Should I block it?
60% of PCs block this file from running.
Possible reason:
Performance resource utilization
Additional versions
15, 0, 0, 2 |
1.69% |
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14, 2, 0, 1 |
21.52% |
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14, 2, 0, 1 |
5.91% |
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14, 1, 0, 10 |
3.80% |
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14, 0, 2, 14 |
9.28% |
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14, 0, 2, 10 |
0.42% |
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14, 0, 1, 10 |
0.42% |
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14, 0, 0, 13 |
0.42% |
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14, 0, 0, 12 |
1.27% |
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13, 3, 0, 17 |
7.59% |
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13, 3, 0, 11 |
0.42% |
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13, 3, 0, 8 |
0.42% |
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13, 2, 0, 5 |
21.10% |
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13, 2, 0, 4 |
16.03% |
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13, 2, 0, 3 |
0.84% |
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13, 0, 0, 7 |
1.27% |
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12, 2, 5, 34 |
0.42% |
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12, 2, 5, 32 |
2.95% |
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11, 1, 0, 12 |
2.11% |
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11, 0, 0, 9 |
0.42% |
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10, 2, 0, 3 |
0.42% |
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9, 0, 0, 18 |
1.27% |
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Relationships
toolbarupdater.exe
ToolbarU Application by AVG Technologies (Signed)
Version: | 14, 2, 0, 1 |
MD5: | 3ad1e72748978d8b0b3b674741e4c3e2 |
SHA1: | 2f46591e52e28fbef943ff7da7c865924e2203c4 |
SHA256: | e4dc6b577fd5b31c797609df7f3ce5dd927b981632dc2b0dbefc438e06cac90d |
What is toolbarupdater.exe?
AVG Toolbar Auto Updater program which runs in the background of Windows and automatically starts up when your PC boots. It checks for software udpates and automatically downloads and installs them if found.
About toolbarupdater.exe (from AVG Technologies)
“The AVG Security Toolbar is powered by our unique LinkScanner® technology, keeping you protected from threats that can be hidden on any type of website. These threats rarely stick around for more than”
Details
File name: | toolbarupdater.exe |
Product name: | ToolbarU Application |
Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\common files\avg secure search\vtoolbarupdater\12.2.6\toolbarupdater.exe |
Original name: | ToolbarU.exe |
File version: | 14, 2, 0, 1 |
Size: | 946.17 KB (968,880 bytes) |
Certificate |
Issued to: | AVG Technologies |
Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
Expiration date: | Saturday, March 30, 2013 |
Digital DNA |
PE subsystem: | Windows Console |
File packed: | No |
.NET CLR: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- vToolbarUpdater10.2.0
- 'vToolbarUpdater14.2.0'
Network connections
[TCP] a23-1-55-117.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com (23.1.55.117:80)
[TCP] a23-12-167-117.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com (23.12.167.117:80)
[TCP] a23-67-135-117.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com (23.67.135.117:80)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
CPU |
Total CPU: | 0.00196877% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00148665% | |
User CPU: | 0.00048212% | |
Kernel CPU time: | 1,326,276 ms/min | |
CPU cycles: | 50,626/sec | |
Memory |
Private memory: | 3.8 MB | |
Private (maximum): | 7.57 MB | |
Private (minimum): | 4.14 MB | |
Non-paged memory: | 3.8 MB | |
Virtual memory: | 67.78 MB | |
Virtual memory (peak): | 74.42 MB | |
Working set: | 4.88 MB | |
Working set (peak): | 8.05 MB | |
Page faults: | 6,123/min | |
I/O |
I/O read transfer: | 65 Bytes/sec | |
I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
I/O write transfer: | 2.13 KB/sec | |
I/O write operations: | 2/sec | |
I/O other transfer: | 39 Bytes/sec | |
I/O other operations: | 12/sec | |
Resource allocations |
Threads: | 9 | |
Handles: | 190 | |
Process properties
Integrety level: | System |
Platform: | 64-bit |
Command line: | "C:\Program Files\common files\avg secure search\vtoolbarupdater\14.2.0\toolbarupdater.exe" |
Owner: | SYSTEM |
Windows Service |
Service name: | vToolbarUpdater14.2.0 |
Display name: | vToolbarUpdater10.2.0 |
Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Threads
Averages
ADVAPI32.dll |
Total CPU: | 0.00332910% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00249683% | |
User CPU: | 0.00083228% | |
CPU cycles: | 51,397/sec | |
Memory: | 792 KB | |
sechost.dll |
Total CPU: | 0.00160194% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00145631% | |
User CPU: | 0.00014563% | |
CPU cycles: | 32,088/sec | |
Memory: | 100 KB | |
ToolbarUpdater.exe (main module) |
Total CPU: | 0.00093768% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00077840% | |
User CPU: | 0.00015928% | |
CPU cycles: | 19,968/sec | |
Memory: | 956 KB | |
wow64.dll (Win32 Emulation on NT64 by Microsoft) |
Total CPU: | 0.00051478% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00036035% | |
User CPU: | 0.00015444% | |
CPU cycles: | 9,200/sec | |
Memory: | 252 KB | |
ntdll.dll |
Total CPU: | 0.00002613% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00002613% | |
User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
CPU cycles: | 157/sec | |
Memory: | 1.66 MB | |
Distribution by Windows OS
OS version | distribution |
Windows 7 Home Premium |
32.00% |
|
Microsoft Windows XP |
18.50% |
|
Windows 7 Ultimate |
16.00% |
|
Windows Vista Home Premium |
7.50% |
|
Windows 7 Professional |
7.00% |
|
Windows 8 Pro |
4.00% |
|
Windows 7 Home Basic |
3.00% |
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Windows 8 |
2.50% |
|
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
2.50% |
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Windows Vista Home Basic |
2.50% |
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Windows 7 Ultimate N |
2.00% |
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Windows Vista Business |
1.00% |
|
Windows 8 Enterprise |
0.50% |
|
Windows 8 Consumer Preview |
0.50% |
|
Windows 7 Enterprise |
0.50% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 40.00% of ToolbarU Application.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
PC Manufacturer | distribution |
Dell |
22.45% |
|
Hewlett-Packard |
21.43% |
|
Acer |
17.35% |
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Toshiba |
14.29% |
|
ASUS |
8.16% |
|
Compaq |
6.12% |
|
American Megatrends |
4.08% |
|
Intel |
2.04% |
|
Sony |
2.04% |
|
Sahara |
1.02% |
|
GIGABYTE |
1.02% |
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