TBNotifier.exe
Ask TBNotifier by APN LLC (Signed)
Version: | 11.3.0.1794 |
MD5: | 556f5f0925ad11ae512ba48cb451748e |
SHA1: | c780427eb0ea2958915a4c13af2e9df0598ecf1b |
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). This is typically installed with the program Ask Toolbar published by Ask.com and is most likely removed by most users once installed (79% removed). 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: | 11.3.0.1794 |
Size: | 1.2 MB (1,259,720 bytes) |
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 program will install this file
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...
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: | 0.00626133% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00252080% | |
User CPU: | 0.00374053% | |
Kernel CPU time: | 31 ms/min | |
CPU cycles: | 5,198/sec | |
Memory |
Private memory: | 4.39 MB | |
Private (maximum): | 10.18 MB | |
Private (minimum): | 8.88 MB | |
Non-paged memory: | 4.39 MB | |
Virtual memory: | 99.68 MB | |
Virtual memory (peak): | 103.3 MB | |
Working set: | 9.97 MB | |
Working set (peak): | 10.2 MB | |
Page faults: | 9,978/min | |
I/O |
I/O read transfer: | 105 Bytes/sec | |
I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
I/O other transfer: | 5 Bytes/sec | |
I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
Resource allocations |
Threads: | 9 | |
Handles: | 209 | |
GUI GDI count: | 9 | |
GUI GDI peak: | 11 | |
GUI USER count: | 13 | |
GUI USER peak: | 13 | |
Process properties
Integrety level: | High |
Platform: | 64-bit |
Command line: | "C:\Program Files\askpartnernetwork\toolbar\updater\tbnotifier.exe" |
Owner: | User |
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% |
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