Productivity 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.
Software Behaviors
- Services:
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- UNWISE.EXE runs as a service named 'Browser System Enahncer' (671c50b0).
- Firewall:
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- 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:
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- 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:
- –
| File Type | Filename | MD5 |
|---|---|---|
|
DLL
|
ldrtbPro0.dll
Malware
|
76b3946090c94bb38dbbca54ac8ff9f7 |
|
DLL
|
522f5bdde2bc5c590381df1534147be2 | |
|
DLL
|
e055e5e9888a21a1f8e40c7235ce6fbe | |
|
DLL
|
b69c4f58f49e614f75758d22e4ebc6bf | |
|
DLL
|
prxtbPro1.dll
Toolbar
|
5e16941abd53231f36f7f4b0e4b575ea |
|
DLL
|
39111185759adaae97d12113dfa3aba1 | |
|
EXE
|
ProductivityToolbarHelper1.exe
Toolbar
|
3167b101e3345524acebba29772a858e |
|
EXE
|
ProductivityToolbarHelper.exe
Toolbar
|
a320df2b47cfcaf98d06eb59cd72084c |
|
DLL
|
335b1ee44032c61ee031edb326eafa9d |