What is aTube Toolbar Updater?

aTube Toolbar Updater is software application developed by Ask.com. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 84.09% of installations running this operating system. aTube Toolbar Updater's installer is typically 1.00 MB in size and installs around 1 files. The most common release is 1.2.2.23821 with 56.82% of all installations currently using this version.

aTube Toolbar Updater is most popular in the United States with 20.29% of installations residing in this country.

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

About aTube Toolbar Updater?

The aTube Toolbar Updater is installed through bundled software and by default, will install the Auslogics Toolbar along with the host bundler software on your PC. After installation, aTube Toolbar may leave behind multiple files, settings, and unnecessary registry entries, potentially impacting system stability and performance. Additionally, this toolbar may persist even after the associated program it was bundled with has been uninstalled. There is also a possibility that it may send system-related information to a server and install updates without user notification. Despite being an optional installation with the free aTube program, the toolbar does not always get removed when aTube is uninstalled and requires manual removal. Any modifications made to the home page and search settings by the toolbar will also need to be manually reverted by the user.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in aTube Toolbar Updater.

Updater.exe (MD5: 31b522014fc560c122cdfa72d47ca940) has been flagged by 2 scanners:

Scanner Software	Version	Result
Baidu-International	4.0.3.1486	PUA.Win32.AskToolbar.81
ESET-NOD32	8.10201	a variant of Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask.G

Software Behaviors

Firewall:

Updater.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Ask.com\Updater\Updater.exe'.

Software Details

URL:

https://help.ask.com/link/portal/30015/30018/article/1/how-do-i-remove-the-ask-com-toolbar

Support:

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Installation path:

C:\Program Files\ask.com\updater

Uninstaller:

C:\Program Files\Ask.com\Updater\Updater.exe -uninstall

Size:

1.00 MB

Language:

English

aTube Toolbar Updater Executable Details

Primary executable:

Updater.exe

Name:

aTube Toolbar Updater

Path:

C:\Program Files\ask.com\updater\Updater.exe

MD5:

31b522014fc560c122cdfa72d47ca940

SHA-1:

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SHA-256:

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File Type

Filename

MD5

EXE