Should I block it?

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

VersionsAdditional versions

2009, 9, 16, 01 3.13%
2009, 9, 16, 01 9.38%
2009, 9, 16, 01 3.13%
2009, 9, 16, 01 31.25%
2009, 9, 16, 01 31.25%
2009, 9, 16, 01 18.75%
2007, 10, 5, 1 3.13%

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ytbb.exe

Yahoo! Toolbar Assistant by Yahoo! Inc. (Signed)

Remove ytbb.exe
Version:   2009, 9, 16, 01
MD5:   fead7ea26167e52c8fe3d5480d3eff6b
SHA1:   2d60d4780f176454c813ba1cde4005876c9d495e
SHA256:   0010e7f102cd0c18bc40fc58b3491248a83857a5f5ca508e3824aa9b8d40e152

What is ytbb.exe?

Yahoo! Toolbar is a toolbar that installs on the Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers, within the context of internet access functions. It allows access to several functions, including Yahoo! Search and Yahoo! Mail. Several additional features are available on the Internet Explorer version.

About ytbb.exe (from Yahoo! Inc.)

Yahoo! Toolbar is included in the typical install when downloading Yahoo! Messenger or various other Yahoo! free products. Yahoo! Toolbar allows you to check if your friends are online and change your

DetailsDetails

File name:ytbb.exe
Publisher:Yahoo! Inc.
Product name:Yahoo! Toolbar Assistant
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\companion\Installs\cpn0\ytbb.exe
File version:2009, 9, 16, 01
Product version:8, 2, 0, 0
Size:201.3 KB (206,136 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:Yahoo! Inc.
Authority (CA):VeriSign
Effective date:Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Expiration date:Sunday, September 2, 2012
Digital DNA
Entropy:6.330001
File packed:No
.NET CLR:No
More details

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.04359989%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.02491422%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.01868567%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:40 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
User CPU time:11 ms/min
0 ms/min
Context switches:2/sec
284/sec
Memory
Private memory:1.22 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):344 KB
Private (minimum):216 KB
Non-paged memory:1.22 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:43.1 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):43.19 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:296 KB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):4.23 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:1,283/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:10.35 KB/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:105/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:53 Bytes/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:1/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:3.31 KB/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:209/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:7
12
Handles:126
600
GUI GDI count:8
103
GUI USER count:7
49

BehaviorsProcess properties

Platform:32-bit
Command line:"C:\progra~1\yahoo!\companion\installs\cpn0\ytbb.exe" -embedding
Owner:User
Parent process:svchost.exe (Generic Host Process for Win32 Services by Microsoft)

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Microsoft Windows XP 40.00%
Windows 7 Professional 20.00%
Windows 7 Home Premium 20.00%
Windows XP Professional 20.00%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 75.00% of Yahoo! Toolbar Assistant.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Hewlett-Packard 50.00%
Intel 50.00%
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