Sammsoft Toolbar

Sammsoft Toolbar

Known Toolbar

by APN, LLC

What is Sammsoft Toolbar?

Sammsoft Toolbar is software application developed by APN, LLC. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 64.52% of installations running this operating system. The most common release is 12.2.2.700 with 49.46% of all installations currently using this version.

Sammsoft Toolbar is most popular in the United States with 85.31% of installations residing in this country.

Sammsoft Toolbar adds 1 scheduled task to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, Sammsoft Toolbar is known to create 1 firewall exception to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

About Sammsoft Toolbar?

The Ask.com toolbar is commonly included in the installation of the Support.com ARO PC optimizer.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in Sammsoft Toolbar.

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'.
Scheduled tasks:
  • tbnotifier.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{2A74CAE7-C98C-44C6-9E9E-155D069D857D}' (runs on registration).

Software Details

URL:
https://apn.ask.com
Support:
https://about.ask.com/en/docs/about/index.shtml
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\askpartnernetwork\toolbar\updater
Uninstaller:
MsiExec.exe /X{5853442D-5637-006A-76A7-A758B70C0100}
Size:
0.00 B
Language:
English

Sammsoft Toolbar Executable Details

Primary executable:
tbnotifier.exe
Name:
Sammsoft Toolbar
Path:
C:\Program Files\askpartnernetwork\toolbar\updater\tbnotifier.exe
MD5:
f332813cc013d6af5c5a0c32a3aed725
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by Sammsoft Toolbar
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
f332813cc013d6af5c5a0c32a3aed725
EXE
822add6f0a321a8b3f907f9effd0eaaf
EXE
26db7224a923b24bbb4ea8a64e470273
EXE
b75a16943804753554d4a9c6d581639b
DLL
ab4d10ea5a7929e1c309892bde50cea5
DLL
1dcabb6f59478efd9b0174de7b53ad00
DLL
e705bf308cf0e7a241f9197e566277a5
DLL
35bc1d1ce229c3efd6b2d53aba70dcc8
DLL
dc2a14d77f4825cc28f990e319953a85
EXE
62523097451d13083660dfce265c11bc