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ABXToolbar

Posted: March 28, 2006

ABXToolbar is an adware application that shows plenty of annoying pop-up advertisements. It also changes the web browser's default start and search pages. The spyware works as an additional Internet Explorer toolbar. It can be secretly installed by some malicious web sites.

File System Modifications

  • The following files were created in the system:
    # File Name
    1 abx_search.dll

Registry Modifications

  • The following newly produced Registry Values are:
    HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMaxthonHKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternetExplorerMainStartPage=[siteaddress]HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareXBTB01186HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClassesToolBand.XBTB01186HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClassesToolBand.XBTB01186.1HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClassesXBTB01186.IEToolbarHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClassesXBTB01186.IEToolbar.1HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClassesXBTB01186.XBTB01186HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClassesXBTB01186.XBTB01186.1HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftInternetExplorerSearchSearchAssistant=[siteaddress]HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionUninstallXBTB01186.XBTB01186Toolbar
  • The following CLSID's were detected:
    HKEY..\..\{CLSID Path}483D2273-2C22-4053-94CA-6A99B2778BF21E5C9FAE-43B0-47C3-BA51-BA5A08E4432217BBFF9A-5D7B-4A5B-8265-15B4B86BE90F00CEAF8F-BF59-429b-A1D9-91C88CCFE94B544F12D3-0B83-4DDB-B73A-53E1B4BBA4AF
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