The name of the process that is installed through the toolbarhelper.exe executable file is the same as its file name extension, ToolbarHelper.exe. The file appears to install when the software for StartNow Toolbar is installed on the computer. While the file is part of legitimate software, its main function seems a little unclear because there are no data available that can describe or define what the file’s main purpose is. The software is published by Copernic Toolbar, Inc. Its common description is IE Toolbar Helper. Standard location of the file is C:\Program Files\Copernic Desktop Search-Pro\Toolbar\toolbarhelper.exe. File size found on computers that run on Windows 7 OS is 616,960 bytes. The file has been associated with a form of malware, based on system issues encountered by several users. Users mostly deleted the file, especially after finding a cloaked malware version of it running on their PCs. If you are using IE, it is not recommended that you immediately disable the file since the description of the file points it towards IE. Disable only when you are certain that the file will not affect your IE browsing experience, or if you will not be using IE anymore as your Internet browser.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as ToolbarHelper.exe, 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 toolbarhelper.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 toolbarhelper.exe, belongs to, in this case ToolbarHelper.exe