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TenchisTV Toolbar

Posted: March 24, 2014

Threat Metric

Ranking: 4,133
Threat Level: 1/10
Infected PCs: 4,155
First Seen: March 24, 2014
Last Seen: October 16, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows


The TenchisTV Toolbar is a browser add-on that provides access to various streaming media websites, but also makes changes to your browser unrelated to these functions for the promotion of the Conduit search engine. The TenchisTV Toolbar may not be a Trojan, but malware researchers are in the habit of encouraging the deletion of all Conduit-brand toolbars, which may include minor security issues that could cause further problems, along with the traditional search hijacks. Benefits from the TenchisTV Toolbar can be acquired elsewhere, while deleting a TenchisTV Toolbar will provide you with the recommended level of control over your browser's basic settings, including those related to the homepage and default search engine.

The Browser TV with a Little Something 'Extra' in It

The TenchisTV Toolbar continues the Conduit LLC company's legacy of developing and distributing browser add-ons that have more disadvantages to their use than benefits. The TenchisTV Toolbar does provide some legitimate access to streaming media resources, but these resources easily can be found without the use of this toolbar. This makes the TenchisTV Toolbar's supposed marketing motivation a questionable one. Another drawback noticed by malware researchers is one that's common to most other Conduit-developed add-ons: the TenchisTV Toolbar's hijackings of your browser's search settings.

These hijacks redirect you from your default search engine to the TenchisTV Toolbar's Conduit search engine, which, while guilty of poor business practices, hasn't been classified as a corrupted website. This feature, along with the use of tracking cookie technology, is where the TenchisTV Toolbar's real purpose lies, and how the TenchisTV Toolbar generates profit from PC users hoping to find it easy to watch television through their browsers. The TenchisTV Toolbar's site offers instructions for removing its software and disabling different functions, but most users find that these generic instructions cause poor results that don't return their browser's standard functionality.

Turning Off the Web TV that's not Showing Anything Worth Watching

The TenchisTV Toolbar is neither a threat nor is the TenchisTV Toolbar especially original, with all of its characteristics already noted in past versions of other Conduit toolbars. However, even stale and derivative PUPs may create security issues for your Web browser. Because of this recurring problem combined with the fact that you easily can get the TenchisTV Toolbar's positive features from other sources without its accompanying exploitation of your search traffic, malware experts suggest deleting the TenchisTV Toolbar. The use of software removal utilities adept in deleting threats and PUPs also may be required, as a consequence of the typical intractability with which Conduit toolbars tend to face their eminent deletion.

On the other side of things, removing the TenchisTV Toolbar is only needed for PCs who've already been subjected to unsafe Web-browsing behavior. Illegal download sources and websites that tend to traffic in Conduit programs and other browser hijackers should not be trusted for file downloads. Malware researchers also find that suitable PC security programs can be a valuable help in allowing you to detect the bundles that tend to distribute the TenchisTV Toolbar and related PC threats, before your browser can be exploited.

Technical Details

File System Modifications

Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.

The following files were created in the system:



C:\Program Files\tenchistv\TenchisTVToolbarHelper.exe MD5: da11d78d765e4b8fa4cfa5a37e8a94ff File name: C:\Program Files\tenchistv\TenchisTVToolbarHelper.exe MD5: da11d78d765e4b8fa4cfa5a37e8a94ff
Mime Type: unknown/exe MD5: da11d78d765e4b8fa4cfa5a37e8a94ff
Group: Malware file
C:\Program Files\tenchistv\ldrtbTenc.dll File name: C:\Program Files\tenchistv\ldrtbTenc.dll
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
C:\Program Files\tenchistv\prxtbTen0.dll File name: C:\Program Files\tenchistv\prxtbTen0.dll
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
C:\Program Files\tenchistv\prxtbTenc.dll File name: C:\Program Files\tenchistv\prxtbTenc.dll
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
C:\Program Files\tenchistv\tbTenc.dll File name: C:\Program Files\tenchistv\tbTenc.dll
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
C:\Program Files\tenchistv\uninstall.exe File name: C:\Program Files\tenchistv\uninstall.exe
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file

Additional Information

The following URL's were detected:
TenchisTV.OurToolbar.comnewstrackr.co
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