Should I block it?
60% of PCs block this file from running.
Possible reason:
Performance resource utilization
Additional versions
| 2009, 9, 16, 01 |
3.13% |
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| 2009, 9, 16, 01 |
9.38% |
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| 2009, 9, 16, 01 |
3.13% |
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| 2009, 9, 16, 01 |
31.25% |
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| 2009, 9, 16, 01 |
31.25% |
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| 2009, 9, 16, 01 |
18.75% |
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| 2007, 10, 5, 1 |
3.13% |
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ytbb.exe
Yahoo! Toolbar Assistant by Yahoo! Inc. (Signed)
| Version: | 2009, 9, 16, 01 |
| MD5: | cb497a7cd2dbb131a2cbff15099fef83 |
| SHA1: | 6e535e669d3c6ac553387e98c6cd3c07cd1c6db4 |
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”
Details
| 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) |
| Build date: | 4/2/2013 3:05 AM |
| 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
Programs
The following programs will install this file
“Yahoo! Toolbar is included in the Typical Install when downloading Yahoo! Messenger. Yahoo! Toolbar allows you to check if your friends are online and change your status right from the browser. You can also enjoy anytime access to Yahoo! Search and your favorite Yahoo! sites.”
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.
“The most unique attribute of Yahoo! Browser Services is its ability to update and add new services on the fly without a browser restart or even reloading the page! As a user, this means no more installers to run or losing your place on the web. For developers, you can check for and activate new services with a single function call, pending user approval - we handle the complexity of software distribution and updates for you. Because we...”
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00069166% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00046612% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00022554% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 47 ms/min | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 1.43 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 4.48 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 4.45 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 1.43 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 41.02 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 44.02 MB | |
| Working set: | 4.47 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 4.48 MB | |
| Page faults: | 1,212/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 99 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 159 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 2/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 3 | |
| Handles: | 115 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 8 | |
| GUI USER count: | 4 | |
Process properties
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Microsoft Windows XP |
40.00% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
20.00% |
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| Windows 7 Home Premium |
20.00% |
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| Windows XP Professional |
20.00% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 75.00% of Yahoo! Toolbar Assistant.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
50.00% |
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| Intel |
50.00% |
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