What is downtango4stoolbar.dll?
Part of Simplytech Toolbar by Simplytech Ltd.
What is it?
Simplytech Toolbar (downtangolaunchertoolbar.dll) is an Internet Explorer Toolbar. When loaded by IE, it will install a toolbar in the top of your Internet Explore web browser. By installing itself, the toolbar has full access to the a loaded web page's HTML content and knowledge of the URL the user is currently viewing; it can also manipuate these depending on the intended function of the toolbar.
How is downtango4stoolbar.dll loaded?
Internet Explorer BHO - The downtango4stoolbar.dll BHO has a registered CLSID of {8d3ec233-b92d-4187-a506-284127cfba2d}. A Browser Helper Object (BHO) is a module designed as a plugin for Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browser to provide added functionality. A BHO can introduce visible changes to a IE's interface, such as installing toolbars, but it can also run without any change to the interface.
Internet Explorer toolbar - The downtango4stoolbar.dll browser toolbar extension has a registered CLSID of {8d3ec233-b92d-4187-a506-284127cfba2d}. These are the toolbars that are typically underneath the navigation bar and menu in Internet Explorer and are visible as either a full or partial row.
Internet Explorer extension - downtango4stoolbar.dll has a CLSID (globally unique identifier) of {5f7f7e76-0f61-4de9-8ae6-e5ee565cd118}. Browser extensions allow applications to add functionality to the browser and change the user interface in a way that is not directly related to the viewable content of Web pages.
Safe for scripting control - downtango4stoolbar.dll has a CLSID (globally unique identifier) of {8d3ec233-b92d-4187-a506-284127cfba2d} with and identifier of CLSID\{8d3ec233-b92d-4187-a506-284127cfba2d}\Implemented Categories\{7DD95801-9882-11CF-9FA9-00AA006C42C4}. Safe for scripting is a Windows policy that disables the Internet Explorer security prompt for Windows Installer scripts. It allows Web-based programs to install software on the computer without notifying the user. By default, when a script hosted by an Internet browser tries to install a program on the system, the system warns users and allows them to select or refuse the installation. This setting suppresses the warning and allows the installation to proceed.
Safe for initializing control - downtango4stoolbar.dll has a CLSID (globally unique identifier) of {8d3ec233-b92d-4187-a506-284127cfba2d} with and identifier of CLSID\{8d3ec233-b92d-4187-a506-284127cfba2d}\Implemented Categories\{7DD95802-9882-11CF-9FA9-00AA006C42C4}. When a program is initialized, it can receive data from another program for initializing its state. This is a potential security hazard because the data could come from an untrusted source. Programs that guarantee no security breach regardless of the data source are considered safe for initialization and are registered as such.
Community
| What is the community is seeing? |  What is the community is doing? |
| About 0.1% of all Boost users have the downtango4stoolbar.dll file. | Of the 0.1% of downtango4stoolbar.dll users, 41.0% have disabled it. |
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Typical file (disk image) location:
C:\users\user\appdata\roaming\downtango4stoolbar\downtango4stoolbar.dll
Are there other versions of Simplytech Toolbar?
What else is related?
What Windows OS versions does this run on?
Windows 7 Ultimate (6.1.7601.65536)
Windows 7 Ultimate (6.1.7601.65536)