b629185861d9032ed1cb4f364b976 |
About TBNotifier.exe (from APN LLC)
“The Ask Toolbar Notifier is a client process which runs as part of the Ask Toolbar. The Notifier's job is to help instruct you during the toolbar installation and browser upgrades on your computer.”
Overview
tbnotifier.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. It is set to be start when the PC boots and any user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the all users under the local machine). It is installed with a couple of know programs including Ask Shopping Toolbar published by Ask.com, Ask Shopping Toolbar from Ask.com and Ask Shopping Toolbar by Ask.com. The file is digitally signed by APN LLC which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | tbnotifier.exe |
| Publisher: | APN |
| Product name: | Ask TBNotifier |
| Description: | Ask Toolbar Notifier |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\askpartnernetwork\toolbar\updater\tbnotifier.exe |
| File version: | 30.5.0.871 |
| Size: | 1.43 MB (1,495,712 bytes) |
| Build date: | 5/10/2013 3:40 AM |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | APN LLC |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Monday, April 16, 2012 |
| Expiration date: | Thursday, April 9, 2015 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
Ask Shopping Toolbar is a web-browser add-on that can appear as an extra bar added to the browser's window and/or menu. It is often installed (sometimes without warning) during the installation of other software. Ask.com has entered into partnerships with some software security vendors, whereby they are paid to distribute the toolbar alongside their software. When you use the Toolbar to submit a query, the Toolbar forwards such query i...
KMP Media Toolbar is an Ask.com branded toolbar (IAC) for Intenet Explorer and Firefox. The toolbar collects and stores information about your web browsing habits and sends this information to Ask.com ad network so they can suggest services or provide advertising via the toolbar. KMP Media Toolbar will attempt to change your home page and search provider during installation and provides an Ask.com search box and various other generic fe...
The Ask Toolbar is a web-browser add-on that can appear as an extra bar added to the browser's window and/or menu. It is often installed (sometimes without warning) during the installation of other software. Ask.com has entered into partnerships with some software security vendors, whereby they are paid to distribute the toolbar alongside their software. When you use the Toolbar to submit a query, the Toolbar forwards such query inform...
Frostwire Toolbar is an ad-supported (users may see additional banner, search, pop-up, pop-under, interstitial and in-text link advertisements) cross web browser plugin for Internet Explorer (BHO) and Firefox/Chrome (plugin) and distributed through various monetization platforms during installation. The browser extension includes various features that will modify the default or custom settings of the browser including the home page, sea...
Behaviors
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'ApnTBMon' → "C:\Program Files\AskPartnerNetwork\Toolbar\Updater\TBNotifier.exe"
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00524127% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00310631% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00213496% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 313 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 51,405/sec | |
| Context switches: | 2/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 4.21 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 11.62 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 10.63 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 4.21 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 99.14 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 106.98 MB | |
| Working set: | 11.59 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 11.77 MB | |
| Page faults: | 5,109/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 2.76 KB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 2/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 2 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 284 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 8/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 14 | |
| Handles: | 281 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 10 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 11 | |
| GUI USER count: | 15 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 17 | |
Process properties
Threads
Averages
| tbnotifier.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00463509% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00277520% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00185990% | |
| CPU cycles: | 134,026/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.44 MB | |
| wow64cpu.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00109161% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00109161% | |
| CPU cycles: | 5,236/sec | |
| Memory: | 32 KB | |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
28.30% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
15.09% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
13.21% |
|
| Windows 8 Single Language |
9.43% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
9.43% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
9.43% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
5.66% |
|
| Windows 8.1 |
3.77% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
1.89% |
|
| Windows 8 |
1.89% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Basic |
1.89% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 36.54% of Ask TBNotifier.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
22.22% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
19.44% |
|
| ASUS |
19.44% |
|
| Acer |
8.33% |
|
| Lenovo |
5.56% |
|
| Intel |
5.56% |
|
| Sony |
5.56% |
|
| Toshiba |
5.56% |
|
| Alienware |
2.78% |
|
| MSI |
2.78% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
1.39% |
|
| American Megatrends |
1.39% |
|
