Softonic_France Toolbar

Softonic_France Toolbar

Known Toolbar

by Softonic International S.L.

What is Softonic_France Toolbar?

Softonic_France Toolbar is software application developed by Softonic International S.L.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 62.59% of installations running this operating system. Softonic_France Toolbar's installer is typically 3.00 MB in size and installs around 18 files. The most common release is 6.2.3.0 with 30.94% of all installations currently using this version.

Softonic_France Toolbar is most popular in France with 65.00% of installations residing in this country.

Softonic_France Toolbar adds 3 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, Softonic_France Toolbar is known to create 2 firewall exceptions to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

About Softonic_France Toolbar?

The Softonic_France Toolbar is a browser extension designed for Internet Explorer and Firefox, provided by Conduit. This toolbar is capable of gathering and storing data related to your online activities, which is then transmitted to Conduit in order to offer personalized services and advertisements through the toolbar. It is important to note that this toolbar may attempt to modify your home page and search provider settings during installation, and returning these settings to their original state may require manual intervention from the user. Additionally, the toolbar has the capability to perform automatic downloads and installations of updates without prior notification to the user. According to the End User License Agreement (EULA), the Application may collect and store browsing information locally on the user’s device. This locally saved information may be used to provide personalized services and targeted advertisements. However, only generalized inferences are sent from the Application to Conduit’s servers.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in Softonic_France Toolbar.

uninstall.exe (MD5: b728fa6a309e5d18141947b95b730e95) has been flagged by 2 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Panda Antivirus PUP/Conduit.A
VIPRE Antivirus Conduit (fs)
Softonic_FranceToolbarHelper1.exe (MD5: 3167b101e3345524acebba29772a858e) 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
Softonic_FranceToolbarHelper.exe (MD5: a320df2b47cfcaf98d06eb59cd72084c) has been flagged by 8 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Bkav FE W32.HfsAdware.C534
Dr.Web Adware.Conduit.300
G Data Win32.Adware.Conduit.B
IKARUS anti.virus PUA.ClientConnect
Panda Antivirus PUP/Conduit.A
AVware Conduit (fs)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Conduit.B
VIPRE Antivirus Conduit (fs)

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'.
  • Softonic_FranceToolbarHelper1.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).
  • Softonic_FranceToolbarHelper.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{B8E8E278-F25D-478A-BAB2-24A5EDB01F6C}' (runs on registration).

Software Details

URL:
https://thesoftonicfrancetoolbar.ourtoolbar.com
Support:
https://thesoftonicfrancetoolbar.ourtoolbar.com/help
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\softonic_france
Uninstaller:
C:\Program Files\Softonic_France\uninstall.exe
Size:
3.00 MB
Language:
English

Softonic_France Toolbar Executable Details

Primary executable:
tbsoft.dll
Name:
Softonic_France Toolbar
Path:
C:\Program Files\softonic_france\tbsoft.dll
MD5:
0200c694b3922b95a008dd29f7aacdb4
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by Softonic_France Toolbar
File Type Filename MD5
DLL
604333d3a6d9ee9fdda4e9805348a495
DLL
856f0fa54b37a3e54a4342a3d9f90efd
DLL
cfd80ac7289d552b3335587e0f1386c2
DLL
56923a9fb2c0ba58813be2872f078f3c
DLL
6f2d96c623a65bf5006ffeb9057a03ae
DLL
467178e052ebb7c03479fa99c4b41a30
EXE
3167b101e3345524acebba29772a858e
EXE
a320df2b47cfcaf98d06eb59cd72084c