Remove BrowserToolbar. Description and removal instructions

 
Title: BrowserToolbar

Type: Adware
Severity scale:BrowserToolbar severity is 35  (35 / 100)
 
BrowserToolbar is an IE toolbar object which comes with various other components that act as adware and spyware.

BrowserToolbar Opens pop-up advertisements.
One of the components of BrowserToolbar BrowseEvt spies on URLs visited.
BrowserToolbar downloads and installs updates to all its components silently, without code-signing.


BrowserToolbar properties:
• Hides from the user
• Stays resident in background

Automatic BrowserToolbar removal:

remover for BrowserToolbar

BrowserToolbar manual removal:

Kill processes:
absr.exe, abstr.exe, ausvc.exe, auupg.exe, bvt.exe, mnsvc.exe, undo.exe
Delete registry values:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{6541b981-2e27-46b1-a2cc-8264a75b74fe}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{6d8b1b74-4ab8-473b-b479-253fa1936802}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{868b015f-3515-44db-b0ad-182cd058985e}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{9a05fe9b-5b52-4d13-a77d-fa7c38557a8e}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{bae85c97-2cd4-45c3-a1ed-e4cef7c6aa52}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{c76be992-2bc3-41a4-8b87-a8c01fe419a7}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{f53c844a-d9c8-4e92-b923-c05b46c4a7e3}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\appid\{8b034058-08b0-4cb3-b2e8-60238b4967f2}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\clsid\{6541b981-2e27-46b1-a2cc-8264a75b74fe}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\clsid\{868b015f-3515-44db-b0ad-182cd058985e}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\clsid\{9a05fe9b-5b52-4d13-a77d-fa7c38557a8e}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\clsid\{bae85c97-2cd4-45c3-a1ed-e4cef7c6aa52}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\clsid\{c76be992-2bc3-41a4-8b87-a8c01fe419a7}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\clsid\{f53c844a-d9c8-4e92-b923-c05b46c4a7e3}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\clsid\{fbe091e5-df43-4ffb-aecc-7e3a3bc7b0d9}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\typelib\{6d8b1b74-4ab8-473b-b479-253fa1936802}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run\mnsvc
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run\sysscan
Delete files:
absr.exe, abstr.exe, ausvc.exe, auupg.exe, bvt.exe, mnsvc.exe, undo.exe, coolstuff.ocx, ea.bin, mtbcd.bak
You could try the downloadable uninstaller from browsertoolbar.com.

Remove AutoRun Reference:

Go To the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run. If you find the value , delete it and reboot the machine immediately.

Other programs to remove BrowserToolbar:

• SUPERAntiSpyware - Review - Download
• CounterSpy - Review - Download
• Windows Defender - Review - Download

Information added: 19/03/04
Information updated: 03/06/04

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