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What is googletoolbar1.dll?

The genuine googletoolbar1.dll file is a software component of Google Toolbar by .
Googletoolbar1.dll is a DLL (Dynamic Link Library) file that belongs to Google Toolbar, a browser addon for Internet Explorer and Firefox that provides a search box powered by Google Search and various other tools. DLL files store data, code and resources needed by one or more programs in order to function correctly. This file is a Browser Helper Object (BHO) that adds program functionality to Microsoft's Internet Explorer and other Internet browsers. This is not a critical Windows component and should be removed if known to cause problems.

The Google Toolbar is a browser addon that integrates the Google search engine directly into non-Google browsers to make searching faster and easier. The toolbar comes integrated with Google+ functionality making it easy to share things directly from the toolbar. The toolbar can also translate pages with a single click, bookmark websites, find specific words in a page, highlight search terms and more.

Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Ph.D. students at Stanford. Google has since grown into one of the biggest companies in the world, offering hundreds of services, including webmail (Gmail), cloud storage (Google Drive), office software (Google Docs) and social networking services (Google+). Alexa, which provides web traffic data, lists Google as the world's most visited website. Its popularity has led to huge media coverage, including a major critique of the company over copyright, censorship, and privacy issues. Google is headquartered in Googleplex, Mountain View, California, USA.

GoogleToolbar1 stands for Google IE Client Toolbar (version 1)

Googletoolbar1.dll is a browser extension for Internet Explorer. This add-on enables several additional functions for Internet Explorer. You can disable it through the Extras menu (key combination Alt + X) under Manage Add-ons. The following paragraph provides more information about Google IE Client Toolbar.

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Googletoolbar1.dll file information

The process known as Google IE Client Toolbar or GoogleToolbar belongs to software Google Toolbar for IE or GoogleToolbar by Google (toolbar.google.com) or Google.com.

Description: Googletoolbar1.dll is not essential for the Windows OS and causes relatively few problems. Googletoolbar1.dll is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files (x86)" (mostly C:\Program Files (x86)\google\). Known file sizes on Windows 10/11/7 are 720,896 bytes (29% of all occurrences), 1,157,120 bytes and 22 more variants. https://www.file.net/process/googletoolbar1.dll.html 
This .dll file is a Browser Helper Object (BHO) that runs automatically every time you start your web browser. BHOs are not stopped by personal firewalls, because they are identified by the firewall as part of the browser itself. BHOs are often used by adware and spyware. IDs used by this BHO include AA58ED58-01DD-4d91-8333-CF10577473F7. The program is not visible. It is able to monitor web browsers. There is no detailed description of this service. Googletoolbar1.dll is not a Windows system file. The program can be removed using the Control Panel's Add\Remove programs applet. Googletoolbar1.dll is able to monitor applications and record keyboard and mouse inputs. Therefore the technical security rating is 51% dangerous, however you should also read the user reviews.

Uninstalling this variant: If you encounter difficulties with googletoolbar1.dll, you could do the following:

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Important: Some malware camouflages itself as googletoolbar1.dll, particularly when located in the C:\Windows or C:\Windows\System32 folder. Therefore, you should check the googletoolbar1.dll process on your PC to see if it is a threat. If Google IE Client Toolbar has changed your browser's search engine and start page, you can recover your browser's default settings as follows:

Reset default browser settings for Internet-Explorer ▾
  1. In Internet Explorer, press the key combination Alt + X to open the Tools menu.
  2. Click Internet options.
  3. Click the Advanced tab.
  4. Click the Reset... button.
  5. Enable the Delete personal settings option.
This will reset your Internet Explorer to its default settings. Your browser will start with the familiar start page and search engine—without popups, ads, cookies, but all browser add-ons are deleted too [1]. Make cleaning up your browser and your computer simpler and safer with Security Task Manager.

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User Comments

googletoolbar1.dll is able to record inputs, monitor applications. Therefore the technical security rating is 46% dangerous
  Hanif   (further information)
My system was terribly slow and I was constantly receiving gooletoobar1.dll errors. I noticed an immediate improvement when I removed it. Thanks for your help.
  Tina  
I'm thinking it may be used for the Google updater service. I disabled this add-on in hopes of preventing Google from updating my toolbar to any updated toolbar versions that I do not want. I've been battling the Google updater for weeks trying to keep it from updating from v4 to v5. V5 sucks and Google doesn't care if you don't want it or not, they will force it on you anyway.
  TokaMaJoJo  
It doesn't work well with Beta Internet Explorer 8. If anyone knows how to fix it without disabling it, please let me know.
  paramedic21a  
It's completly safe, don't worry!
  garrettsambo  
it's spyware, remove this garbage that slows down your system
  thedevil  
did not install google toolbar and do not want it, and it refuses to uninstall
  the man who don't trust pros  
A very useful tool. During install, privacy implications are clearly documented and turned off by default. This is the only good toolbar I have seen.
  Monte Staples  
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Summary: Average user rating of googletoolbar1.dll: based on 73 votes with 9 user comments. 44 users think googletoolbar1.dll is essential for Windows or an installed application. 5 users think it's probably harmless. 14 users think it's neither essential nor dangerous. 4 users suspect danger. 6 users think googletoolbar1.dll is dangerous and recommend removing it. 5 users don't grade googletoolbar1.dll ("not sure about it").


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Best practices for resolving googletoolbar1 issues

The following programs have also been shown useful for a deeper analysis: ASecurity Task Manager examines the active googletoolbar1 process on your computer and clearly tells you what it is doing. Malwarebytes' well-known Banti-malware tool tells you if the googletoolbar1.dll on your computer displays annoying ads, slowing it down. This type of unwanted adware program is not considered by some antivirus software to be a virus and is therefore not marked for cleanup.

A clean and tidy computer is the key requirement for avoiding PC trouble. This means running a scan for malware, cleaning your hard drive using 1cleanmgr and 2sfc /scannow, 3uninstalling programs that you no longer need, checking for Autostart programs (using 4msconfig) and enabling Windows' 5Automatic Update. Always remember to perform periodic backups, or at least to set restore points.

Should you experience an actual problem, try to recall the last thing you did, or the last thing you installed before the problem appeared for the first time. Use the 6resmon command to identify the processes that are causing your problem. Even for serious problems, rather than reinstalling Windows, you are better off repairing of your installation or, for Windows 8 and later versions, executing the 7DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth command. This allows you to repair the operating system without losing data.



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