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Adware.HotBar Technical Details

Category

Adware

Discovered

4/23/2005 00:00:00 AM

Modified

5/12/2008 10:24:00 AM

Threat Level

Critical

Description

Adware are programs that facilitate delivery for advertising content to the user and in some cases gather information from the user's computer, including information related to Internet browser usage or other computer habits. They can take up your computers resources and are largely responsible for the countless popup ads you receive on the web. Adware is often bundled with or embedded within freeware programs like such as clocks, messengers, alerts, weather, and so on.

Summary

The hosts file was updated with the following url-to-ip mappings : N/A
The following http urls were started : N/A
Generated smtp traffic : N/A
There was a new connection established with a remote irc server : N/A
The following hidden entries created : N/A
The following internet connection was established: N/A

When the Adware is executed, it creates the following files:

Name	Version	Publisher	Signature (MD5)	File Size (in Bytes)
..\ustat\33c0.dat			0eda19a1f22dc033c758ad88cb97194b
..\1\country.exe			F211A96D0EA6A438A04243D5C82DBB7F
..\2\country.exe			F211A96D0EA6A438A04243D5C82DBB7F
..\1\sdfmodifier.xml			7c77335bb22c56b27ca15fd6ed9ebd0b	1464
..\wallpaper \100204boats0057_wp.jpg				139661
..\cs\config.xml			735aa3352ef3119969f3d3a635aca42b
..\report\aggr_storage.xml			d3b478282984510c00e6fb78722251d4
..\report\send_storage.xml			038954b0298b922f086c18df313dede6
..\cs\config.xml			24c1c7adf53fee230d93975690060e5a	3768
..\report\aggr_storage.xml			a2d9c6621a8f05f7749d9513cd019b31	57
..\report\send_storage.xml			df50ace25ac5a08156bbf70806751a5f	108
..\weather\weatherstartup.xml			89cf5177e32814dfcba16ab6510c5779	78
..\hotbar\weather.lnk				874
..\ultimatefixer 2007 \register ultimatefixer 2007.lnk				1573
..\ultimatefixer 2007 \start ultimatefixer 2007.lnk				1555
..\ultimatefixer 2007 \uninstall ultimatefixer 2007.lnk				1527
..\hbinstie.dll			7243072da95aa673a4208e09378ba02a
..\spamblockerutility.inf
..\hbinst\hbinst.exe	4.2.5.1226	hotbar.com inc.	e5bfdc7ee3daaf9b7f5b7103f7386bdb	237928
..\4.7.0.0\hbinstie.dll			b6163801ee1154a23929a888c46ac6c6
..\4.7.0.0\hbthostie.dll			7cf06f6175d21e4e45c0ac449861748c
..\4.7.1.0\cml.exe			599466825C76D638B792D52192797593
..\4.7.1.0\dbenderc.dll			B58BCC6BB0BF8D12D1185FA8F7D7BEEC
..\4.7.1.0\hbtads.dll			6B8624E6C803DF68376BC6637BA11ED6
..\4.7.1.0\hbtcoresrv.dll			347B4973B56CCDCA82A3503154A621B1

When the Adware is executed, it creates the following Registry entries:

•	..\Software\hbtools
•	..\SOFTWARE\HBTV
•	..\software\hotbar
•	..\software\hotbar\hostoi
•	..\software\hotbar\install
•	..\software\hotbarsa
•	..\Software\Microsoft\installer\features\10b0642b36134f8f914ea8e11ee5b503
•	..\software\microsoft\installer\features\9c52380dc745a424b853fa5c13810c29
•	..\software\microsoft\installer\products\98154d9215813d11f8de723cf4d17d87
•	..\Software\Microsoft\installer\products\d493500bd4a54ea6bc805fc9cda952c5
•	..\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Explorer bars\{2178c864-b8bc-41ae-a1fb-eb6a32f87eb1}
•	..\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Explorer bars\{66b90adb-0be3-40ae-8680-84a6f0577ca0}
•	..\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Explorer bars\{7e66936c-fea0-4984-ad26-7b6661ac5b2e}
•	..\software\nsz2.dll
•	..\software\sbtv
•	..\Software\shopperreports
•	..\SOFTWARE\SPAMBLOCKERUTILITY
•	..\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Explorer bars\{7E66936C-FEA0-4984-AD26-7B6661AC5B2E}
•	..\Software\Classes\appid\{0507fdde-f3b7-49f5-9e8f-c557e991f39b}
•	..\software\classes\appid\{4661085c-573a-41a1-866f-a6ef3b114cf2}
•	..\software\classes\appid\{5ab065c9-f539-4cd7-b634-d2fb4e6952ae}
•	..\Software\Classes\appid\{b701a705-f828-11d4-a466-00508b5ba2df}
•	..\software\classes\appid\hbads.dll
•	..\Software\Classes\appid\hbsrv.exe
•	..\Software\Classes\appid\weatherontray.exe

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