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Every process running on your computer takes up CPU cycles and valuable memory. For optimal PC performance and resource utilization, you should be aware of every process on your computer. PC Pitstop designed this process library to help you know which processes are worthwhile and others that slow system performance.

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googletoolbarnotifier.exe (GoogleToolbarNotifier)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 8.03%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 1 MB


PC Pitstop Analysis

GoogleToolbarNotifier.exe pops up a box with a message when another program tries to change any of the Google toolbar settings.


Recommendation

Win Patrol

googletoolbarnotifier.exe is a user invoked program and a normal part of PC operations. No action required.

PC Pitstop recommends WinPatrol Plus for monitoring all of the background activity on your PC. WinPatrol Plus provides a easy to understand descriptions of over 15,000 processes and programs.



Identification

In addition to the file name, googletoolbarnotifier.exe, the following version information is used to identify the file. If the file does not match this information, it may be a different file. To ensure the file is absolutely correct, run a free and comprehensive scan.

Vendor contains:Google
Product contains:GoogleToolbarNotifier

To view version information with Windows Explorer, right-click the file and click Properties, Version.


MD5 Hashes

MD5 hashes is the way that computers can define the uniqueness of a file. Anti malware vendors frequently use this technique to detect and clean malware. It is common for a program to have multiple MD5 hashes as the developers create newer versions of the program. For the program called googletoolbarnotifier.exe, we have detected more than 20 different MD5 hashes. Click on a hash to research the hash in Google.
MD5 Report Summary
Program NameMD5 Count
googletoolbarnotifier.exe> 20
#MD5Size
10xc553d9ac0141566c21ace015f8c54bdc538112 bytes
20xd81021fff83b946d110aff16f0a26062165304 bytes
30x0cc5d3e7fc7108dddbe1ff8eec45f2ee424960 bytes
40xd15fe6ea3150793cafc131bb796ac188424960 bytes
50x14ad570eaa0ca07af0137badd24793de436736 bytes
60x249338b21eac30a454fd27a939308855155896 bytes
70x7d2a0bd22a655a25fd69cd1a33736983539648 bytes
80xfae8378a5968308c1e14e945106a755a164352 bytes
90x045f0cef3a7a5a1c7921d0250f0cf438165304 bytes
100x6fa1f17311391d1f9bc917b5cd94fb16435200 bytes
110x96febcd3f4b013e73485be72e5384d15440832 bytes
120xb9fab43905a99d4e3e9ecb94c0df250b545280 bytes
130x2d34c6af4e84dc2ac2c7dbba364f1d89156408 bytes
140xc87b7029b35cf2d005c9296eda1a16c3435200 bytes
150x6eb59548ecacb395ddee9dfed11767c2539136 bytes
160xdc6c9e67454de51be9ed218533e82ce1424960 bytes
170x7ca6b251435af3933b3898b6a838dde4435712 bytes
180x936d7aa2d839ef5b41d43c55d701afef434176 bytes
190xa7ecaf5d2e715ed56a33e03281f8e78c427520 bytes
200xea73b961565385fedf31397b91fffdad436736 bytes

PC Pitstop Database Comparisons

Every week, we update our information about the running programs identified during the previous week's testing. googletoolbarnotifier.exe (GoogleToolbarNotifier) has been seen on 8.03% of systems tested at PC Pitstop. As a point of comparison, it is rare for a particular malicious program (virus or spyware) to be seen on more than one or two percent of all systems tested. The average RAM memory usage for this process was 1 MB. The average CPU load for this program was 0%.


Vendor or Distributor's Web Site

http://toolbar.google.com/T4/index_pack.html

Detailed Description and/or Removal Instructions

http://www.google.com/support/toolbar/bin/static.py?page=features.html

Important note: A file name alone may not be enough for positive identification. PC Pitstop's Overdrive tests and spyware scan use information such as the company name, product name, or install directory. If you are unable to identify a file, ask about it in our forums after running our full tests.