Toolbar.dll file information
The process known as FreeCause Toolbar
belongs to software AddThis Toolbar or Dogpile Bundle Toolbar or Gamers Unite! Snag Bar or BucksBee Loyalty Plugin - Softonic or ToolbarBrowser or SocialRibbons (version LP 1, LP5) or Nectar Search Toolbar or FreeCause Toolbar or BucksBee Loyalty Plugin - OpenInstall or Shopping4Causes Shopping Plugin or Dogpile Toolbar or InboxDollars
by ToolbarBrowser.com or Savings Apps.
Description: Toolbar.dll is not essential for Windows and will often cause problems. The toolbar.dll file is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files (x86)" (usually C:\Program Files (x86)\AddThis Toolbar\ or C:\Program Files (x86)\Dogpile Bundle Toolbar\).
Known file sizes on Windows 10/11/7 are 1,624,576 bytes (16% of all occurrences), 1,610,752 bytes and 37 more variants. 
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 CBF3FDCA-6104-1864-D931-D737D2BFC202 or BFE4B5CB-63F7-4A51-9266-6167655D5B4F or 34 more variants.
The program has no visible window. It is not a Windows system file. The toolbar.dll file is able to monitor web browsers. There is no description of the program.
Toolbar.dll is able to record keyboard and mouse inputs and monitor applications.
Therefore the technical security rating is 57% dangerous; however you should also read the user reviews.
Uninstalling this variant:
You can also uninstall
AddThis Toolbar or
Dogpile Bundle Toolbar software via Windows Control Panel/
Add or Remove Programs (Windows XP) or
Programs and Features (Windows 10/8/7).
Recommended: Identify toolbar.dll related errors
External information from Tony Klein:
Important: Some malware camouflages itself as toolbar.dll. Therefore, you should check the toolbar.dll process on your PC to see if it is a threat. If FreeCause 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 ▾
- In Internet Explorer, press the key combination Alt + X to open the Tools menu.
- Click Internet options.
- Click the Advanced tab.
- Click the Reset... button.
- 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.
- Copy chrome://settings/resetProfileSettings into your Chrome browser's address bar.
- Click Reset.
Chrome will then restart with an empty start page and with Google as the default search engine—without any popups, ads, cookies, themes or extensions
[1].
If you want to re-enable some extensions, please enter
chrome://extensions/ into your Chrome browser's address bar.
Make cleaning up your browser and your computer simpler and safer with
Security Task Manager.
- Copy about:support into your Firefox browser's address bar.
- Click Refresh Firefox.
Firefox now looks brand new. Bookmarks and saved passwords are retained, but all browser extensions and their related data are deleted
[1].
Make cleaning up your browser and your computer simpler and safer with
Security Task Manager.
Best practices for resolving toolbar issues
The following programs have also been shown useful for a deeper analysis: ASecurity Task Manager examines the active toolbar process on your computer and clearly tells you what it is doing. A good Bantivirus tool detects whether the toolbar.dll file on your PC might be malware slowing down your system. Such unwanted programs are often not classified as viruses by other antivirus software and therefore go undetected.
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 executing the 7DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth command. This allows you to repair the operating system without losing data.
To restore the original performance and remove unnecessary programs, you can 8reset your PC. Your personal files will remain intact, but any programs you installed will need to be reinstalled.
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Summary: Average user rating of toolbar.dll: based on 22 votes with 16 user comments. One user thinks toolbar.dll is essential for Windows or an installed application. One user thinks it's probably harmless. 5 users think it's neither essential nor dangerous. 2 users suspect danger. 13 users think toolbar.dll is dangerous and recommend removing it. One user is not sure about it.