The avgtoolbar.dll file is the process called AVG Security Toolbar that belongs to AVG Internet Security authored by AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o. It is a non-system process that works from the software installed in the system. It is not CPU intensive. The avgtoolbar.dll file can be found in the subfolder C:\Program Files. Known sizes for the file include 2,055,960 bytes and 1,968,920 bytes with 53% occurrence. This dynamically linked or loaded file is a BHO or browser helper object that runs automatically when you start the Internet browser. Personal firewalls usually detect BHOs as the browser itself that is why they are not blocked by these firewalls. This BHO has the unique ID A057A204-BACC-4D26-9990-79A187E2698E. There is no visible window for this program. The avgtoolbar.dll file has a digital signature issued by VeriSign. It can monitor or alter the activities on Internet Explorer. It can record inputs. AVG Security Toolbar is an add-on for your Internet browser. It is created as part of the Avira Anti-virus system that provides protection from infected sites while surfing the net. It has a tool for cleaning cookies and browser history. It uses a rating system to determine safety of a Website.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as AVG Security 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 avgtoolbar.dll. 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 avgtoolbar.dll, belongs to, in this case AVG Security Toolbar