What is p3bar.dll?

p3bar.dll is part of PureDef Music Toolbar for Internet Explorer and Firefox and developed by PureDef Music according to the p3bar.dll version information.

p3bar.dll's description is "PureDef Music Toolbar"

p3bar.dll is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files\puredefmusic\toolbar\1.bin\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected p3bar.dll.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on p3bar.dll:

PropertyValue
Product namePureDef Music Toolbar for Internet Explorer and Firefox
Company namePureDef Music
File descriptionPureDef Music Toolbar
Internal namep3Bar
Original filenamep3Bar.dll
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2009
Product version2, 3, 0, 61
File version2, 3, 0, 61

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product namePureDef Music Toolbar for Internet E..
Company namePureDef Music
File descriptionPureDef Music Toolbar
Internal namep3Bar
Original filenamep3Bar.dll
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2009
Product version2, 3, 0, 61
File version2, 3, 0, 61

Digital signatures [?]

p3bar.dll is not signed.

VirusTotal report

5 of the 46 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the p3bar.dll file. That's a 11% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Antiy-AVL AdWare/Win32.MyWay.gen
Avast Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
Ikarus Win32.AdWare
Jiangmin AdWare/MyWay.ae
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.F47V0813
5 of the 46 anti-virus programs detected the p3bar.dll file.

p3bar.dll removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove p3bar.dll with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the p3bar.dll file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that p3bar.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.
    Screenshot of Start Scan button
  3. When the scan is finished, locate p3bar.dll in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the p3bar.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 p3bar.dll in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    C:\Program Files\puredefmusic\toolbar\1.bin\p3bar.dll
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the p3bar.dll file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If p3bar.dll still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If p3bar.dll is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If p3bar.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 p3bar.dll no longer appear in the scan result.
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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5c2e24e432cb4dacb7107423ed834c44c
SHA25646dcba2c5f55c6d166bda354edd3b3f26734aa335a293a723a085da49a8ef549

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What did other users do?

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User vote results: There were 1 vote to remove and 1 vote to keep

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with p3bar.dll. Only 2 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

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