Should I block it?

86%
86% of PCs block this file from running.
Possible reason:
Performance resource utilization

VersionsAdditional versions

6.17.0.33 6.67%
6.16.2.2 86.67%
6.16.1.9 6.67%

Relationships

PE structurePE file structure
Show functions
Import table
advapi32.dll
RegEnumKeyExW, RegSetValueExW, RegQueryValueExW, RegOpenKeyExW, OpenProcessToken, GetTokenInformation, GetSidSubAuthority, GetSidSubAuthorityCount, RegCloseKey, RegCreateKeyExW, GetUserNameW
kernel32.dll
GetFileSize, CreateFileW, ReadFile, CopyFileW, GetCurrentThreadId, OutputDebugStringW, GetComputerNameW, InterlockedDecrement, TlsAlloc, TlsGetValue, TlsFree, TlsSetValue, SetFilePointer, WriteFile, SetLastError, InterlockedIncrement, GetLocalTime, EncodePointer, DecodePointer, GetCommandLineA, IsDebuggerPresent, IsProcessorFeaturePresent, HeapReAlloc, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, ReadConsoleW, GetConsoleCP, GetFileType, LoadLibraryExW, RaiseException, RtlUnwind, IsValidCodePage, GetACP, GetOEMCP, GetCPInfo, ExitProcess, GetModuleHandleExW, HeapSize, GetStdHandle, GetStartupInfoW, GetModuleFileNameA, QueryPerformanceCounter, GetEnvironmentStringsW, FreeEnvironmentStringsW, UnhandledExceptionFilter, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, GetStringTypeW, LCMapStringW, FlushFileBuffers, SetFilePointerEx, SetStdHandle, WriteConsoleW, SetEndOfFile, InterlockedExchange, GetLongPathNameW, WaitForSingleObject, LoadLibraryExA, HeapFree, GetProcessHeap, HeapAlloc, Sleep, GetModuleHandleW, DeleteFileW, GetVersionExA, CreateMutexW, GetTickCount, GetCurrentProcess, FreeLibrary, LoadLibraryW, TerminateProcess, GetLastError, OpenProcess, GetCurrentProcessId, LocalFree, LocalAlloc, CloseHandle, ReleaseMutex, LeaveCriticalSection, EnterCriticalSection, DeleteCriticalSection, InitializeCriticalSection, GetModuleHandleA, WideCharToMultiByte, MultiByteToWideChar, GetProcAddress, GetModuleFileNameW, GetConsoleMode, InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount
ole32.dll
CoTaskMemFree
shell32.dll
SHCreateDirectoryExW, SHGetFolderPathW
shlwapi.dll
PathFileExistsW, PathFindFileNameW
user32.dll
PostMessageA, IsWindowVisible, SendMessageA, RegisterWindowMessageW, IsWindow
Export table
DllCanUnloadNow
DllDeleteOldName
DllGetClassObject
DllGetInstallFileNameExt
DllIsDowngradeVersion
DllIsDowngradeVersionW
DllOnUninstall
DllOnUninstallEraseAll
DllOnUpdateFinish
DllRegisterEngineEmbeddedUpdate
DllRegisterServer
DllShowToolbarUninstallDialog
DllShowUninstallDialog
DllSingleComponentInstall
DllUnregisterServer

prxtbswee.dll

Conduit Toolbar by Conduit Ltd. (Signed)

Remove prxtbswee.dll
Version:   6.17.0.33
MD5:   480994ae776f86dc885fd654665ebdfa
SHA1:   1caaab0ede5fdf753f0dfba5b395a2840cd0a76c
SHA256:   8d0f51cfc52347b039450a4ffd3e0b35e3c550451748cc711239cad650dd85f3

Overview

prxtbswee.dll is loaded as dynamic link library that runs in the context of Internet Explorer. It is installed in Internet Explorer as a Browser Helper Object (BHO) which has full acess to the web browser's behaviors and content. It is installed with a couple of know programs including NCH EN Toolbar published by NCH Software, WhiteSmoke US Toolbar from WhiteSmoke and WhiteSmoke US Toolbar by WhiteSmoke. The file is digitally signed by Conduit Ltd. which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA). Note, some antivirus scanners have flagged this file, however it is not necessarily considered malware (see below for details).

DetailsDetails

File name:prxtbswee.dll
Publisher:Conduit Ltd.
Product name:Conduit Toolbar
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\sweetpacks\prxtbswee.dll
Original name:Conduit Toolbar
File version:6.17.0.33
Size:221.28 KB (226,592 bytes)
Build date:10/1/2013 5:38 AM
Certificate
Issued to:Conduit Ltd.
Authority (CA):VeriSign
Effective date:Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Expiration date:Sunday, April 3, 2016
Digital DNA
File packed:No
.NET CLR:No
More details

ResourcesPrograms

The following programs will install this file
4shared.com Toolbar
 4shared.com
  74% remove
Installs a Conduit toolbar in your Web browser that collects and stores information about your web browsing habits and sends this information to Conduit so they can suggest services or provide ads via the toolbar. The toolbar is typically bundled with the free 4shared program as an option during installation and does not necessarily get uninstalled when the 4shared is removed from the user's PC and must be removed manually. If the home ...
BS Player Toolbar
 AB Team, d.o.o.
  63% remove
Installs a Conduit powered OurToolbar in Internet Explorer, Chrome and Firefox web browsers. The software collects and stores information about your web browsing and sends this information to OurToolbar so they can suggest services or provide ads via the toolbar. BS Player Toolbar will attempt to change your home page and search provider if you are not careful during installation and provides a search box and various other generic featu...
BS Player ControlBar Toolbar
 AB Team, d.o.o.
  74% remove
BS Player ControlBar Toolbar is a 'Community Toolbar' from Conduit, which integrates with major web browsers including Google Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer. The toolbar is an ad-supported program that is designed to display advertisements within the program itself, modify the browser's home page and search settings in order to capture web search traffic as well as collect and aggregate usage information and statistics. The toolb...
Hotspot Shield Toolbar
 AnchorFree Inc
  67% remove
Installs a Conduit powered OurToolbar in Internet Explorer, Chrome and Firefox web browsers. The software collects and stores information about your web browsing and sends this information to OurToolbar so they can suggest services or provide ads via the toolbar. Hotspot Shield Toolbar will attempt to change your home page and search provider if you are not careful during installation and provides a search box and various other generic...
Hotspot_Shield Toolbar
 AnchorFree Inc
  61% remove
Installs a Conduit powered OurToolbar in Internet Explorer, Chrome and Firefox web browsers. The software collects and stores information about your web browsing and sends this information to OurToolbar so they can suggest services or provide ads via the toolbar. Hotspot Shield Toolbar will attempt to change your home page and search provider if you are not careful during installation and provides a search box and various other generic ...
Expat Shield Toolbar
 AnchorFree Inc
  61% remove
Expat Shield is a VPN program that allows users to access UK TV websites such as BBC iPlayer and ITV when outside of the UK. Expat Shield routes your IP address via a UK IP address as if you were still in the UK wherever you are in the world. Normally, the BBC will block any IP address that is outside teh UK from accessing its services both online and through the BBC iPlayer program.
MyAshampoo Toolbar
 Ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG
  72% remove
Installs a Conduit powered OurToolbar in Internet Explorer, Chrome and Firefox web browsers. The software collects and stores information about your web browsing and sends this information to OurToolbar so they can suggest services or provide ads via the toolbar. MyAshampoo Toolbar will attempt to change your home page and search provider if you are not careful during installation and provides a search box and various other generic feat...
Ashampoo US Toolbar
 Ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG
  75% remove
Installs a Conduit toolbar in your Web browser that collects and stores information about your web browsing habits and sends this information to Conduit so they can suggest services or provide ads via the toolbar. The toolbar is typically bundled with a free or trial Ashampoo program as an option during installation and does not necessarily get uninstalled when the Ashampoo software is removed from the user's PC and must be removed manu...
Avanquest IT Toolbar
 Avanquest Software
  70% remove
Avanquest IT Toolbar is a Conduit web browser plugin (Community OurToolbar) for Intenet Explorer, Chrome and Firefox. The toolbar collects and stores information about your web browsing habits and sends this information to Conduit so they can suggest services or provide advertising via the toolbar. It will attempt to change your home page and search provider if you are not careful during installation and provides a search box and variou...
myBabylon_English Toolbar
 Babylon Ltd
  71% remove
Installs a Conduit toolbar in your Web browser that collects and stores information about your web browsing and sends this information to Conduit so they can suggest services or provide ads via the toolbar.
Begin-download FLV B2 Toolbar for IE
 Begin-download FLV
  88% remove
Begin-download FLV B2 Toolbar is a Conduit distributed toolbar built on the community toolbar platform which provides a potentially unwanted web browser integration. This browser extension's primary purpose is to take control of the user's search functionality in order to generate a revenue share for the publisher and Conduit. In addition to search hijacking (although there should be options during bundle installation to prevent this), ...
Begin-download FLV B2 Toolbar
 Begin-download FLV
  81% remove
Begin-download FLV B2 Toolbar is a Conduit web browser plugin (Community OurToolbar) for Intenet Explorer, Chrome and Firefox. The toolbar collects and stores information about your web browsing habits and sends this information to Conduit so they can suggest services or provide advertising via the toolbar. It will attempt to change your home page and search provider if you are not careful during installation and provides a search box a...
Brothersoft Toolbar
 Brothersoft
  66% remove
Brothersoft Toolbar is a 'Community Toolbar' from Conduit, which integrates with major web browsers including Google Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer. The toolbar is an ad-supported program that is designed to display advertisements within the program itself, modify the browser's home page and search settings in order to capture web search traffic as well as collect and aggregate usage information and statistics. The toolbar is typ...
brothersoft afc Toolbar
 Brothersoft
  61% remove
Brothersoft afc Toolbar is a 'Community Toolbar' from Conduit, which integrates with major web browsers including Google Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer. The toolbar is an ad-supported program that is designed to display advertisements within the program itself, modify the browser's home page and search settings in order to capture web search traffic as well as collect and aggregate usage information and statistics. The toolbar is...
BrotherSoft Extreme2 B1 Toolbar
 BrotherSoft
  61% remove
BrotherSoft Extreme2 B1 Toolbar is a Conduit toolbar (Community OurToolbar) for Intenet Explorer and Firefox. The toolbar collects and stores information about your web browsing habits and sends this information to Conduit so they can suggest services or provide advertising via the toolbar. It will attempt to change your home page and search provider if you are not careful during installation and provides a search box and various other ...
Fun Media Bar V6 Toolbar for IE
 Client Connect LTD
  75% remove
Fun Media Bar (powerd by the Trovi platform) is a browser toolbar that will modify the web browser's home page, search provider and new tab pages by setting setting it to trovi.com (or a parnter website). Changes to the browser include the following: - Change of the default home page and new tabs and protect your search settings (by installing the Search Protect software) - Change of the default search engine in your Internet Browse...
SweetPacks A4 Toolbar for IE
 Client Connect LTD
  75% remove
SweetPacks Toolbar (from Trovi) is an ad-supported toolbar for Internet Explorer that will upon installation modify IE's home page, search provider and new tab pages by setting setting it to Trovi.com. Changes to the browser include (according to the EULA) the following: - Change of the default home page and/or new tabs of your Internet Browser, and protect your search settings. - Change of the default search engine in your Internet...
WiseConvert B2 Toolbar
 Conduit Ltd.
  82% remove
WiseConvert B2 Toolbar is a Conduit web browser plugin for Intenet Explorer, Chrome and Firefox that collects and stores information about a user's web browsing habits and sends this information to Conduit in order to provide advertising. It will change the user's home page and search provider during installation (optional but enabled by default) and provides a search box and various social features. If the home page and search settings...
InternetHelper Toolbar
 Conduit Ltd.
  82% remove
InternetHelper3.1 Toolbar is an ad-supported (users may see additional banner 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, search settings and in some cases wi...
KeyBar Toolbar
 Conduit Ltd.
  78% remove
KeyBar 1.8 Toolbar is an ad-supported (users may see additional banner 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, search settings and in some cases will modi...

BehaviorsBehaviors

Internet Explorer Browser Helper Object
Located in the registry at 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects'
  • BHO CLSID: {f9bd834b-77af-423e-ad5b-15e0786fe2bb}
  • BHO CLSID: {b3420a9c-a397-4409-b90d-bcf22da1a08a}
  • BHO CLSID: {30ee6676-1ba6-455a-a7e8-298fa863a546}
  • BHO CLSID: {7e8a1050-cf67-4575-92df-dcc60e7d952d}
Internet Explorer toolbars
Located in the registry at 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar'
  • CLSID: {b3420a9c-a397-4409-b90d-bcf22da1a08a}
  • CLSID: {f9bd834b-77af-423e-ad5b-15e0786fe2bb}
  • CLSID: {30ee6676-1ba6-455a-a7e8-298fa863a546}
Internet Explorer URL search hooks
  • CLSID: {b3420a9c-a397-4409-b90d-bcf22da1a08a}
  • CLSID: {f9bd834b-77af-423e-ad5b-15e0786fe2bb}
  • CLSID: {30ee6676-1ba6-455a-a7e8-298fa863a546}

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Ultimate 93.33%
Windows 7 Home Premium 6.67%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 93.33% of Conduit Toolbar.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Acer 86.67%
Hewlett-Packard 13.33%
Back to top
Should I remove It? Clean your PC of unwanted adware, toolbars and bloatware.

Download it for FREE