Productivity Toolbar

Productivity Toolbar

Known Toolbar

by Conduit Ltd.

What is Productivity Toolbar?

Productivity Toolbar is software application developed by Conduit Ltd.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 43.90% of installations running this operating system. Productivity Toolbar's installer is typically 3.00 MB in size and installs around 19 files. The most common release is 6.2.7.3 with 29.27% of all installations currently using this version.

Productivity Toolbar is most popular in the United States with 92.04% of installations residing in this country.

Productivity Toolbar adds 4 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, Productivity Toolbar is known to create 2 firewall exceptions to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

About Productivity Toolbar?

The Productivity Toolbar, developed by Conduit, is a community toolbar that seamlessly integrates with popular web browsers such as Google Chrome, Firefox, and Internet Explorer. This ad-supported program offers users various features, including displaying advertisements within the program interface, customizing the browser's home page and search settings, and aggregating usage information and statistics. It is typically bundled with third-party developer programs to help monetize both free and some paid software. During the installation process, users may be presented with the option to customize their home and search pages; however, these options are often pre-selected by default and may go unnoticed. Removing the toolbar from a PC requires manual reversion of the modified settings. As per the End User License Agreement (EULA), the company automatically downloads and installs remote updates and collects and stores details about the user's web browsing activities locally on the PC. This information is used to interact with the toolbar application, suggesting additional services or providing targeted advertising. The EULA states, "By using Conduit Software, you may enable Conduit to access, use, and collect a variety of information, both personal and non-personal, regarding your Internet Browser, your browsing habits, and information about your computer."

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in Productivity Toolbar.

uninstall.exe (MD5: b728fa6a309e5d18141947b95b730e95) has been flagged by 3 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Panda Antivirus PUP/Conduit.A
VIPRE Antivirus Conduit (fs)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Conduit.P
tbProd.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
Comodo Security Application.Win32.Conduit.r
tbPro2.dll (MD5: 90a1b31ba3d3c1fd73b6021c1d8c1c8f) has been flagged by 4 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Comodo Security Application.Win32.Conduit.r
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Conduit.B
Panda Antivirus Adware/Conduit
VIPRE Antivirus Conduit (fs)
tbPro0.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
Comodo Security Application.Win32.Conduit.r
prxtbProd.dll (MD5: 3a5627e0ab06f3ca7fb238ce5ee8cdf9) has been flagged by 10 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
AVware Conduit (fs)
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.Conduit.Y
G Data Win32.Application.Conduit.F
Panda Antivirus PUP/Conduit.A
VIPRE Antivirus Conduit (fs)
Bkav FE W32.HfsAdware.C534
Dr.Web Adware.Conduit.300
IKARUS anti.virus PUA.ClientConnect
Comodo Security Application.Win32.Conduit.r
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Conduit.B

Software Behaviors

Services:
  • UNWISE.EXE runs as a service named 'Browser System Enahncer' (671c50b0).
Firewall:
  • UNWISE.EXE is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files1\Yahoo!\MESSEN~1\UNWISE.EXE'.
  • ProductivityToolbarHelper.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).
  • UNWISE.EXE is scheduled as a task with the class '{F71A9918-1861-4EFE-AE94-530BDDE46DD4}' (runs on registration).
  • ProductivityToolbarHelper.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{B8E8E278-F25D-478A-BAB2-24A5EDB01F6C}' (runs on registration).
  • ProductivityToolbarHelper1.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{34C01E1F-1D33-4264-8F52-97E13432C5E2}' (runs on registration).

Software Details

URL:
https://productivity.ourtoolbar.com
Support:
https://productivity.ourtoolbar.com/help
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\Productivity
Uninstaller:
C:\Program Files1\PRODUC~1\UNWISE.EXE /U C:\Program Files1\PRODUC~1\INSTALL.LOG
Size:
3.00 MB
Language:
English

Productivity Toolbar Executable Details

Primary executable:
tbProd.dll
Name:
Productivity Toolbar
Path:
C:\Program Files\Productivity\tbProd.dll
MD5:
d9a0ce26ada5bd15b1b03a752ddf14a6
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by Productivity Toolbar
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
b728fa6a309e5d18141947b95b730e95
EXE
973567b98cdfc147df4e60471d9df072
DLL
tbProd.dll
Malware
d9a0ce26ada5bd15b1b03a752ddf14a6
DLL
tbPro2.dll
Malware
90a1b31ba3d3c1fd73b6021c1d8c1c8f
DLL
tbPro0.dll
Malware
1a8438854dd15e4389f5bdef502c369d
DLL
3a5627e0ab06f3ca7fb238ce5ee8cdf9
DLL
9117027aea464e41c60b87b9826e8447
DLL
c89d9c80fd468c6b51c4aadcc8463c2d
DLL
f0ac64e1d9a805800578c667283d79a0
DLL
ce49528c9b0b3b3018ee2f70e76b362a