Ask Toolbar

A way to uninstall Ask Toolbar from your system

You can find on this page detailed information on how to uninstall Ask Toolbar for Windows. It is written by Ask.com. Check out here for more info on Ask.com. Ask Toolbar is commonly installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Ask.com directory, however this location may differ a lot depending on the user's decision when installing the application. MsiExec.exe /X{86D4B82A-ABED-442A-BE86-96357B70F4FE} is the full command line if you want to uninstall Ask Toolbar. The program's main executable file has a size of 134.63 KB (137864 bytes) on disk and is named UpdateTask.exe.

The executable files below are part of Ask Toolbar. They take about 3.73 MB (3915968 bytes) on disk.

• AviraBrowserSecurity.exe (227.63 KB)
• precache.exe (70.13 KB)
• SaUpdate.exe (193.63 KB)
• UpdateTask.exe (134.63 KB)
• DNTPService.exe (290.37 KB)
• CIDGlobalLight.exe (1.13 MB)
• CIDWPADLight.exe (142.08 KB)
• Updater.exe (1.57 MB)

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The current page applies to Ask Toolbar version 1.15.24.0 only. You can find below info on other releases of Ask Toolbar:

• 1.15.8.0
• 1.8.0.0
• 1.7.0.0
• Unknown
• 1.13.1.0
• 1.15.1.0
• 1.15.23.0
• 4.1.0.4
• 4.1.0.2
• 1.11.3.0
• 1.6.6.0
• 1.12.5.0
• 1.14.1.0
• 1.14.0.0
• 1.17.6.0
• 1.15.12.0
• 1.4.4.0
• 1.15.6.0
• 1.12.3.0
• 1.15.4.0
• 1.15.14.0
• 1.6.9.0
• 1.15.9.0
• 1.15.18.0
• 1.16.1.0
• 1.5.1.0
• 1.15.26.0
• 1.4.0.0
• 1.7.1.0
• 1.6.3.0
• 1.17.2.0
• 1.17.7.0
• 1.15.20.0
• 1.15.15.0
• 1.3.1.0
• 1.13.0.0
• 1.6.5.0
• 1.15.25.0
• 1.9.1.0
• 1.11.1.0
• 1.15.11.0
• 1.15.29.0
• 1.17.0.0
• 1.6.12.0
• 1.6.2.0
• 1.5.0.0
• 1.15.2.0
• 1.6.14.0
• 1.12.1.0
• 1.4.3.0
• 1.17.9.0
• 1.5.2.0
• 4.1.0.3
• 1.13.2.0
• 1.12.2.0
• 4.1.0.7
• 1.6.8.0
• 1.17.1.0
• 1.15.10.0
• 1.3.3.0
• 1.11.0.0
• 1.15.5.0
• 1.15.0.0
• 1.15.13.0
• 1.6.1.0
• 4.1.0.5
• 1.17.3.0

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A considerable amount of files, folders and Windows registry entries can not be uninstalled when you want to remove Ask Toolbar from your computer.

Folders left behind when you uninstall Ask Toolbar:

• C:\Program Files\Ask.com

The files below were left behind on your disk by Ask Toolbar's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\aaaangaohdajkgeopjhpbnlpkehbhmbj\7.15.24.0_1\config\skin\images\ask-toolbar-icons.png
• C:\Program Files\Ask.com\AviraBrowserSecurity.exe
• C:\Program Files\Ask.com\cb_4d.ico
• C:\Program Files\Ask.com\cobrand.ico

Registry keys:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{2996F0E7-292B-4CAE-893F-47B8B1C05B56}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{86D4B82A-ABED-442A-BE86-96357B70F4FE}

Additional registry values that you should clean:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00000000-6E41-4FD3-8538-502F5495E5FC}\InprocServer32\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{D4027C7F-154A-4066-A1AD-4243D8127440}\InprocServer32\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products\A28B4D68DEBAA244EB686953B7074FEF\ProductIcon
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{2996F0E7-292B-4CAE-893F-47B8B1C05B56}\1.0\0\win32\

How to delete Ask Toolbar from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Ask Toolbar is a program offered by Ask.com. Sometimes, users decide to remove this program. Sometimes this is efortful because uninstalling this by hand requires some skill regarding PCs. The best QUICK procedure to remove Ask Toolbar is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around tool to maximize the performance of your computer.

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• go to Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful program.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the applications existing on your computer will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find Ask Toolbar or simply click the Search field and type in "Ask Toolbar". If it is installed on your PC the Ask Toolbar application will be found automatically. Notice that when you select Ask Toolbar in the list of applications, some data regarding the application is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have regarding Ask Toolbar, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the application you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove Ask Toolbar.


8. After uninstalling Ask Toolbar, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong Ask Toolbar that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Ask Toolbar using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall Ask Toolbar by Ask.com from your PC, we are not saying that Ask Toolbar by Ask.com is not a good application. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Ask Toolbar supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.