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How to remove the Toolbar malware

Some anti-malware programs classify Toolbar32.dll as a harmful extension to Internet Explorer: for instance BrowserModifier:Win32/Neobar (detected by Microsoft), and Generic PUA CB or Generic PUA PI (PUA) (detected by Sophos). Add-ons like this can display ads, slow down your computer and cause various other errors. If you can't remember installing the associated Toolbar software, it's no surprise. In most cases, this kind of adware is installed on the side when you install a freeware product like a Youtube Downloader or a PDF Converter. In the following selection, you can read more about Toolbar and how to get rid of it.

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Toolbar32.dll file information

The process known as Toolbar belongs to software StartNow Toolbar or Toolbar or PDFLite Toolbar or FunLink Toolbar or VK Downloader or YTD Toolbar by (zugo.com) or StartNow.com or Ivan Malygin or BienneSoft.

Description: Toolbar32.dll is not essential for the Windows OS and causes relatively few problems. Toolbar32.dll is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files (x86)" or sometimes in a subfolder of the user's "Documents" folder (common is C:\Program Files (x86)\StartNow Toolbar\ or C:\Program Files (x86)\advPlugin\). Known file sizes on Windows 10/8/7/XP are 502,272 bytes (33% of all occurrences), 251,752 bytes and 10 more variants. https://www.file.net/process/toolbar32.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 6E13D095-45C3-4271-9475-F3B48227DD9F or D73B51D0-7751-4c65-852E-6F6CE47D5642 or 9 more variants. The program has no visible window. The Toolbar32.dll file is able to monitor web browsers. The file is not a Windows system file. There is no file information. The Toolbar32.dll file is digitally signed. Toolbar32.dll is able to record keyboard and mouse inputs. Therefore the technical security rating is 57% dangerous.

Uninstalling this variant: The developer Startnow provides a support site for assistance [1][2], and an uninstaller (Control Panel ⇒ Uninstall a Program ⇒ StartNow Toolbar or Currency calc).

Recommended: Identify Toolbar32.dll related errors

Important: Some malware camouflages itself as Toolbar32.dll, particularly when located in the C:\Windows or C:\Windows\System32 folder, for example BrowserModifier:Win32/Neobar (detected by Microsoft), and Generic PUA CB or Generic PUA PI (PUA) (detected by Sophos). Therefore, you should check the Toolbar32.dll process on your PC to see if it is a threat. If 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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Best practices for resolving Toolbar32 issues

The following programs have also been shown useful for a deeper analysis: ASecurity Task Manager examines the active Toolbar32 process on your computer and clearly tells you what it is doing. Malwarebytes' well-known Banti-malware tool tells you if the Toolbar32.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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