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Adware-STIEBar

Type
Program
SubType
Adware
Discovery Date
10/11/2005
Minimum DAT
4602 (10/11/2005)
Updated DAT
4628 (11/15/2005)
Minimum Engine
5.1.00
Description Added
10/11/2005
Description Modified
11/14/2005 11:07 PM (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 a direct adware marketing application. Upon execution the application install itself as a browser helper object (BHO) for the internet explorer. It adds an internet explorer toolbar name “0CAT Yellow Pages”.

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.

Installation:

File name: STIEBAR.DLL
MD5Hash: b41e5e89418b0fe9c2b5314220a2d715

On registering the dll some of the registry keys which get added are:

  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\
    {13B5C450-C43E-4531-B12E-97779B346B5F}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\
    {679695BC-A811-4A9D-8CDF-BA8C795F261A}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\
    {D797AD6C-6447-4DB4-91D0-090344408E72}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\
    {38493F7F-2922-4C6C-9A9A-8DA2C940D0EE}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\
    {AC50DF8B-B632-42C0-857C-2A9B7C509BFB}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\
    {D008677D-5759-403B-B09B-724B46C22E76}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\STIEbar.STIEbarBand
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\STIEbar.STIEbarBand.1
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\STIEbar.STIEbarBHO
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\STIEbar.STIEbarBHO.1
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\STIEbar.STIEbarButton
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\STIEbar.STIEbarButton.1
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\
    {3277CD27-4001-4EF8-9D96-C6CA745AC2F9}
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
    CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\
    {D797AD6C-6447-4DB4-91D0-090344408E72}
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\STIEBar

Following files are added on registering the dll: 

  • c:\stiebar\tlbtn.ico
  • c:\stiebar\tlbtnhot.ico



Aliases

Aliases

  • Kaspersky: AdWare.Win32.STIEBar.a
  • Panda Antivirus: Adware/STIEBar
  • Symantec: Adware.STIEBar