DashBar Description:

Brings ads to your computer. Such ads may or may not be targeted, but are "injected" and/or popup, and are not displayed within the form of an ad-sponsored application.

DashBar Automatic Removal:

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DashBar Manual Removal:

After running the uninstaller, you will need to manually remove dashbar17.dll, dbau.exe, and the dashbar directory.

1. Kill these running processes with Task Manager:
   programfilesdir+\dashbar\dbau.exe
   programfilesdir+\dashbar\dbuninstaller.exe
   programfilesdir+\dashbar\sstreg.exe
    
2. Unregister these DLLs with Regsvr32, then reboot:
   programfilesdir+\dashbar\dashbar15.dll
   programfilesdir+\dashbar\dashbar17.dll
   systemroot+\system\dashbar15.dll
   systemroot+\system32\dashbar15.dll
    
3. Remove these registry items (if present) with RegEdit:
   HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{cc90cda0-74a0-45b4-80ef-d89ca8c249b8}
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\clsid\{cc90cda0-74a0-45b4-80ef-d89ca8c249b8}
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\clsid\{cc90cda0-74a0-45b4-80ef-d89ca8c249b8}
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\dashbartoolbar.searchscoutbandobj
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\dashbartoolbar.searchscoutbandobj.1
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\dashbartoolbar.searchscoutbandobj\clsid
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\dashbartoolbar.searchscoutbandobj\curver
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\interface\{a2ba5e71-5be3-4007-ac48-157823fb63fb}
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\typelib\{8642d0f2-37cc-46b7-aa5b-399e6e68c626}
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\gator.com\dashbar\apppath
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\gator.com\dashbar\lastupdate
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\gator.com\dashbar\version
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\internet explorer\toolbar\{cc90cda0-74a0-45b4-80ef-d89ca8c249b8}
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\app management\arpcache\dashbar\changed
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\app management\arpcache\dashbar\slowinfocache
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\app management\arpcache\pgate\changed
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\app management\arpcache\pgate\slowinfocache
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\app management\arpcache\precisiontime\slowinfocache
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\dashbar
   \displayicon
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\dashbar
   \displayname
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\dashbar
   \uninstallstring
    
4. Remove these files (if present) with Windows Explorer:
   commonprograms+\dashbar\dashbar website.lnk
   programfilesdir+\dashbar\dashbar15.dll
   programfilesdir+\dashbar\dashbar17.dll
   programfilesdir+\dashbar\dashbarwebsite.url
   programfilesdir+\dashbar\dbau.exe
   programfilesdir+\dashbar\dbuninstaller.exe
   programfilesdir+\dashbar\sstreg.exe
   systemroot+\system\dashbar15.dll
   systemroot+\system32\dashbar15.dll
    
5. Remove these directories (if present) with Windows Explorer:
   commonprograms+\dashbar
   programfilesdir+\dashbar

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