FreemakeTB Toolbar

Posted: July 24, 2013

Threat Metric

The Threat Meter is a malware assessment that SpywareRemove.com's research team is able to give every identifiable malware threat. Our Threat Meter includes several criteria based off of specific malware threats to value their severity, reach and volume. The Threat Meter is able to give you a numerical breakdown of each threat's initial Threat Level, Detection Count, Volume Count, Trend Path and Percentage Impact. The overall ranking of each threat in the Threat Meter is a basic breakdown of how all threats are ranked within our own extensive malware database. The scoring for each specific malware threat can be easily compared to other emerging threats to draw a contrast in its particular severity. The Threat Meter is a useful tool in the endeavor of seeking a solution to remove a threat or pursue additional analytical research for all types of computer users.

The following fields listed on the Threat Meter containing a specific value, are explained in detail below:

Threat Level: The threat level scale goes from 1 to 10 where 10 is the highest level of severity and 1 is the lowest level of severity. Each specific level is relative to the threat's consistent assessed behaviors collected from SpyHunter's risk assessment model.

Detection Count: The collective number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular malware threat. The detection count is calculated from infected PCs retrieved from diagnostic and scan log reports generated by SpyHunter.

Volume Count: Similar to the detection count, the Volume Count is specifically based on the number of confirmed and suspected threats infecting systems on a daily basis. High volume counts usually represent a popular threat but may or may not have infected a large number of systems. High detection count threats could lay dormant and have a low volume count. Criteria for Volume Count is relative to a daily detection count.

Trend Path: The Trend Path, utilizing an up arrow, down arrow or equal symbol, represents the level of recent movement of a particular threat. Up arrows represent an increase, down arrows represent a decline and the equal symbol represent no change to a threat's recent movement.

% Impact (Last 7 Days): This demonstrates a 7-day period change in the frequency of a malware threat infecting PCs. The percentage impact correlates directly to the current Trend Path to determine a rise or decline in the percentage.

Threat Level:	5/10
Infected PCs:	255

First Seen:	July 24, 2013
Last Seen:	May 21, 2023
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Another soldier in the Conduit toolbar army, the FreemakeTB Toolbar doesn't hold many advantages for your browser, but has substantial benefits for Conduit Ltd: redirects to Conduit-affiliated websites automatically and making other changes that are designed to promote Web content that's profitable for that company. Unless you have specific and well-qualified motives for wanting to keep the FreemakeTB Toolbar on your computer, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers generally recommend removing the FreemakeTB Toolbar, like all Potentially Unwanted Programs, through the proper usage of anti-malware software. In addition to its browser redirects, the FreemakeTB Toolbar also may display advertisements, gather information about your browsing habits, slow down your browser performance or cause other Web-browsing issues until its removal.

The FreemakeTB Toolbar: a Toolbar that Doesn't Value Your Freedom Very Highly

The FreemakeTB Toolbar is one of the numerous brands of Potentially Unwanted Programs designed through the Conduit platform, a generic toolbar-construction service that's particularly associated with browser redirects, hijacks and similar attacks. Other than offering a few ostensibly convenient links through its toolbar interface, the FreemakeTB Toolbar doesn't have any real advantages for your browser, but SpywareRemove.com malware experts warn that the FreemakeTB Toolbar can include some substantial disadvantages:

The FreemakeTB Toolbar may redirect your online searches to Conduit-based sites like Search.conduit.com. Search results from these sites are not necessarily dangerous, but also are unlikely to organize their results according to their relevance or safety.
The FreemakeTB Toolbar may hijack your homepage or display new tabs for Conduit-based sites.
Advertisements also are a common feature in Conduit PUPs like the FreemakeTB Toolbar, and usually are delivered through an additional graphical layer that can't be disabled without removing the toolbar.
The FreemakeTB Toolbar also may gather basic information about your Web traffic and searches, which can be transferred to third parties for the sake of displaying advertisements related to the content you visit online.

Making Yourself Free of FreemakeTB Toolbar Troubles

Deleting the FreemakeTB Toolbar in a way that also eliminates all of its changes to your browsers (the FreemakeTB Toolbar, and most Conduit toolbars, are capable of installing themselves to multiple browsers at the same time) usually will require anti-malware tools or the assistance of a PC security expert. SpywareRemove.com malware experts generally have noted low success rates in victims trying to remove the FreemakeTB Toolbar through browser add-on managers, particularly since the FreemakeTB Toolbar can install components that aren't linked to any specific Web-browsing program.

PUPs like the FreemakeTB Toolbar, besides being distributed at questionable toolbar-themed sites, also may be distributed in installers for other programs. If you take the time to examine all browser-related installation options whenever you're installing a new application, your chances of avoiding an unwanted experience with the FreemakeTB Toolbar are much better than they'd be otherwise.

Some other Conduit Ltd-brand toolbars that should be considered essentially identical to the FreemakeTB Toolbar include the From Doc to Pdf Toolbar, the Entrusted Toolbar, the Mediaget Toolbar, the FLV Runner Toolbar, the WiseConvert Community Toolbar, Internet Helper, the Delta Search Toolbar, the IsoBuster Toolbar and the KeyBar Toolbar.

Technical Details

Additional Information

The following directories were created:

%TEMP%\CT3214568

The following URL's were detected:

FreemakeTB