vntldr.exe
Virtual New Tab by APN LLC (Signed)
Overview
There are 3 versions of vntldr.exe in the wild, the latest version being 1.2.0.3294. vntldr.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. During installation, a run registry key for all users is added that will cause the program to run each time any user logs on to Windows. The average file size is about 195.29 KB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to APN LLC by VeriSign. The programs Ask Toolbar, KMP Media Toolbar and Shopping App by Ask have been observed as installing specific variations of vntldr.exe. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0004% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 1.52 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 4.41 MB and typical read I/O operations are around 49.17 KB per minute.
 Details
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| File name: | vntldr.exe |
| Publisher: | APN LLC. |
| Product name: | Virtual New Tab |
| Description: | Virtual New Tab Loader |
| Typical file path: | C:\users\user\appdata\local\vnt\vntldr.exe |
| Original name: | vntldr.dll |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | APN LLC |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Sunday, April 15, 2012 |
| Expiration date: | Wednesday, April 8, 2015 |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of Virtual New Tab.)
Office-Addin is part of the AcerCloud platform and is designed to integrate with Microsoft Office products (Word, PowerPoint and Excel) and to backup files to the cloud.
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KMP Media Toolbar is a web browser toolbar and extension that modifies the browsers search and home pages as well as delivers contextual based advertising. This toolbar currently supports Internet Exp...
Sammsoft Toolbar is a web browser toolbar and extension that modifies the browsers search and home pages as well as delivers. In order to provide search advertising revenue, the software is designed n...
Sopcast Toolbar is a web browser toolbar and extension that modifies the browsers search and home pages as well as delivers contextual based advertising. This toolbar currently supports Internet Explo...
From the EULA: "If you download the Ask.com Toolbar, Epson will receive analytical and other information about the fact that you have installed the Toolbar, the number of times you use the Toolbar for...
This is an ad-supported toolbar published by Ask.com. The toolbar/extension will install into your Internet browser or operating system and allows you to search the Internet with Ask.com by modifying ...
From the EULA: "With your consent, your Internet browser default search feature will be set to the APN Search Service, and you will access such APN Search Service (i) by entering queries in your brows...
This is an Ask.com ad-injection toolbar that is bundled with various 3rd-party programs and installers. From the site: "The enhanced shopping search experience includes rich content, a variety of prod...
Virtual DJ Toolbar is an Ask.com (Ask Partner Network) Toolbar that will provide limited web browser functionality but will modify the user's home and search pages and providers to an Ask.com managed ...
MP3Rocket Toolbar is an Ask.com (Ask Partner Network) Toolbar that will provide limited web browser functionality but will modify the user's home and search pages and providers to an Ask.com managed p...
Ask Social Toolbar is an Ask.com (Ask Partner Network) Toolbar that will provide limited web browser functionality but will modify the user's home and search pages and providers to an Ask.com managed ...
MediaCaster is an Ask.com advertising-supported web browser toolbar that may modify the browser's home page, search provider and new tab pages. Changes to the browser include the following modificatio...
“Quixey and Ask have entered into a deal in which apps from Quixey’s database, whether for mobile or the PC, will be integrated into search results. It’s going live today and should be rolling out now,...”
Coupon Network is an advertising-supported Ask.com web browser toolbar/extension that will make the following changes to the browser's settings:
- Changes the default home page and new tabs and pro...
This is an Ask.com (Ask Partner Network) Toolbar that will provide limited web browser functionality but will modify the user's home and search pages and providers to an Ask.com managed partner search...
Vuze Toolbar is an advertising-supported web browser toolbar that may modify the browser's home page, search provider and new tab pages. Changes to the browser include the following modifications:
...
“Search Better does not collect any personal information and is completely "spyware"-free and "adware"-free. Period. Search Better was specifically designed to provide a great user experience free of s...”
“The Shopping Toolbar by Ask has the single purpose of enhancing a user’s online shopping experience by offering an enhanced shopping search experience, links to popular shopping sites and/or additiona...”
“With more than a million new downloads every months, VirtualDJ is the most widely used DJ software, and the uncontested leader of non-timecode digital DJing. It has been used around the world for the ...”
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of vntldr.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'VNT' → C:\Program Files\VNT\vntldr.exe
All file variations of vntldr.exe
