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60%
60% of PCs block this file from running.
Possible reason:
Performance resource utilization

VersionsAdditional versions

18,1,7,644 1.87%
18,1,7,598 0.93%
18,1,0,443 0.93%
18,0,5,292 0.93%
18,0,5,292 0.93%
17,3,2,101 0.93%
17,3,0,49 0.93%
17, 1, 2, 1 0.93%
17, 1, 2, 1 1.87%
17, 1, 0, 27 0.93%
17, 0, 1, 12 10.28%
17, 0, 1, 12 9.35%
17, 0, 0, 12 2.80%
17, 0, 0, 12 7.48%
15, 5, 0, 2 3.74%
15, 5, 0, 2 3.74%
15, 4, 0, 5 2.80%
15, 4, 0, 5 1.87%
15, 3, 0, 11 12.15%
15, 3, 0, 11 6.54%
15, 2, 0, 5 15.89%
15, 2, 0, 5 10.28%
15, 1, 0, 2 1.87%

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toolbarupdater.exe

ToolbarU Application by AVG Technologies (Signed)

Remove toolbarupdater.exe
Version:   15, 2, 0, 5
MD5:   4b817450226f93c31add5bcc27fed27a
SHA1:   9a10768cfd5b27db173af685c0917aa1428e620b
SHA256:   8044dbe827d99b01883b077dfc5d867bf38b8476dec7ff5efa8d33a71a30be60

Overview

toolbarupdater.exe runs as a service under the name vToolbarUpdater18.1.0 (vToolbarUpdater17.1.0) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). The file is digitally signed by AVG Technologies which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).

DetailsDetails

File name:toolbarupdater.exe
Publisher:AVG Secure Search
Product name:ToolbarU Application
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\common files\avg secure search\vtoolbarupdater\15.2.0\toolbarupdater.exe
Original name:ToolbarU.exe
File version:15, 2, 0, 5
Size:992.17 KB (1,015,984 bytes)
Build date:5/2/2013 1:28 PM
Certificate
Issued to:AVG Technologies
Authority (CA):VeriSign
Digital DNA
File packed:No
.NET CLR:No
More details

BehaviorsBehaviors

Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
  • vToolbarUpdater18.1.0
  • 'vToolbarUpdater17.1.0'
  • 'vToolbarUpdater17.0.12'
  • 'vToolbarUpdater15.3.0'
  • 'vToolbarUpdater15.2.0'

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00012521%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00012521%
0.013761%
Kernel CPU time:1,248,008 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:3,452/sec
17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:1.06 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):3.24 MB
Private (minimum):2.73 MB
Non-paged memory:1.06 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:45.85 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):47.86 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:3.13 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):3.68 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:1,680/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:7 Bytes/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:1/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:69 Bytes/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:1/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:4 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:2/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:8
12
Handles:80
600

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:System
Platform:32-bit
Command line:"C:\Program Files\common files\avg secure search\vtoolbarupdater\15.2.0\toolbarupdater.exe"
Owner:SYSTEM
Windows Service
Service name:vToolbarUpdater17.1.0
Display name:vToolbarUpdater18.1.0
Type:Win32OwnProcess
Parent process:services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Home Premium 33.96%
Windows 7 Ultimate 27.36%
Microsoft Windows XP 11.32%
Windows 7 Professional 7.55%
Windows 8 6.60%
Windows Vista Home Premium 4.72%
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center 1.89%
Windows 8 Single Language 1.89%
Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center 0.94%
Windows 7 Home Basic 0.94%
Windows Vista Ultimate 0.94%
Windows 8 Pro 0.94%
Windows Vista Home Basic 0.94%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 39.42% of ToolbarU Application.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Acer 23.62%
Hewlett-Packard 14.96%
ASUS 12.60%
Toshiba 12.60%
Dell 11.02%
Sony 6.30%
Lenovo 4.72%
Gateway 3.15%
Intel 3.15%
GIGABYTE 2.36%
Compaq 1.57%
American Megatrends 1.57%
Samsung 1.57%
Alienware 0.79%
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