BrotherSoft Extreme Toolbar

BrotherSoft Extreme Toolbar

Known Toolbar

by Conduit Ltd.

What is BrotherSoft Extreme Toolbar?

BrotherSoft Extreme Toolbar is software application developed by Conduit Ltd.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 71.79% of installations running this operating system. BrotherSoft Extreme Toolbar's installer is typically 13.00 MB in size and installs around 26 files. The most common release is 6.8.5.1 with 23.08% of all installations currently using this version.

BrotherSoft Extreme Toolbar is most popular in the United States with 14.31% of installations residing in this country.

BrotherSoft Extreme 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, BrotherSoft Extreme Toolbar is known to create 1 firewall exception to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

About BrotherSoft Extreme Toolbar?

The BrotherSoft Extreme Toolbar is a browser extension powered by Conduit that is compatible with Internet Explorer, Chrome, and Firefox web browsers. This toolbar is designed to enhance the browsing experience by providing a search box and other generic features. It may also collect browsing data to suggest services and provide targeted ads via the toolbar. During installation, the toolbar may attempt to modify the browser's home page and search provider settings, although users may have the option to change this default setting. Additionally, it may send event logs and system-related information to a server. Updates to the toolbar may be automatically downloaded and installed without notifying the user. Please note that some information has been altered to provide an accurate and professional description of the software.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in BrotherSoft Extreme Toolbar.

uninstall.exe (MD5: b728fa6a309e5d18141947b95b730e95) has been flagged by 2 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Panda Antivirus PUP/Conduit.A
VIPRE Antivirus Conduit (fs)
tbBrot.dll (MD5: d9a0ce26ada5bd15b1b03a752ddf14a6) has been flagged by 11 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
AVware Conduit (fs)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Conduit.B
Panda Antivirus PUP/Conduit.A
VIPRE Antivirus Conduit (fs)
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.Conduit.Y
Bkav FE W32.HfsAdware.C534
Dr.Web Adware.Conduit.299
Fortinet FortiGate Riskware/Toolbar_Conduit
G Data Win32.Application.Conduit.F
IKARUS anti.virus PUA.ClientConnect
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.F47V0926
tbBro2.dll (MD5: 14d8444746cf6f5eb038e49874d538f6) has been flagged by 3 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Conduit.X
Panda Antivirus PUP/Conduit.A
VIPRE Antivirus Conduit (fs)
tbBro0.dll (MD5: 1a8438854dd15e4389f5bdef502c369d) has been flagged by 11 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
AVware Conduit (fs)
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.Conduit.Y
Bkav FE W32.HfsAdware.C534
Dr.Web Adware.Conduit.299
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Conduit.B potentially unwanted
Panda Antivirus PUP/Conduit.A
VIPRE Antivirus Conduit (fs)
Fortinet FortiGate Riskware/Toolbar_Conduit
G Data Win32.Application.Conduit.F
IKARUS anti.virus PUA.ClientConnect
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.F47V0926
prxtbBrot.dll (MD5: d344cc84609a807ce92187c9662d392b) has been flagged by 10 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
AVware Conduit (fs)
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.Conduit.Y
Bkav FE W32.HfsAdware.C534
Dr.Web Adware.Conduit.299
G Data Win32.Application.Conduit.F
Panda Antivirus PUP/Conduit.A
VIPRE Antivirus Conduit (fs)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Conduit.X
IKARUS anti.virus PUA.ClientConnect
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.F47V0926

Software Behaviors

Firewall:
  • BrotherSoft_ExtremeToolbarHelper.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).
  • BrotherSoft_ExtremeToolbarHelper.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{B8E8E278-F25D-478A-BAB2-24A5EDB01F6C}' (runs on registration).

Software Details

URL:
https://brothersoftextreme.ourtoolbar.com
Support:
https://brothersoftextreme.ourtoolbar.com/help
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\brothersoft_extreme
Uninstaller:
C:\Program Files\BrotherSoft_Extreme\uninstall.exe
Size:
13.00 MB
Language:
English

BrotherSoft Extreme Toolbar Executable Details

Primary executable:
tbBrot.dll
Name:
BrotherSoft Extreme Toolbar
Path:
C:\Program Files\brothersoft_extreme\tbBrot.dll
MD5:
d9a0ce26ada5bd15b1b03a752ddf14a6
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by BrotherSoft Extreme Toolbar
File Type Filename MD5
DLL
5b13aa512d57acf528700f1083fc3e4d
DLL
9117027aea464e41c60b87b9826e8447
DLL
c89d9c80fd468c6b51c4aadcc8463c2d
DLL
5b9b1f88e9a9dcd1b1699b192aca297e
DLL
ce49528c9b0b3b3018ee2f70e76b362a
DLL
ce49528c9b0b3b3018ee2f70e76b362a
DLL
76b3946090c94bb38dbbca54ac8ff9f7
DLL
33be4ae8f599ae7d32b5b47e88df811d
DLL
9a302f14b18a9fb9b351ad7048cc15b5
DLL
44b16fb2d8a860fdea6f4e5eeb7d59e1