Purpose of viewbar.dll:
viewbar.dll task purpose and description:
This program is part of the "viewpoint toolbar" and many are considering this offensive since it attempts to contact a server over the internet. Note that many other adware programs may use this name or a similiar file name, so the hard drive location should be verified. If you wish to delete or remove this program (note that it runs everytime you open your Internet Explorer browser), you should delete the entire viewpoint folder. If this were on my computer I would remove it immediately, as I have no use for this file. (See the details below for the actual location of this file.)
Actual process or task name: (You can view alphabetical task list here)
viewbar.dll
File type:
This file is a DLL program
Where is this file and folder located on my computer?
This file will be found on your hard drive at C:\Program Files\Viewpoint\Viewpoint Toolbar\ViewBar.dll
General information:
Be aware that many tasks will be similiar names to existing tasks or processes.
You can always view the running tasks on your computer by pressing ctrl-alt-del to view the windows
"task manager", and then view the "processes" tab. This will show you all tasks running or currently active
on your PC. Although this shows you all running tasks, it does not show dll file thats are loaded, as they
get loaded as part of other processes. Many spyware writers attempt to hide their files
on your computer, for example, viewbar.dll may be intentionally misspelled to look like a similiar task, or spyware may be named very
similiar to a Windows system task. The reason they do this is so you cannot easily recognize the name in your tasklist
as I have mentioned above. Make sure always check the location of the file if you are concerned.
You can always find the location of viewbar.dll on your computer by using your Windows search options, but
I will also try to list the file location of every file described on this website, so you can verify the correct location. You can view the entire tasklist directory with the link below.
View entire task list here!
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