The process executed with the file toolbarupdaterservice.exe is connected to an application known as StartNow Toolbar. This is an application that is licensed under Zugo Ltd. The process serves as the auto updater for the StartNow Toolbar. It runs when you boot the PC, and executes as a Windows service. It has been found to hog CPU resources, as mentioned by several users who experienced freezes or PC hangs with the file enabled. For a lot of users, the file was installed without their knowledge. This could have been installed by another program that comes bundled with the toolbar, usually software downloaded for free from the Internet. The file’s CPU usage has an average of 0.00234%. Average RAM utilization is 2.18 MB. The file is executed through Windows’ Services and Controller app, services.exe. File location is typically C:\Program Files\StartNow Toolbar\toolbarupdaterservice.exe. A large percentage of users who found the file installed on their computers disabled the file after experiencing slow CPU speed.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as StartNow Toolbar Updater, 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 toolbarupdaterservice.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 toolbarupdaterservice.exe, belongs to, in this case StartNow Toolbar Updater