Ask Shopping Toolbar

Ask Shopping Toolbar

Known Toolbar

by APN LLC

What is Ask Shopping Toolbar?

Ask Shopping Toolbar is software application developed by APN LLC. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 59.34% of installations running this operating system. Ask Shopping Toolbar's installer is typically 582.00 KB in size and installs around 11 files. The most common release is 12.29.0.222 with 4.62% of all installations currently using this version.

Ask Shopping Toolbar is most popular in the United States with 50.59% of installations residing in this country.

Ask Shopping 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, Ask Shopping Toolbar is known to create 1 firewall exception to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

About Ask Shopping Toolbar?

The Ask.com ad-injection toolbar is a bundled software that is included with a variety of third-party programs and installers. It offers an enhanced shopping search experience, including rich content, product listings, and visual search results. The shopping results also include sponsored rich content such as product images, prices, and merchant information from multiple merchants. It is important to note that the features and functionality of the Shopping Toolbar may vary depending on the user's location, browser, and version.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in Ask Shopping Toolbar.

tbnotifier.exe (MD5: f332813cc013d6af5c5a0c32a3aed725) has been flagged by 5 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
AhnLab-V3 PUP/Win32.IECore
Baidu-International PUA.Win32.AskToolbar.bF
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask.F
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).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:
  • tbnotifier.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 1.

Software Details

URL:
https://help.ask.com/link/portal/30015/30018/article/227/what-features-does-the-shopping-toolbar-by-ask-offer
Support:
https://apnstatic.ask.com/static/toolbar/everest/documents/faq/index.html
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\askpartnernetwork\toolbar\updater
Uninstaller:
MsiExec.exe /X{4F524A00-6A76-A76A-76A7-A758B70C0A06}
Size:
582.00 KB
Language:
English

Ask Shopping Toolbar Executable Details

Primary executable:
tbnotifier.exe
Name:
Ask Shopping Toolbar
Path:
C:\Program Files\askpartnernetwork\toolbar\updater\tbnotifier.exe
MD5:
f332813cc013d6af5c5a0c32a3aed725
SHA-1:
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SHA-256:
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Files installed by Ask Shopping Toolbar
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
tbnotifier.exe
Malware
f332813cc013d6af5c5a0c32a3aed725
EXE
apnnativemsghost.exe
822add6f0a321a8b3f907f9effd0eaaf
EXE
idcldr.exe
e798f169dcb1e99c9f35dbdb5c7423ae
EXE
idcldr_x64.exe
b75a16943804753554d4a9c6d581639b
DLL
idcsrvstub.dll
aa2f2130d74e9b910def00960f7e3555
DLL
idcsrvstub_x64.dll
4c1e37b44a3249f424c33d1090a39a58
DLL
idcsrv.dll
24d26984ca957246e080ae7cf2e745e9
DLL
idcsrv_x64.dll
35bc1d1ce229c3efd6b2d53aba70dcc8
EXE
tbnhlpr_x64.exe
20d1b64545b14533359acb2ef36d7d75
EXE
tbnhlpr.exe
f3c24975ceb36439f862b266e2010d84