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Adware-MBKWBar.dr

Type
Program
SubType
Dropper
Discovery Date
09/27/2005
Minimum DAT
4591 (09/27/2005)
Updated DAT
4833 (08/21/2006)
Minimum Engine
5.1.00
Description Added
09/27/2005
Description Modified
03/09/2006 4:52 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.

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Summary:
 This is not a virus or Trojan. It is an adware dropper. Upon installation, it drops adware components on the system which are detected as Adware-MBKWBar by McAfee-AVERT. The dropped components in-turn adds a toolbar with the links to the other websites.


While browsing or on clicking the links on the toolbar, it makes internet connections with the following websites config.mbkwbar.com, report.mbkwbar.com, ads.mbkwbar.com, ads.adonlistings.com without user’s knowledge. 

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: 187F25F8.exe
MD5Hash: 082326eb28b6d26b5e8edcc5806707fb

Upon installation it creates the folder %\Program Files%\MBKWBar with the following files in it

  • IEtoolBar.dll
  • MBKWBar.exe

Following registries are added:

  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\
    {EA5A82FB-D6BE-44F9-9363-B1ABABC153C1}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\IEToolBar.ToolBarImpl
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\IEToolBar.ToolBarImpl.1
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\
    {4A7DBA74-E729-4EC8-92E2-FFD83921449F}
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MBKWBar
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
    CurrentVersion\Uninstall\MBKWBar
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
    Internet Explorer\Toolbar
    "{EA5A82FB-D6BE-44F9-9363-B1ABABC153C1}"


Aliases

Aliases

  • Adware.Win32.MBKWBar.a: Kaspersky
  • Adware/MBKWBar: Panda Antivirus