Should I block it?
Yes, 98% block recommendation.
Possible reasons:
Multiple malware detections
Performance resource utilization
Additional versions
Relationships
Smartbar.exe
Smartbar by Smartbar
| Version: | 1.6.1.760 |
| MD5: | 06b738d809525eaaf42978026799048c |
| SHA1: | 88e09f80d61e53b6c34cb0961e3a22ab5ed7361c |
| SHA256: | ca59d116bc85e1cbc74e603ae177f756139396088b91672cc4356a361c17b909 |
Warning 17 antivirus scanners has detected malware.
What is Smartbar.exe?
Smartbar (Snap.Do) is a web browser addin/toolbar with Internet Explorer, Chrome and Firefox. Snap.Do provides social integration features for Facebook and Twitter. Privacy Policy: In order to facilitate, refine, personalize and match the identification and presentation of our products results to your browsing preferences and habits, we collect information regarding your use of our Product including URL and information of websites you browse while Smartbar is installed.
About Smartbar.exe (from Smartbar)
“Snap.do works on all 3 major web browsers – Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. Simply get it now to start snapping! Snap.do will always be there when you need it. Once you got it yo”
Details
| File name: | smartbar.exe |
| Publisher: | Smartbar |
| Product name: | Smartbar |
| Typical file path: | C:\users\user\appdata\local\smartbar\application\smartbar.exe |
| File version: | 1.6.1.760 |
| Size: | 13.5 KB (13,824 bytes) |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET |
| .NET CLR: | Yes |
| .NET NGENed: | No |
More details
Programs
The following program will install this file
Community Smartbar 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 monitization platforms during installation. The browser extension includes various features that will modify the default or custom settings of the browser including the home page, s...
Behaviors
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'Browser Infrastructure Helper' → C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Smartbar\Application\Smartbar.exe startup
Malware detections
Based on 40+ industry antivirus scanners, 17 of them detected the following malware.
| Antivirus engine | Engine version | Detection |
| Agnitum |
5.5.1.3 |
Adware.Agent!9y3SybILGeI |
| AVG |
2014.0.3629 |
Toolbar.NC |
| BitDefender |
7.2 |
Adware.Generic.394007 |
| Comodo Internet Security |
16566 |
ApplicUnwnt |
| Dr.Web |
8.13.7.9 |
Trojan.MulDrop4.24551 |
| Emsisoft Anti-Malware |
3.0.0.583 |
Adware.Generic.394007 (B) |
| ESET NOD32 |
7.8541 |
a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Linkury.A |
| Fortinet |
5.1.146.0 |
Adware/MSIL_Agent |
| F-Secure |
11.0.19100.45 |
Adware.Generic.394007 |
| G Data |
13.7.22 |
Adware.Generic.394007 |
| Ikarus |
T3.1.4.3.0 |
not-a-virus:AdWare.MSIL |
| Kingsoft |
2013.4.9.267 |
Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud) |
| McAfee |
5.400.1158 |
Artemis!06B738D80952 |
| McAfee Gateway Anti-Malware |
v2013-dat |
Artemis!06B738D80952 |
| Trend Micro HouseCall |
9.700.0.1001 |
TROJ_GEN.R0CBH01FP13 |
| Vba32 AntiVirus |
3.12.22.2 |
TScope.Trojan.MSIL |
| VIPRE Antivirus |
19398 |
Adware.Linkury (fs) |
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00287899% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00213525% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00074374% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 280,802 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 14,986,181/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 84.41 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 85.9 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 78.51 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 84.41 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 290.65 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 295.71 MB | |
| Working set: | 82.47 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 89.15 MB | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 68.59 MB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 18,088/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 5.05 KB/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 2/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 2 KB/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 1,660/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 31 | |
| Handles: | 801 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 74 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 79 | |
| GUI USER count: | 189 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 192 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | High |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Owner: | User |
Threads
Averages
| Smartbar.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.56814219% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.08816655% | |
| User CPU: | 0.47997564% | |
| CPU cycles: | 13,819,250/sec | |
| Memory: | 40 KB | |
| ntdll.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00016629% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00008315% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00008315% | |
| CPU cycles: | 88,004/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.66 MB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Ultimate N |
41.67% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
16.67% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
16.67% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
16.67% |
|
| Windows Vista Ultimate |
8.33% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 72.73% of Smartbar.
