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60% of PCs block this file from running.
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tbhelper2.exe
Internet Explorer Toolbar by Applian Technologies Inc. (Signed)
| Version: | 4.3.0.17 |
| MD5: | 89a4cead0057fe9f474fd11370a988fe |
| SHA1: | 0f28259dcd1ddaab1726e02c03ccc01c95523e88 |
| SHA256: | 44b842a94ce321add17860e974516dfa538d8f8ab51893d6fa2c209320cf8452 |
What is tbhelper2.exe?
Toolbar Helper Module is part of the Chatsend Toolbar program. tbhelper2.exe runs as an external process to help install and maintain installation of the toolbar within the web browser.
Overview
tbhelper2.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges typically within the context of its parent
svchost.exe (Host Process for Windows Services by Microsoft Corporation). It is installed with a couple of know programs including Falco Software Toolbar published by Softomate LLC, ChatZum Toolbar from ChatZum and ChatZum Toolbar by ChatZum. The file is digitally signed by Applian Technologies Inc. which was issued by the COMODO CA Limited certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | tbhelper2.exe |
| Product name: | Internet Explorer Toolbar |
| Description: | Toolbar Helper Module |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\chatsend toolbar\tbunsa41ea.tmp\tbhelper2.exe |
| Original name: | TbHelper.exe |
| File version: | 4.3.0.17 |
| Size: | 193 KB (197,632 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Applian Technologies Inc. |
| Authority (CA): | COMODO CA Limited |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
ChatZum Toolbar installs into your web browser and allows you to search the Internet with an advertisier supported search assistant that changes and redircts all of your search results as well as DNS errors, and modifies your home page to mywebsearch.com or some other webpage. ChatZum Toolbar automatically becomes your default search service which hijacks all your search requests as well as tracks your Internet surfing behavior to send ...
Falco Software Toolbar is a Conduit powered OurToolbar in within the Firefox Web browser. The software collects and stores information about your web browsing and sends this information to OurToolbar so they can suggest services or provide ads via the toolbar. The toolbar will attempt to change your home page and search provider if you are not careful during installation and provides a search box and various other generic features in th...
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00901851% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00733520% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00168330% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 76 ms/min | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 1.94 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 1.34 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 1.04 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 1.94 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 74.16 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 78.69 MB | |
| Working set: | 1.04 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 6.56 MB | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 6 | |
| Handles: | 172 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 9 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 9 | |
| GUI USER count: | 4 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 5 | |
Process properties
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
50.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate N |
33.33% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
16.67% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 83.33% of Internet Explorer Toolbar.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
100.00% |
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