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60% of PCs block this file from running.
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Performance resource utilization

VersionsAdditional versions

2009, 9, 16, 01 3.13%
2009, 9, 16, 01 9.38%
2009, 9, 16, 01 3.13%
2009, 9, 16, 01 31.25%
2009, 9, 16, 01 31.25%
2009, 9, 16, 01 18.75%
2007, 10, 5, 1 3.13%

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advapi32.dll
RegQueryValueExW, GetSecurityDescriptorLength, RegSetValueExA, RegSetValueExW, RegCloseKey, RegDeleteValueW, RegDeleteKeyW, RegCreateKeyExW, RegOpenKeyExW, RegQueryInfoKeyW, RegEnumKeyExW
kernel32.dll
GetProcAddress, GetModuleHandleW, lstrcmpiW, EnterCriticalSection, LeaveCriticalSection, GetModuleFileNameW, MultiByteToWideChar, SizeofResource, LoadResource, FindResourceW, CloseHandle, WaitForSingleObject, Sleep, CreateThread, CreateEventW, GetCommandLineW, ReleaseMutex, WideCharToMultiByte, lstrlenA, FindClose, FindNextFileW, FindFirstFileW, DeleteFileW, WriteFile, LockResource, FindResourceExW, LoadLibraryW, GetVersionExW, GetCurrentThreadId, SetEvent, LocalFree, GetTickCount, LocalAlloc, GetCurrentProcess, CreateFileW, CreateDirectoryW, DeleteCriticalSection, GetFileSize, CreateMutexW, WaitForMultipleObjects, SetFilePointer, RtlUnwind, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, GetCurrentProcessId, QueryPerformanceCounter, GetFileType, SetHandleCount, GetEnvironmentStringsW, FreeEnvironmentStringsW, ExitProcess, LCMapStringW, IsProcessorFeaturePresent, GetStdHandle, HeapCreate, SetLastError, TlsFree, TlsSetValue, InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount, InterlockedIncrement, InterlockedDecrement, lstrlenW, RaiseException, LoadLibraryExW, GetLastError, FreeLibrary, GetConsoleCP, GetConsoleMode, SetStdHandle, FlushFileBuffers, WriteConsoleW, ReadFile, TlsGetValue, TlsAlloc, IsValidCodePage, GetOEMCP, GetACP, GetCPInfo, GetStringTypeW, IsDebuggerPresent, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, UnhandledExceptionFilter, TerminateProcess, GetStartupInfoW, HeapSetInformation, GetFileAttributesW, EncodePointer, DecodePointer, GetProcessHeap, HeapSize, HeapReAlloc, HeapFree, HeapAlloc, HeapDestroy
ole32.dll
CoTaskMemAlloc, CoTaskMemRealloc, CoCreateInstance, CoInitialize, CoUninitialize, CoRevokeClassObject, CoRegisterClassObject, StringFromGUID2, CoCreateGuid, CoAddRefServerProcess, CoReleaseServerProcess, CoTaskMemFree
oleacc.dll
AccessibleObjectFromWindow, AccessibleChildren, GetRoleTextW
shell32.dll
SHGetSpecialFolderPathW, ShellExecuteExW
shlwapi.dll
SHDeleteKeyW, StrStrIW
user32.dll
GetParent, GetClassNameW, GetMessageW, GetDesktopWindow, PostThreadMessageW, CharNextW, FlashWindowEx, DispatchMessageW, LoadStringW, PeekMessageW, MsgWaitForMultipleObjects, SendInput, CharUpperW, GetWindowPlacement, ShowWindow, SetForegroundWindow, TranslateMessage
wininet.dll
InternetCrackUrlW

ytbb.exe

Yahoo! Toolbar Assistant by Yahoo! Inc. (Signed)

Remove ytbb.exe
Version:   2009, 9, 16, 01
MD5:   2f61485054734661b0141215aa27d1ff
SHA1:   262be7acf684ba58c0760b0b921a1d6885db12d1
SHA256:   d0d5c77599a79721acc4e48956b8ef0b01f206e6f346e4b7773377def72ab3e9

What is ytbb.exe?

Yahoo! Toolbar is a toolbar that installs on the Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers, within the context of internet access functions. It allows access to several functions, including Yahoo! Search and Yahoo! Mail. Several additional features are available on the Internet Explorer version.

About ytbb.exe (from Yahoo! Inc.)

Yahoo! Toolbar is included in the typical install when downloading Yahoo! Messenger or various other Yahoo! free products. Yahoo! Toolbar allows you to check if your friends are online and change your

DetailsDetails

File name:ytbb.exe
Publisher:Yahoo! Inc.
Product name:Yahoo! Toolbar Assistant
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\companion\Installs\cpn0\ytbb.exe
File version:2009, 9, 16, 01
Product version:8, 2, 0, 0
Size:209.27 KB (214,296 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:Yahoo! Inc.
Authority (CA):VeriSign
Effective date:Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Expiration date:Sunday, September 2, 2012
Digital DNA
Entropy:6.330001
File packed:No
.NET CLR:No
More details

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The following program will install this file
Yahoo! Inc.
  52% remove
Yahoo! Toolbar is a toolbar that installs on the Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers, within the context of internet access functions. It allows access to several functions, including Yahoo! Search and Yahoo! Mail. "Some versions of Yahoo! Toolbar allow you to share information with Yahoo! about sites you visit to improve Yahoo! services. Yahoo! Toolbar will transmit the following information to Yahoo!: complete web site addresses...

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00422099%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00370628%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00051471%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:88 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:2,025/sec
17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:1.86 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):5.77 MB
Private (minimum):5.48 MB
Non-paged memory:1.86 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:60.99 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):64.94 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:4.92 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):5.79 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:2,612/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:2 Bytes/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:1/sec
343/min
I/O other transfer:4 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:1/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:4
12
Handles:111
600
GUI GDI count:8
103
GUI GDI peak:9
142
GUI USER count:4
49
GUI USER peak:4
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:Medium
Platform:64-bit
Command lines:
  • "C:\Program Files\yahoo!\companion\installs\cpn17\ytbb.exe" -embedding
  • "C:\Program Files\yahoo!\companion\installs\cpn1\ytbb.exe" -embedding
  • "C:\Program Files\yahoo!\companion\installs\cpn4\ytbb.exe" -embedding
Owner:User
Parent process:svchost.exe (Host Process for Windows Services by Microsoft Corporation)

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Microsoft Windows XP 40.00%
Windows 7 Professional 20.00%
Windows 7 Home Premium 20.00%
Windows XP Professional 20.00%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 75.00% of Yahoo! Toolbar Assistant.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Hewlett-Packard 50.00%
Intel 50.00%
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