Pdfforge Toolbar
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| Popularity Rank: | 15,403 |
| Threat Level: | 10 % (Normal) |
| Infected Computers: | 23,023 |
| First Seen: | August 16, 2010 |
| Last Seen: | January 28, 2026 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
The Pdfforge Toolbar is a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Program) that takes the form of a Web browser toolbar. Typically, the Pdfforge Toolbar is bundled with freeware or shareware. The Pdfforge Toolbar is used to generate advertisement revenue. Once the Pdfforge Toolbar is installed on a computer the Pdfforge Toolbar changes the affected Web browser's homepage and default search engine. Typically, components like the Pdfforge Toolbar are used to display advertisements and increase certain websites' traffic in order to increase marketing and revenue. This is often done by causing irritating symptoms on the affected computer. Because of this, ESG security researchers usually advise computer user to avoid installing PUPs like the Pdfforge Toolbar on their Web browser.
Table of Contents
The Many Issues Associated with the Pdfforge Toolbar
There are many symptoms associated with the Pdfforge Toolbar. Apart from the changes the Pdfforge Toolbar makes to your homepage and default search engine, the Pdfforge Toolbar may keep track of your online activity and provide this data to marketers or use it to deliver advertisements to your Web browser. The Pdfforge Toolbar may cause your Web browser to become slow and freeze frequently and may lower your computer's performance. The Pdfforge Toolbar may also be responsible for pop-up advertisements and insert sponsored links into other content. Although the Pdfforge Toolbar is not exactly a threat and can be removed relatively easily in comparison with more severe forms of threats, the Pdfforge Toolbar does cause symptoms that are usually associated with PC threats. This has led to the Pdfforge Toolbar and similar components to be categorized as PUPs, with the potential to endanger your computer by exposing it to PC threats.
Since the Pdfforge Toolbar is a Browser Hijacker, It is Best Out of Your PC
Typically, the Pdfforge Toolbar is bundled with freeware. It is important to note that even legitimate freeware applications may be bundled with components like the Pdfforge Toolbar. This is because a third party may take a normally reliable application and bundle it with Pdfforge Toolbar and similar browser hijackers. ESG security analysts recommend avoiding any bundled PUPs and Web browser toolbars.
Aliases
2 security vendors flagged this file as malicious.
| Antivirus Vendor | Detection |
|---|---|
| Sophos | Widgi Toolbar |
| Sophos | SearchSettings |
SpyHunter Detects & Remove Pdfforge Toolbar
File System Details
| # | File Name | MD5 |
Detections
Detections: The number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular threat detected on
infected computers as reported by SpyHunter.
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | backup-20090707-172012-730.dll | 0369affb46aa2071d04a3fb361ee5bd0 | 7,576 |
| 2. | backup-20090707-172012-350.dll | e3b00dc3e381c3e02fc34256d12168c2 | 2,637 |
| 3. | A0153974.rbf | 8ac9d9500f94668c2fbb974e748acfa4 | 270 |
| 4. | youtubedownloaderToolbarIE.dll | 4ede4ea39e4fc5ca4190db4b6c20da34 | 154 |
| 5. | PDFCreator_Toolbar.dll | a9289dcc914ed8a96e6e91d9cd2babdb | 128 |
| 6. | pdfforgeToolbarIE.dll | 7b8e3ac47c78841488990cefdd53f3f3 | 123 |
| 7. | ytdToolbarIE.dll | 432c79b1cc6010069592c4d0557338f6 | 86 |
| 8. | A0130215.rbf | b8e0015e2f62fb991f3c8d995283c6a2 | 54 |
| 9. | TBM4A23.tmp | 7d2561803908cd8a4a13098fc8499c93 | 26 |
| 10. | 219d5.rbf | 17ecd36c60b6962a537fd2a5311ee7e7 | 17 |
| 11. | pdfforgeToolbar.exe | 07fa90568290c3ae84db3787747940bf | 10 |
| 12. | SearchSettings.exe | c92a296c6943f47207c8302e4bf0e45c | 7 |
| 13. | ~wtD5.tmp | 9c5369cb6017ce3c383b2a937dbadcfd | 5 |
Registry Details
Directories
Pdfforge Toolbar may create the following directory or directories:
| %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\pdfforge Toolbar |
| %PROGRAMFILES%\pdfforge Toolbar |
| %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\pdfforge Toolbar |
| %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\pdfforge |
