DeskBar
Posted: September 21, 2006
Threat Metric
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Threat Level: The threat level scale goes from 1 to 10 where 10 is the highest level of severity and 1 is the lowest level of severity. Each specific level is relative to the threat's consistent assessed behaviors collected from SpyHunter's risk assessment model.
Detection Count: The collective number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular malware threat. The detection count is calculated from infected PCs retrieved from diagnostic and scan log reports generated by SpyHunter.
Volume Count: Similar to the detection count, the Volume Count is specifically based on the number of confirmed and suspected threats infecting systems on a daily basis. High volume counts usually represent a popular threat but may or may not have infected a large number of systems. High detection count threats could lay dormant and have a low volume count. Criteria for Volume Count is relative to a daily detection count.
Trend Path: The Trend Path, utilizing an up arrow, down arrow or equal symbol, represents the level of recent movement of a particular threat. Up arrows represent an increase, down arrows represent a decline and the equal symbol represent no change to a threat's recent movement.
% Impact (Last 7 Days): This demonstrates a 7-day period change in the frequency of a malware threat infecting PCs. The percentage impact correlates directly to the current Trend Path to determine a rise or decline in the percentage.
The following fields listed on the Threat Meter containing a specific value, are explained in detail below:
Threat Level: The threat level scale goes from 1 to 10 where 10 is the highest level of severity and 1 is the lowest level of severity. Each specific level is relative to the threat's consistent assessed behaviors collected from SpyHunter's risk assessment model.
Detection Count: The collective number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular malware threat. The detection count is calculated from infected PCs retrieved from diagnostic and scan log reports generated by SpyHunter.
Volume Count: Similar to the detection count, the Volume Count is specifically based on the number of confirmed and suspected threats infecting systems on a daily basis. High volume counts usually represent a popular threat but may or may not have infected a large number of systems. High detection count threats could lay dormant and have a low volume count. Criteria for Volume Count is relative to a daily detection count.
Trend Path: The Trend Path, utilizing an up arrow, down arrow or equal symbol, represents the level of recent movement of a particular threat. Up arrows represent an increase, down arrows represent a decline and the equal symbol represent no change to a threat's recent movement.
% Impact (Last 7 Days): This demonstrates a 7-day period change in the frequency of a malware threat infecting PCs. The percentage impact correlates directly to the current Trend Path to determine a rise or decline in the percentage.
Threat Level: | 2/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 52 |
First Seen: | July 24, 2009 |
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Last Seen: | August 7, 2022 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
DeskBar is an adware toolbar created from the Softomate toolkit. DeskBar Builder is a legitimate program that allows you to build your own customized Internet Explorer toolbars. In many cases, however, adware and spyware applications are created and deployed with this software package.
Aliases
Cryp_Naix-6 [TrendMicro]Spyware.IEToolbar [Symantec]Deskbar.GiantExplorer [Sunbelt]SearchIt [Sophos]Adware [Prevx1]Adware/ActiveSearch [Panda]Win32/Adware.Softomate [NOD32]not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Mostofate.r [Ikarus]Adware/Softomate [Fortinet]AdWare.Win32.Mostofate.r [F-Secure]Spyware.Gen [eSafe]Adware.Softomate [DrWeb]Adware.Toolbar [ClamAV]AdWare.Softomate.r (Not a Virus) [CAT-QuickHeal]Application.Adware.Softomate.R [BitDefender]
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Technical Details
File System Modifications
Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.
The following files were created in the system:nwnmff_e[1].exe
File name: nwnmff_e[1].exeSize: 368.64 KB (368640 bytes)
MD5: 7f2f9e330d420138755b187b9f3d7a55
Detection count: 81
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
deskbar3.exe
File name: deskbar3.exeSize: 251.26 KB (251262 bytes)
MD5: 694ca927204b4dd01cba63a7ef7d2172
Detection count: 14
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
deskbar.exe
File name: deskbar.exeSize: 251.35 KB (251352 bytes)
MD5: a0d9ae89df87aa63638101eac95d865e
Detection count: 11
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
nwnmff_e23.exe
File name: nwnmff_e23.exeSize: 360.44 KB (360448 bytes)
MD5: a4812a2ade585c14acbca5597fb10d74
Detection count: 10
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
deskbar.dll
File name: deskbar.dllSize: 442.36 KB (442368 bytes)
MD5: 95c1e30dce3ec1d9bb147d9df8426d7b
Detection count: 2
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
deskbar_e31.exe
File name: deskbar_e31.exeSize: 676.08 KB (676081 bytes)
MD5: 78075c01c8ce1400107e9f25008637ae
Detection count: 1
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
Registry Modifications
The following newly produced Registry Values are:
CLSID{A0881AA1-68BE-41AC-9C0D-4C8A69C6C72C}
CLSID{A0881AA1-68BE-41AC-9C0D-4C8A69C6C72C}
Hi, I removed deskbar.dll from my computer. Everything seems OK, but now when I boot up I get an error message that \"deskbar.dll\" could not be loaded as the program cannot be found. What up? MB
M. Blake,
As you boot your computer some programs (malware) or execution points need to load this file and they don't find deskbar.dll because you deleted it. You need to remove those programs or execution points which need this file to be loaded. In most cases you just need to do a search in word or phrase in a file. Try to edit those files where you find deskbar.dll, but it doesn't help every time because the execution may be in many places of your computer.