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Adware-ToolbarCC

Type
Program
SubType
Adware
Discovery Date
03/29/2005
Minimum DAT
4307 (12/03/2003)
Updated DAT
4633 (11/21/2005)
Minimum Engine
5.1.00
Description Added
04/21/2004
Description Modified
10/19/2005 2:15 AM (PT)

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Characteristics

McAfee(R) AVERT recognizes that this program may have legitimate uses in contexts where an authorized administrator has knowingly installed this application. If you agreed to a license agreement for this, or another bundled application, you may have legal obligations with regard to removing this software, or using the host application without this software. Please contact the software vendor for further information.

See http://vil.nai.com/vil/DATReadme.asp for a list of Program detections added to the DATs.

See http://vil.nai.com/vil/pups/configuration.htm for information about how to enable, disable, and exclude detection of legitimately installed programs.

Summary

This is not a virus or a Trojan.
It is an adware application and may generate extra pop-up ads while using Internet Explorer. This kind of application generally comes bundled with another program, which usually discloses the fact that it is ad-supported


Privacy

No license agreement is displayed during installation, although one could be displayed by another installer if bundled with another application. No EULA or privacy policy related to the software could be found.

System Changes

File Name : Msjpkh.dll
MD5Hash : b332f53ece97d8ebad4eeb70e92b6aa3

File Name : Msljcd.dll
MD5Hash : e66da887b814eb36796aa093ccaeafd0

File Name : Psyme.dll
MD5Hash : a0b4f8424c3f910d22eaa86fb1c089cf

Upon execution of the adware application, it adds itself as a BHO in the Internet Explorer. It tries to connect with "two.toolbar.cc". It logs all the HTTP connections to the file C:\t1.log.

Following files are added:

  • t1.log
  • mobbheha.tmp

Following registry entries are added:

  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{1F48AA48-C53A-4E21-85E7-AC7CC6B5FFB1} displayname="FFB"
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
    CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{1F48AA48-C53A-4E21-85E7-AC7CC6B5FFB1}

Aliases

Aliases

  • Adware.Win32.Twotool.a : Kaspersky Lab
  • Adware/ToolbarCC : Panda Antivirus
  • Spyware.Manan : Symantec