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Recently, each time I am closing down WinXP I get this: Ending Peogram TryBarAPPAV". Does anyone know of this application/program? I tried googling it and it only shows responses in spanish which I cannot read or understand. Of late my pc (WinXP) has become very slow and the commit charge in Task Manager goes sky high. I would appreciate any and all help re TryBarAppAV. Could it be a virus?

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Seeing “Ending program TryBarAPPAV” on shutdown usually means a third‑party tray/toolbar process isn’t closing cleanly, not a built‑in Windows component. A few XP users reported the same exact window title back in 2013, with AV scans coming up clean, which points to nuisance adware or a leftover utility rather than a classic file‑infecting virus. (bleepingcomputer.com)

To identify what it really is, map that window title to the owning process before you shut down. From a Command Prompt run one of the following, then look at the Image Name in the output:

tasklist /v /fi "WINDOWTITLE eq TryBarAPPAV"
tasklist /v | findstr /i TryBarAPPAV

If XP Home lacks tasklist, grab Process Explorer and watch for any process with a similar name or unusually high Private Bytes. Once you have the executable path, check its properties/signature, then disable it at startup with Sysinternals Autoruns (Logon, Explorer, IE add‑ons tabs). That is often enough to stop the shutdown dialog. (learn.microsoft.com)

Because PUPs and toolbars are common culprits, follow up ’s Malwarebytes suggestion with an adware‑specific pass. On XP, use the last compatible AdwCleaner build (7.4.2) from Malwarebytes’ help article; it targets browser toolbars, BHOs, and other leftovers that general AV sometimes misses. (help.malwarebytes.com)

About the “peak commit charge” going sky‑high: on XP that meter reflects total committed virtual memory (RAM plus pagefile). A leaking or runaway process can push it up and make the system crawl. Track offenders by sorting the “VM Size” column in Task Manager or using Process Explorer’s Private Bytes view; the fix is to remove or update the offending program rather than just enlarging the pagefile. Note that XP has been out of support since April 8, 2014, so even a clean system remains exposed; plan a migration when you can. (learn.microsoft.com)

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Scan it with Mbam. Google will easily find it.

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(Recently, each time I am closing down WinXP I get this: Ending Peogram TryBarAPPAV")....sorry for the typing error - should be "Ending Program TryBarAPPAV.... I 'google"d it amd it shows results in spanish only. I have scanned my pc with Panda Cloud antivirus and MBam but both came up with 0 virus detections. Can anyone here shed a little more light on this TryBarAppAV application? Could this be causing the high "peak commit charge" and slowing down my computer drastically - even locking it up? Thanks for help.

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