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Overview

This is a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) detection. It is not a virus or trojan. PUPs are any piece of software which a reasonably security-or privacy-minded computer user may want to be informed of.

Characteristics

McAfee(R) AVERT(tm) 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.

This is not a virus or a Trojan. It is an adware application.

Installation:

File:   ToolBand.dll
Hash: a2f45482009b6234acfac6fa145f1fb0

Upon registering this dll the following changes occur in the user's system.

This adware application installs toolbar with other buttons.



It changes the default homepage of the Internet Explorer to www. Iwantsearch.com.



 It changes the default error page of the Internet Explorer to www. cannotfind.net.



ToolBand.dll is installed as Browser Helper Object.

Browser Helper Objects are executable files that are loaded when the browser is launched. They can perform various task, such as generating extra pop-up ads, monitoring page navigation, etc.

The following Registry keys are added:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ToolBand.StartBHO.1
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ToolBand.ToolBandObj
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ToolBand.ToolBandObj.1
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ToolBand.StartBHO\CurVer

This application may display pop-up ads while user is browsing the Internet.

Symptoms

N/A This is not a virus or trojan.

Method of Infection

N/A This is not a virus or trojan.

Removal

Instructions on Enabling/Disabling Detection and Removal of Potentially Unwanted Programs

Variants

Variants

N/A

All Information

Overview -

This is a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) detection. It is not a virus or trojan. PUPs are any piece of software which a reasonably security-or privacy-minded computer user may want to be informed of.

Characteristics

Characteristics -

McAfee(R) AVERT(tm) 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.

This is not a virus or a Trojan. It is an adware application.

Installation:

File:   ToolBand.dll
Hash: a2f45482009b6234acfac6fa145f1fb0

Upon registering this dll the following changes occur in the user's system.

This adware application installs toolbar with other buttons.



It changes the default homepage of the Internet Explorer to www. Iwantsearch.com.



 It changes the default error page of the Internet Explorer to www. cannotfind.net.



ToolBand.dll is installed as Browser Helper Object.

Browser Helper Objects are executable files that are loaded when the browser is launched. They can perform various task, such as generating extra pop-up ads, monitoring page navigation, etc.

The following Registry keys are added:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ToolBand.StartBHO.1
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ToolBand.ToolBandObj
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ToolBand.ToolBandObj.1
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ToolBand.StartBHO\CurVer

This application may display pop-up ads while user is browsing the Internet.

Symptoms

Symptoms -

N/A This is not a virus or trojan.

Method of Infection

Method of Infection -

N/A This is not a virus or trojan.

Removal -

Removal -

Instructions on Enabling/Disabling Detection and Removal of Potentially Unwanted Programs

Variants

Variants -

N/A