Ashampoo US Toolbar

Ashampoo US Toolbar

Known Toolbar

by Ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG

What is Ashampoo US Toolbar?

Ashampoo US Toolbar is software application developed by Ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 74.47% of installations running this operating system. Ashampoo US Toolbar's installer is typically 4.00 MB in size and installs around 20 files. The most common release is 6.9.0.16 with 32.34% of all installations currently using this version.

Ashampoo US Toolbar is most popular in the United States with 55.9% of installations residing in this country.

Ashampoo US Toolbar adds 2 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, Ashampoo US Toolbar is known to create 1 firewall exception to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

About Ashampoo US Toolbar?

This software installs a Conduit toolbar in the user's web browser, collecting and storing information about their web browsing habits. This data is sent to Conduit to suggest services or provide targeted ads via the toolbar. The toolbar is commonly included as an option during the installation of a free or trial Ashampoo program. It may not be uninstalled automatically when the Ashampoo software is removed and must be manually removed by the user. If the home page and search settings were modified by the toolbar, the user will need to manually revert them back.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in Ashampoo US Toolbar.

uninstall.exe (MD5: b728fa6a309e5d18141947b95b730e95) has been flagged by 2 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Panda Antivirus PUP/Conduit.A
VIPRE Antivirus Conduit (fs)
tbAsha.dll (MD5: 1c1d673fb3efc0643271226ea42a25d9) has been flagged by 13 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Conduit.B
Panda Antivirus PUP/Conduit.A
VIPRE Antivirus Conduit (fs)
AVware Conduit (fs)
Baidu-International PUA.Win32.Conduit.BX
Fortinet FortiGate Riskware/Toolbar_Conduit
G Data Win32.Application.Conduit.F
Comodo Security Application.Win32.Conduit.~A
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.Conduit
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.F47V1113
Bkav FE W32.HfsAdware.C534
Dr.Web Adware.Conduit.300
IKARUS anti.virus PUA.ClientConnect
tbAsh0.dll (MD5: 975993043e355206a1fba5a702044f0c) has been flagged by 11 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Comodo Security Application.Win32.Conduit.~A
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Conduit.B
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.Conduit
Panda Antivirus Adware/Conduit
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.F47V1113
VIPRE Antivirus Conduit (fs)
Bkav FE W32.HfsAdware.C534
Dr.Web Adware.Conduit.300
G Data Win32.Adware.Conduit.B
IKARUS anti.virus PUA.ClientConnect
AVware Conduit (fs)
prxtbAsha.dll (MD5: b92293778555ce3dabe7f0a7e98b34c0) has been flagged by 5 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
AVware Conduit (fs)
IKARUS anti.virus PUA.ClientConnect
Panda Antivirus PUP/Conduit.A
VIPRE Antivirus Conduit (fs)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Conduit.P
prxtbAsh0.dll (MD5: c89d9c80fd468c6b51c4aadcc8463c2d) has been flagged by 13 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
AVware Conduit (fs)
Baidu-International PUA.Win32.Conduit.BX
ESET-NOD32 Win32/Toolbar.Conduit.X
Fortinet FortiGate Riskware/Toolbar_Conduit
G Data Win32.Application.Conduit.F
Panda Antivirus PUP/Conduit.A
VIPRE Antivirus Conduit (fs)
Comodo Security Application.Win32.Conduit.~A
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.Conduit
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.F47V1113
Bkav FE W32.HfsAdware.C534
Dr.Web Adware.Conduit.300
IKARUS anti.virus PUA.ClientConnect

Software Behaviors

Firewall:
  • Ashampoo_USToolbarHelper.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\eTvOnline.ro\eTvOnline.roToolbarHelper.exe'.
Scheduled tasks:
  • uninstall.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{42CD7A24-AF4B-44A0-A119-1C6F9B6E2A90}' (runs on registration).
  • Ashampoo_USToolbarHelper.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{B8E8E278-F25D-478A-BAB2-24A5EDB01F6C}' (runs on registration).

Software Details

URL:
https://ashampoous.ourtoolbar.com
Support:
https://ashampoous.ourtoolbar.com/help
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\ashampoo_us
Uninstaller:
C:\Program Files\Ashampoo_US\uninstall.exe toolbar
Size:
4.00 MB
Language:
English

Ashampoo US Toolbar Executable Details

Primary executable:
tbAsha.dll
Name:
Ashampoo US Toolbar
Path:
C:\Program Files\ashampoo_us\tbAsha.dll
MD5:
1c1d673fb3efc0643271226ea42a25d9
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by Ashampoo US Toolbar
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
b728fa6a309e5d18141947b95b730e95
EXE
5cf949316c40314d66b45f0bf00aa6f6
DLL
tbAsha.dll
Malware
1c1d673fb3efc0643271226ea42a25d9
DLL
7c37127525d29b9c9fc0574b1a0cf24e
DLL
tbAsh0.dll
Malware
975993043e355206a1fba5a702044f0c
DLL
b92293778555ce3dabe7f0a7e98b34c0
DLL
c89d9c80fd468c6b51c4aadcc8463c2d
DLL
5b9b1f88e9a9dcd1b1699b192aca297e
DLL
ef4da153fd7287abc5ebe34970f673b9
DLL
76b3946090c94bb38dbbca54ac8ff9f7