Should I block it?
60% of PCs block this file from running.
Possible reason:
Performance resource utilization
Additional versions
| 18,1,7,644 |
1.87% |
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| 18,1,7,598 |
0.93% |
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| 18,1,0,443 |
0.93% |
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| 18,0,5,292 |
0.93% |
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| 18,0,5,292 |
0.93% |
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| 17,3,2,101 |
0.93% |
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| 17,3,0,49 |
0.93% |
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| 17, 1, 2, 1 |
0.93% |
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| 17, 1, 2, 1 |
1.87% |
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| 17, 1, 0, 27 |
0.93% |
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| 17, 0, 1, 12 |
10.28% |
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| 17, 0, 1, 12 |
9.35% |
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| 17, 0, 0, 12 |
2.80% |
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| 17, 0, 0, 12 |
7.48% |
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| 15, 5, 0, 2 |
3.74% |
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| 15, 5, 0, 2 |
3.74% |
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| 15, 4, 0, 5 |
2.80% |
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| 15, 4, 0, 5 |
1.87% |
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| 15, 3, 0, 11 |
12.15% |
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| 15, 3, 0, 11 |
6.54% |
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| 15, 2, 0, 5 |
15.89% |
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| 15, 2, 0, 5 |
10.28% |
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| 15, 1, 0, 2 |
1.87% |
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toolbarupdater.exe
ToolbarU Application by AVG Technologies (Signed)
| Version: | 15, 5, 0, 2 |
| MD5: | dce9cc4129e1dac6aae25c6050e20a16 |
| SHA1: | 98d4ed56b30ec243c9e56e12157c972456e7c90d |
| SHA256: | 17a0f8f583756d8cf00513195d3e9a9ff726ac68ee0a817134eb56690a96f6d7 |
Overview
toolbarupdater.exe runs as a service under the name vToolbarUpdater18.1.0 (vToolbarUpdater17.1.0) within the local user context. The file is digitally signed by AVG Technologies which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| 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, 5, 0, 2 |
| Size: | 1.57 MB (1,643,184 bytes) |
| Build date: | 7/31/2013 3:25 AM |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | AVG Technologies |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Behaviors
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'
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
33.96% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
27.36% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
11.32% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
7.55% |
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| Windows 8 |
6.60% |
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| 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% |
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| Windows 7 Home Basic |
0.94% |
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| Windows Vista Ultimate |
0.94% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
0.94% |
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| Windows Vista Home Basic |
0.94% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 39.42% of ToolbarU Application.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Acer |
23.62% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
14.96% |
|
| ASUS |
12.60% |
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| Toshiba |
12.60% |
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| Dell |
11.02% |
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| Sony |
6.30% |
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| Lenovo |
4.72% |
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| Gateway |
3.15% |
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| Intel |
3.15% |
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| GIGABYTE |
2.36% |
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| Compaq |
1.57% |
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| American Megatrends |
1.57% |
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| Samsung |
1.57% |
|
| Alienware |
0.79% |
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