Hotbar

Hotbar

Known Generic

by Pinball Corporation

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 Result
Agnitum Outpost Adware.Agent
AhnLab-V3 Adware/Win32.Hotbar
Avira AntiVir Adware/Frozen.A
avast! Win32:HotBar-BL [Adw]
AVG Skodna.Generic_r.Q
Bitdefender Trojan.Generic.6652336
Clam AntiVirus Suspect.W32.AdInstall
Comodo Security ApplicUnwnt.Win32.AdWare.HotBar.DE
Dr.Web Adware.Hotbar.501
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Trojan.Generic.6652336
eSafe Win32.ADSPYAdSpy
ESET-NOD32 probably a variant of Win32/Adware.180Solutions
Fortinet FortiGate Adware/PlatriumSA
F-Prot W32/180Solutions.D.gen
F-Secure Trojan.Generic.6652336
G Data Trojan.Generic.6652336
IKARUS anti.virus AdWare.Win32.ClickPotato
Jiangmin Adware/HotBar.ba
K7 AntiVirus Unwanted-Program
Kingsoft AntiVirus Win32.Troj.Generic.(kcloud)
Malwarebytes Adware.Hotbar
McAfee Adware-HotBar.g
McAfee-GW-Edition Adware-HotBar.g
Microsoft Security Essentials Adware:Win32/Hotbar
NANO AntiVirus Riskware.Win32.HotBar.kejsl
nProtect Trojan/W32.Agent.771888
PC Tools Adware.Hotbar!rem
SUPERAntiSpyware Adware.Agent/Gen-Pinball
Symantec Adware.Clkpotato!gen3
Total Defense Win32/Zango.Pinball[HOTBAR]
Trend Micro ADW_HOTBAR
TrendMicro-HouseCall ADW_HOTBAR
Vba32 AntiVirus AdWare.HotBar
VIPRE Antivirus Pinball Corporation. (v)
ViRobot Adware.HotBar.771888

Software Details

URL:
https://hotbar.com
Support:
https://www.hotbar.com/about/support.aspx
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\hblite\bin\11.0.323.0
Uninstaller:
"C:\Program Files\HBLite\bin\11.0.323.0\HBLiteUninstaller.exe" Web
Size:
1.00 MB
Language:
English

Hotbar Executable Details

Primary executable:
HBLiteSA.exe
Name:
Hotbar
Path:
C:\Program Files\hblite\bin\11.0.323.0\HBLiteSA.exe
MD5:
df8ed4f27622dbbb8f25617658ae1a7f
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by Hotbar
File Type Filename MD5
DLL
8ae83bfbf5b0ef952edb8715d0ad01e8
DLL
3147f8c6553df059be956c772f3911a9
DLL
6f7cd8b54460498b8fcef6c3743c357e
EXE
de22b5bb49e4bc2f37523d7ceb2976a2
DLL
b471bda14384928ed6123a59eaf3e606
EXE
6b719981409e38d750dc0b1563cc915f
EXE
925ac7eb849b57556fb8dd85efb4442b
DLL
bafb84dbc273d3431cee74f74c7c1dfb
EXE
9bad199170402834b108521751f015b4