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Adware-Quickbar.dr

Type
Program
SubType
Dropper
Discovery Date
05/12/2005
Minimum DAT
4490 (05/12/2005)
Updated DAT
4592 (09/28/2005)
Minimum Engine
5.1.00
Description Added
05/12/2005
Description Modified
12/26/2005 11:00 PM (PT)

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Characteristics

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Summary:

This is not a virus or Trojan. It is an adware dropper which adds adware related components in the system. Upon execution it adds a toolbar in the Internet Explorer. In the background it makes internet connections with “newdotnet.net”and “thawte.com”. It adds two Browser Helper Objects and also changes the Microsoft Internet Explorer’s search page. The search page is set to “quickbrowsersearch.com”

Privacy:

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

Installation:

File name: NNEZSTB1.exe
MD5Hash: f5cd7a066b3ce1239deffa3ce90eaf01

On the execution of the application, a toolbar is installed as shown below.

Following folder is added in “C\Program Files”:

  • NewDotNet
  • Quickbar

Following files are added:

  • BarMan.exe
  • quickbar.dll

Following registry keys are added:

  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{679B27FE-1E1D-43C3-C997-564D498BDB0B}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{4E7BD74F-2B8D-469E-C0FF-FD67B79CAF2E}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{4E7BD74F-2B8D-469E-C0FF-FD67B79CAF2D}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{4A2AACF3-ADF6-11D5-98A9-00E018981B9E}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{4E7BD74F-2B8D-469E-C0FF-FD67B79CAF2C}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\quickbar.QUICKBARMenu Button
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\quickbar.QUICKBARToggle Button
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\quickbar.QUICKBAR
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Tldctl2.URLLink
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Tldctl2.URLLink.1
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser | "4E7BD74F-2B8D-469E-C0FF-FD67B79CAF2C"
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar | "4E7BD74F-2B8D-469E-C0FF-FD67B79CAF2C"
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
    CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{4E7BD74F-
    2B8D-469E-C0FF-FD67B79CAF2C}
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
    CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{4A2AACF3-
    ADF6-11D5-98A9-00E018981B9E}
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
    CurrentVersion\Run | "New.net Startup"
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE" | "QUICKBAR"

Aliases

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