AskSBar - malware?

McAfee Security marked, today, AskSBar program file as malware.  To my knowledge, I've never used this toolbar, so having the application (.exe) file deleted is no problem - right?  My question for this forum is: after you delete the application file, it is OK, not safe to delete the folder AskSBar on the C:\Program Files?  This program does not appear on the theCurrently installed programs in Control Panel. However, there is a labeledAsk program toolbar.  Is this a different application, or is it the direct connection to the theAskSBar?  Bottom line, is that I want to take the right steps and doesn't generate any errors on my system.  Thank you.

The AskSBAR is malware.

The Ask toolbar is a browser add-on free that allows you to search the Web using the search engine Ask.com directly from Internet Explorer or Firefox browsers.

In the not to distant past (~05/2009), the "Ask Toolbar" was problematic because it would be conistently to delete the following files from your system:

c:\Boot.ini

Autoexec.bat

config.sys

all files starting with '@' in its name in the trunk of the car "C:".

Much a c:\boot.ini has been removed by the "Ask Toolbar" on the next reboot after installation as well.  So, I did not and never will not approve it.

I think the authors of Applian Technologies fixed it, but I have not installed in a while to see.  Some third-party applications that you install have a check box to see if you do not want to install the Ask Toolbar during their installation.  I would say not ...

I also don't have a lot of faith in McAfee, but at least he seems to have taken something.

Since you have had a stroke, I follow-up with that and see if McAfee missed anything:

Download, install, update and do a full scan with these free malware detection programs can solve any problems:

Malwarebytes (MMFA): http://malwarebytes.org/

SUPERAntiSpyware: (SAS): http://www.superantispyware.com/

It can be uninstalled later if you wish.

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