The process toolbar.exe has been identified with the software Snap Desktop Toolbar. Snap Desktop Toolbar is considered to be an adware program by most users. It is a plug-in application that has been developed for the desktop and the Web browser. It is a desktop and Internet search application which gets installed into the computer even without the permission of the user. It is an adware application which displays advertisement whether in forms of a pop-up or in links from search results. A malicious software may install the Snap Desktop Toolbar application. It does not have an End User License Agreement that will notify the user before he or she installs the software and thus it is not capable of prompting the user if ever there is a security risk in the system. The toolbar.exe file may also include a rootkit tool that will disable security programs of the computer system such as anti-malware applications and firewalls.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. toolbar.exe. is used by Snap Desktop Toolbar, If you shut down toolbar.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop toolbar.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Snap Desktop Toolbar, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed toolbar.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Snap Desktop Toolbar, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if toolbar.exe. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that toolbar.exe, belongs to, in this case Snap Desktop Toolbar