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Certified Toolbar

Posted: October 29, 2012

Threat Metric

Ranking: 3,024
Threat Level: 5/10
Infected PCs: 95,295
First Seen: October 29, 2012
Last Seen: October 15, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Technical Details

File System Modifications

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The following files were created in the system:



%APPDATA%\CertifiedToolbarBRToolbar\CertifiedToolbarBRToolbar.dll File name: CertifiedToolbarBRToolbar.dll
Size: 1.02 MB (1026120 bytes)
MD5: ccc8cfc0ce4e8a1f940e7fe6bdefa532
Detection count: 1,408
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %APPDATA%\CertifiedToolbarBRToolbar
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 26, 2016
%APPDATA%\CertifiedToolbar7art\CertifiedToolbar7art.dll File name: CertifiedToolbar7art.dll
Size: 1.03 MB (1030728 bytes)
MD5: d1717612a88261ce900803672660b44a
Detection count: 68
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %APPDATA%\CertifiedToolbar7art
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 26, 2016
F:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\CertifiedToolbar\CertifiedToolbar.dll File name: CertifiedToolbar.dll
Size: 1.03 MB (1031752 bytes)
MD5: 9adfb2f057d66102ebd6c16d70dad8f6
Detection count: 63
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: F:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\CertifiedToolbar\CertifiedToolbar.dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: May 21, 2022
%APPDATA%\CertifiedToolbarBRToolbar\CertifiedToolbarBRToolbar.dll File name: CertifiedToolbarBRToolbar.dll
Size: 1.02 MB (1026120 bytes)
MD5: f378cb8afb94abbf1c3441edf26f0c0b
Detection count: 42
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %APPDATA%\CertifiedToolbarBRToolbar
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 26, 2016
%APPDATA%\CertifiedToolbar7art\CertifiedToolbar7art.dll File name: CertifiedToolbar7art.dll
Size: 1.03 MB (1031752 bytes)
MD5: ffb5e6adf8f639df04585a36d782ec8f
Detection count: 21
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %APPDATA%\CertifiedToolbar7art
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 26, 2016
%APPDATA%\CertifiedToolbar7art\CertifiedToolbar7art.dll File name: CertifiedToolbar7art.dll
Size: 1.03 MB (1031240 bytes)
MD5: 413551a108860b4cc0fb425008aaa9b5
Detection count: 21
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %APPDATA%\CertifiedToolbar7art
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 26, 2016
%APPDATA%\CertifiedToolbar\CertifiedToolbar.dll File name: CertifiedToolbar.dll
Size: 1.03 MB (1031752 bytes)
MD5: ef09f824f661b7e69ee672354b4bb5a7
Detection count: 16
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %APPDATA%\CertifiedToolbar
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: November 26, 2019
%APPDATA%\CertifiedToolbarBRToolbar\CertifiedToolbarBRToolbar.dll File name: CertifiedToolbarBRToolbar.dll
Size: 1.01 MB (1018440 bytes)
MD5: 7dd14a648302410a63b3795c8b9a4b36
Detection count: 12
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %APPDATA%\CertifiedToolbarBRToolbar
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 26, 2016
%APPDATA%\CertifiedToolbar\CertifiedToolbar.dll File name: CertifiedToolbar.dll
Size: 1.03 MB (1031752 bytes)
MD5: 3b02b642aeab2ad1a20fc696ed3fcac9
Detection count: 5
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %APPDATA%\CertifiedToolbar
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 26, 2016
%APPDATA%\CertifiedToolbar7art\CertifiedToolbar7art.dll File name: CertifiedToolbar7art.dll
Size: 1.02 MB (1026120 bytes)
MD5: ed0221ff1ff35f101833c0afadd06670
Detection count: 5
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %APPDATA%\CertifiedToolbar7art
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 26, 2016

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

CLSID{3FC27B34-0C19-49DA-875E-1875DDD4A6B2}Regexp file mask%PROGRAMFILES%\Mozilla Firefox\searchplugins\Web Search.xml%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Mozilla Firefox\searchplugins\Web Search.xmlHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\AppDataLow\Software\SimplytechSoftware\AppDataLow\Software\Simplytech\CertifiedToolbarSoftware\CertifiedToolbarSOFTWARE\Classes\AppID\CertifiedToolbar.DLLSOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\AppID\CertifiedToolbar.DLLSoftware\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\ApprovedExtensionsMigration\{8ce31ebd-051a-495f-9b41-3cc886889da8}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Extensions\{1c632c0a-9751-4778-8ef1-a1778a4d0caf}Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\{8CE31EBD-051A-495F-9B41-3CC886889DA8}Software\SimplyTechSoftware\SimplyTech\CertifiedToolbarSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Classes\AppID\CertifiedToolbar.DLLSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\CertifiedToolbar_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\CertifiedToolbar_RASMANCSHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}{d45ddd00-fad4-42c9-92b3-d4fa6bc98d19}_is1

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%APPDATA%\CertifiedToolbar7art%APPDATA%\CertifiedToolbarBRToolbar%AppData%\CertifiedToolbar%PROGRAMFILES%\CertifiedToolbar%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\CertifiedToolbar%ProgramFiles%\DownTangoLauncherToolbar%UserProfile%\AppData\LocalLow\CertifiedToolbar%UserProfile%\AppData\LocalLow\DownTangoLauncherToolbar%UserProfile%\AppData\LocalLow\SimplyTech\Toolbar

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