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Characteristics

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Summary

This is not a virus or a Trojan. On execution of the application it installs itself with visible interface and adds a BHO for internet explorer. In the background it tries to connect to “gogotools.com”. It hijacks the search page of internet explorer to “searchgogo.com”.

Privacy

EULA is displayed during installation.

System Changes

File Name: “C6556D80.EXE”
MD5Hash: “01f5911365992305b9cd840b21a6c88e”

Following files are added into “%PROGRAMFILES%\GogoTools\Gogoware” directory:

• HTMLEdit.dll
• GogoAdDisplay.exe
• GogoDisplay.exe
• GogoLaunch.exe
• GogoTools.exe
• LaunchAdware.exe
• TrackInst.exe
• UPDATE.EXE

The following registry entries are added:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\
  {3BEC9062-7625-4DE8-8ABE-B96AE461DC78}
  Displayname="IETrackerIF Class"
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\
  {1E1B2879-88FF-11D2-8D96-D7ACAC95951F}
  Displayname="IETracker Class"
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\
  {5B134722-D775-431E-93DF-CC9A74EE6BCA}
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\Adware.EXE
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\HTMLEdit.IETracker
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Adware.IETrackerIF
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\
  {1E1B2878-88FF-11D2-8D96-D7ACAC95951F}
  Displayname="IIETracker"
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\
  {09964F9E-E1D4-47C3-9697-28258DBCBB77}
  Displayname="IIETrackerIF"
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\
  {8EF07273-3C9F-4BA6-A748-FAD0E7FAF1FD}
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\
  {1E1B286C-88FF-11D2-8D96-D7ACAC95951F}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
  CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\
  {1E1B2879-88FF-11D2-8D96-D7ACAC95951F}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
  CurrentVersion\Run "RUNGogoTools"
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
  CurrentVersion\RunOnce "InnoSetupRegFile.0000000001"
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\SpecificMEDIA
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
  CurrentVersion\Uninstall\GogoTools_is1
  Displayname="GogoTools version 2.2.0.25"

Removal

Aliases

Aliases

• Adware.GoGoTools – Symantec
• Adware/Gogotools – Panda