What is Hotbar?

Hotbar is software application developed by Pinball Corporation. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows Vista with nearly 43.90% of installations running this operating system. Hotbar's installer is typically 1.00 MB in size and installs around 19 files. The most common release is 11.0.264.0 with 21.95% of all installations currently using this version.

Hotbar is most popular in the United States with 44.55% of installations residing in this country.

About Hotbar?

Hotbar is a web browser plugin supported by advertisements, which appear as additional banner and in-text link ads. It is distributed through a variety of monetization platforms during installation. The browser extension offers a range of features that allow users to modify their browser's default or custom settings, including the home page and search settings.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in Hotbar.

HBLiteSA.exe (MD5: df8ed4f27622dbbb8f25617658ae1a7f) has been flagged by 35 scanners:

Scanner Software	Version	Result
Agnitum Outpost	7.1.1	Adware.Agent
AhnLab-V3	2013.04.09	Adware/Win32.Hotbar
Avira AntiVir	7.11.71.84	Adware/Frozen.A
avast!	2014.9-131123	Win32:HotBar-BL [Adw]
AVG	2014.0.3646	Skodna.Generic_r.Q
Bitdefender	1.0.20.1635	Trojan.Generic.6652336
Clam AntiVirus	0.98/18155	Suspect.W32.AdInstall
Comodo Security	15862	ApplicUnwnt.Win32.AdWare.HotBar.DE
Dr.Web	9.0.0.0327	Adware.Hotbar.501
Emsisoft Anti-Malware	8.13.11.23.11	Trojan.Generic.6652336
eSafe	7.0.17.0	Win32.ADSPYAdSpy
ESET-NOD32	7.8208	probably a variant of Win32/Adware.180Solutions
Fortinet FortiGate	11/23/2013	Adware/PlatriumSA
F-Prot	v6.4.7.1.166	W32/180Solutions.D.gen
F-Secure	11.2013-23-11_7	Trojan.Generic.6652336
G Data	13.11.22	Trojan.Generic.6652336
IKARUS anti.virus	t3scan.2.0.0.0	AdWare.Win32.ClickPotato
Jiangmin	KV131123	Adware/HotBar.ba
K7 AntiVirus	13.164.8492	Unwanted-Program
Kingsoft AntiVirus	331020.18219	Win32.Troj.Generic.(kcloud)
Malwarebytes	v2013.11.23.11	Adware.Hotbar
McAfee	5600.7268	Adware-HotBar.g
McAfee-GW-Edition	7.7268	Adware-HotBar.g
Microsoft Security Essentials	1.163.1557.0	Adware:Win32/Hotbar
NANO AntiVirus	0.24.0.51813	Riskware.Win32.HotBar.kejsl
nProtect	13.04.09.02	Trojan/W32.Agent.771888
PC Tools	2013	Adware.Hotbar!rem
SUPERAntiSpyware	10881	Adware.Agent/Gen-Pinball
Symantec	11/23/2013 rev. 7	Adware.Clkpotato!gen3
Total Defense	37.0.10369	Win32/Zango.Pinball[HOTBAR]
Trend Micro	10.465.23	ADW_HOTBAR
TrendMicro-HouseCall	7.2.327	ADW_HOTBAR
Vba32 AntiVirus	3.12.20.2	AdWare.HotBar
VIPRE Antivirus	16700	Pinball Corporation. (v)
ViRobot	2011.4.7.4223	Adware.HotBar.771888