AVG Search App powered by Ask

AVG Search App powered by Ask

Known Generic

by APN, LLC

What is AVG Search App powered by Ask?

AVG Search App powered by Ask is software application developed by APN, LLC. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 48.48% of installations running this operating system. AVG Search App powered by Ask's installer is typically 540.00 KB in size and installs around 11 files. The most common release is 12.27.0.936 with 16.67% of all installations currently using this version.

AVG Search App powered by Ask is most popular in Germany with 31.17% of installations residing in this country.

When using a computer that is connected to the internet, AVG Search App powered by Ask is known to create 1 firewall exception to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in AVG Search App powered by Ask.

tbnotifier.exe (MD5: f332813cc013d6af5c5a0c32a3aed725) has been flagged by 4 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.Asktoolbar.45
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask.M potentially unsafe
K7 AntiVirus Unwanted-Program
K7GW Unwanted-Program ( 004c42951 )

Software Behaviors

Firewall:
  • tbnotifier.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\AskPartnerNetwork\Toolbar\Updater\TBNotifier.exe'.

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:
  • tbnotifier.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named ApnTBMon.

Software Details

URL:
Support:
https://apnstatic.ask.com/static/toolbar/everest/documents/faq/index.html
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\askpartnernetwork\toolbar\updater\idc
Uninstaller:
MsiExec.exe /X{41564753-502D-4C53-00A7-A758B70C1500}
Size:
540.00 KB
Language:
English

AVG Search App powered by Ask Executable Details

Primary executable:
tbnotifier.exe
Name:
AVG Search App powered by Ask
Path:
C:\Program Files\askpartnernetwork\toolbar\updater\idc\tbnotifier.exe
MD5:
f332813cc013d6af5c5a0c32a3aed725
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by AVG Search App powered by Ask
File Type Filename MD5
CRX
651584b50293d6c5e332c8943c0adcd8