Should I block it?
16% of PCs block this file from running.
Additional versions
| 5, 7, 9012, 1008 |
12.00% |
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| 5, 7, 8313, 1002 |
51.27% |
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| 5, 7, 7725, 1624 |
3.64% |
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| 5, 7, 7529, 1424 |
19.27% |
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| 5, 7, 7227, 1100 |
1.09% |
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| 5, 6, 5805, 1910 |
0.36% |
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| 5, 5, 5126, 1836 |
0.36% |
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| 5, 5, 4723, 1820 |
0.36% |
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| 5, 4, 4525, 1752 |
1.09% |
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| 5, 2, 4204, 1700 |
10.55% |
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Relationships
swg.dll
GoogleToolbarNotifier by Google Inc (Signed)
| Version: | 5, 7, 8313, 1002 |
| MD5: | 917a728a12f25fcf4636858fac9979fa |
| SHA1: | 639ebcb08d84e439be8a72fcac53b1ecc01e0f98 |
| SHA256: | 378dbee6663fc1bca7df508147dcbf5912dead6a324b0303b3d57253360345be |
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
| 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 |
| File version: | 5, 7, 8313, 1002 |
| Size: | 977.52 KB (1,000,984 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Google Inc |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Expiration date: | Friday, June 18, 2010 |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Behaviors
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}
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Microsoft Windows XP |
35.50% |
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| Windows 7 Home Premium |
25.00% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
9.00% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
8.50% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
7.00% |
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| Windows 7 Home Basic |
4.00% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate N |
3.50% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
2.00% |
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| Windows 8 |
1.00% |
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| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
1.00% |
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| Windows 7 Starter |
1.00% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
0.50% |
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| Windows Vista Ultimate |
0.50% |
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| Windows Vista Home Basic |
0.50% |
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| Windows 8 Enterprise |
0.50% |
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| Windows 7 Enterprise |
0.50% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 48.47% of GoogleToolbarNotifier.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
22.52% |
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| Toshiba |
13.51% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
13.06% |
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| ASUS |
12.61% |
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| Sony |
9.01% |
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| Acer |
7.21% |
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| Compaq |
5.41% |
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| Intel |
4.50% |
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| Lenovo |
3.60% |
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| Gateway |
2.70% |
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| GIGABYTE |
1.35% |
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| American Megatrends |
1.35% |
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| Sahara |
0.90% |
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| Samsung |
0.90% |
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| NEC |
0.90% |
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| Packard Bell |
0.45% |
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