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Characteristics

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Summary

This is not a virus or Trojan. It is a direct adware marketing application. Upon execution, the application installs itself as a browser helper object (BHO) for the internet explorer. It adds a toolbar in the internet explorer with name “cram toolbar” and changes the home page to a porn site. It displays porn pop ups while browsing. Upon installation, it opens a website “cracks.am” and displays the toolbar as shown below:

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: ACTIVA.exe
MD5Hash: 3fd08675fed367ca1c9871edb25e21f3

Following folder is added:

• C:\Program Files\Cram Toolbar

 Following file is added:

• untitled.dll

Following registry keys are added:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\ {01E69986-A054-4C52-
  ABE8-EF63DF1C5211}
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\ {1395A06F-EEA0-4445-
  BA0C-E8B56B48E244}
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\ {9D5C62AE-57B0-43C3-
  BAE4-BA7908DF4386}
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\ {F5BB1D9A-DA7B-4C5B-
  8272-1554B814E97F}
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ToolBand.XBTB00429
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ToolBand.XBTB00429.1
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{256CE99C-D5E1-4ACC-
  A538-2ED1E2710FAE}
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\XBTB00429.IEToolbar
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\XBTB00429.IEToolbar.1
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\XBTB00429.XBTB00429
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet
  Explorer\Toolbar "{01E69986-A054-4C52-ABE8-
  EF63DF1C5211}"
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
  Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{1395A06F-EEA0-4445-BA0C-
  E8B56B48E244}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
  Uninstall\XBTB00429.XBTB00429Toolbar
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\XBTB00429

Removal

Aliases

Aliases

• Adware.CramToolbar: Symantec
• Adware.Win32.SideSearch.g: Kaspersky
• Win32/StartPage.260378!Trojan :CA eTrust