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Characteristics

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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 : toolband.dll
MD5Hash : fbb0793f458d69a0fe24255bd33edbc3

Once the adware application is executed, it added a BHO entry. A toolbar is installed as shown below (see red box) and while browsing internet it also tries to make some connections with "kliksearch.com".

Some desktop items are also dropped as below (these may vary):

Following registry entries are added:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{30192F8D-0958-44E6-B54D-331FD39AC959} displayname="StartBHO Class"
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0E1230F8-EA50-42A9-983C-D22ABC2EED3B} displayname="Search Bar"
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{95B92D92-8B7D-4A19-A3F1-43113B4DBCAF} displayname="IToolBandObj"
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{1DE9EE01-DF51-49DB-9BDD-5990B35C1C2A} displayname="IStartBHO"
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ToolBand.ToolBandObj
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ToolBand.ToolBandObj.1
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ToolBand.StartBHO
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ToolBand.StartBHO.1
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{5297E905-1DFB-4A9C-9871-A4F95FD58945}
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\SerG
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\
  URLSearchHooks | {30192F8D-0958-44E6-B54D-331FD39AC959}
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\
  Toolbar\ShellBrowser | {0E1230F8-EA50-42A9-983C-
  D22ABC2EED3B}
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\Internet Explorer\
  Toolbar\WebBrowser | {0e1230f8-ea50-42a9-983c-d22abc2eed3b}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
  CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{30192F8D-0958-44E6-B54D-331FD39AC959}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\
  Toolbar | {0E1230F8-EA50-42A9-983C-D22ABC2EED3B}
  

Network Impact

Additional overhead in bandwidth due to download of content.

Removal

Aliases

Aliases

• Adware.Win32.KlikBar.a : Kaspersky
• Adware/KlikBar : Panda Antivirus
• Application.Bho.Adult.Search.BAR : Softwin