What is Yahoo! Toolbar?

Yahoo! Toolbar is software application developed by Yahoo! Inc.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 62.85% of installations running this operating system. Yahoo! Toolbar's installer is typically 2.00 MB in size and installs around 65 files.

Yahoo! Toolbar is most popular in the United States with 81.56% of installations residing in this country.

Yahoo! Toolbar adds 1 scheduled task to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, Yahoo! Toolbar is known to create 5 firewall exceptions to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

About Yahoo! Toolbar?

The Yahoo! Toolbar is a web browser extension that can be installed on Internet Explorer and Firefox, offering various functions to enhance internet browsing. Users can access Yahoo! Search and Yahoo! Mail directly from the toolbar. In some versions, the toolbar also offers the option to share website information with Yahoo! to improve its services. This may include transmitting complete web addresses, referring and redirected URLs, unique toolbar identifiers, product performance data, and other browser-provided information.

Software Behaviors

Services:

yt.dll runs as a service named 'McAfee Activation Service' (McAWFwk) "McAfee Activation Service".
YMMAPI.dll runs as a service named 'MapsGalaxyService' (MapsGalaxy_39Service).
Unwise32.exe runs as a service named 'Browser System Enahncer' (671c50b0).

Firewall:

Unwise32.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files1\Yahoo!\MESSEN~1\UNWISE.EXE'.
ytbb.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files1\Yahoo!\Companion\Installs\cpn0\ytbb.exe'.
unyt.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common\unyt.exe'.
unatt_wrap.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common\unatt_wrap.exe'.
ymmapi.dll is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files1\Yahoo!\MESSEN~1\yserver.exe'.

Scheduled tasks: