What is A5SRCHAS.DLL?

A5SRCHAS.DLL is part of Ask Search Assistant and developed by Ask.com according to the A5SRCHAS.DLL version information.

A5SRCHAS.DLL's description is "Ask.com Search Assistant"

A5SRCHAS.DLL is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files\AskTBar\SrchAstt\1.bin\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected A5SRCHAS.DLL.

If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.

VirusTotal report

10 of the 51 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the A5SRCHAS.DLL file. That's a 20% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
AhnLab-V3	Win-Adware/MyWebSearch.57344.B
AVG	Generic5.APIG
Bkav	W32.WebSrchDDll.Adware
CMC	Generic.Win32.30e4c0a012!MD
ESET-NOD32	Win32/Toolbar.MyWebSearch
F-Prot	W32/Websearch.I
Kingsoft	Win32.Adware.MyWebSearch.az.(kcloud)
TheHacker	Adware/MyWebSearch.az
VIPRE	MyWebSearch Toolbar (not malicious)
ViRobot	Adware.AskBar.To.57344

A5SRCHAS.DLL removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove A5SRCHAS.DLL with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the A5SRCHAS.DLL file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that A5SRCHAS.DLL has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.

   
3. When the scan is finished, locate A5SRCHAS.DLL in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the A5SRCHAS.DLL file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate A5SRCHAS.DLL in the scan result.

   

   

   C:\Program Files\AskTBar\SrchAstt\1.bin\A5SRCHAS.DLL

   
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the A5SRCHAS.DLL file.

   
5. Restart your computer.
6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If A5SRCHAS.DLL still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If A5SRCHAS.DLL is gone from the scan result you're done.
7. If A5SRCHAS.DLL still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
8. Restart your computer.
9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that A5SRCHAS.DLL no longer appear in the scan result.

Folder name variants

A5SRCHAS.DLL may also be located in other folders than C:\Program Files\AskTBar\SrchAstt\1.bin\. The most common variants are listed below:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\AskTBar\SrchAstt\1.bin\
• C:\Programme\AskTBar\SrchAstt\1.bin\
• C:\Archivos de programa\AskTBar\SrchAstt\1.bin\
• C:\Program\AskTBar\SrchAstt\1.bin\
• C:\Programmi\AskTBar\SrchAstt\1.bin\

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