What is MTV Toolbar?

MTV Toolbar is software application developed by APN, LLC. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 52.78% of installations running this operating system. MTV Toolbar's installer is typically 524.00 KB in size and installs around 11 files. The most common release is 12.10.0.3486 with 66.67% of all installations currently using this version.

MTV Toolbar is most popular in the United States with 66.42% of installations residing in this country.

When using a computer that is connected to the internet, MTV Toolbar is known to create 1 firewall exception to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

About MTV Toolbar?

The Ask.com (Ask Partner Network) Toolbar offers a streamlined web browser experience, with the added feature of modifying the user's home and search pages to a search engine operated by Ask.com. This toolbar provides limited web browser functionality, allowing users to easily access and navigate the web.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in MTV Toolbar.

tbnotifier.exe (MD5: f332813cc013d6af5c5a0c32a3aed725) has been flagged by 4 scanners:

Scanner Software	Version	Result
Baidu-International	4.0.3.15817	Adware.Win32.Asktoolbar.45
ESET-NOD32	9.12098	a variant of Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask.M potentially unsafe
K7 AntiVirus	13.2016900	Unwanted-Program
K7GW	13.2016900	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\vnt

Uninstaller:

MsiExec.exe /X{4D545656-3700-A76A-76A7-A758B70C0700}

Size:

524.00 KB

Language:

English

MTV Toolbar Executable Details

Primary executable:

ToolbarIcon.exe

Name:

MTV Toolbar

Path:

C:\Program Files\vnt\ToolbarIcon.exe

MD5:

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SHA-1:

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SHA-256:

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File Type

Filename

MD5

EXE

tbnotifier.exe

Malware

f332813cc013d6af5c5a0c32a3aed725

EXE

apnnativemsghost.exe

822add6f0a321a8b3f907f9effd0eaaf

EXE

idcldr.exe

fee55d8e91d2d64d49212fc2618826b1

EXE

idcldr_x64.exe

93a8d6b83d0654301b0e2a5453b16b3a

DLL

idcsrvstub.dll

aa2f2130d74e9b910def00960f7e3555

DLL

idcsrvstub_x64.dll

4c1e37b44a3249f424c33d1090a39a58

DLL

idcsrv.dll

e419a05032b3cd13012f883cfc031997

DLL

idcsrv_x64.dll

dff52665959560dc102a0d6259912018

DLL

vntsrv.dll

4fdec09ef8f1d869f9d89c280327a7b6

EXE

vntldr.exe

abc13ee82ecc14c63709465ba9bca0ad

File Type	Filename	MD5
EXE	tbnotifier.exe Malware	f332813cc013d6af5c5a0c32a3aed725
EXE	apnnativemsghost.exe	822add6f0a321a8b3f907f9effd0eaaf
EXE	idcldr.exe	fee55d8e91d2d64d49212fc2618826b1
EXE	idcldr_x64.exe	93a8d6b83d0654301b0e2a5453b16b3a
DLL	idcsrvstub.dll	aa2f2130d74e9b910def00960f7e3555
DLL	idcsrvstub_x64.dll	4c1e37b44a3249f424c33d1090a39a58
DLL	idcsrv.dll	e419a05032b3cd13012f883cfc031997
DLL	idcsrv_x64.dll	dff52665959560dc102a0d6259912018
DLL	vntsrv.dll	4fdec09ef8f1d869f9d89c280327a7b6
EXE	vntldr.exe	abc13ee82ecc14c63709465ba9bca0ad