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HappinessInfusion Toolbar

Posted: June 17, 2013

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 5/10
Infected PCs: 304
First Seen: June 17, 2013
Last Seen: October 30, 2022
OS(es) Affected: Windows

HappinessInfusion Toolbar, also known as Happiness Infusion Toolbar, is a toolbar, which offers PC users a healthy dose of humor, strategies for the life-long happiness, fun games, cards and similar stuff. However, HappinessInfusion Toolbar can also be classified as an adware application, which invades targeted computers and changes the compromised PC's settings. While HappinessInfusion Toolbar is not technically a virus, it can change the start page and default search engine without the attacked computer user's permission asked. HappinessInfusion Toolbar is associated with MyWebSearch. This tricky search website can be set to keep track of victimized computer users by recording their browsing activity and also redirecting PC users to unwanted advertising websites by returning changed search results. If you didn't install HappinessInfusion Toolbar on the computer manually, remove it from the PC without doubt. HappinessInfusion Toolbar can be installed from its official website as a tool, which is able to improve your browsing activity. However, HappinessInfusion Toolbar can also enter the corrupted PC bundled with other freeware programs. HappinessInfusion Toolbar targets Internet browsers such as Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and other web browsers.

Technical Details

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

CLSID{400C4DE7-29B0-4785-BBF5-C0470731D49E}{D4755D89-5784-4D8B-9574-7E791D458A41}HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\Classes\HappinessInfusion_5w.DynamicBarButtonSOFTWARE\Classes\HappinessInfusion_5w.DynamicBarButton.1SOFTWARE\Classes\HappinessInfusion_5w.FeedManagerSOFTWARE\Classes\HappinessInfusion_5w.FeedManager.1SOFTWARE\Classes\HappinessInfusion_5w.HTMLMenuSOFTWARE\Classes\HappinessInfusion_5w.HTMLMenu.1SOFTWARE\Classes\HappinessInfusion_5w.HTMLPanelSOFTWARE\Classes\HappinessInfusion_5w.HTMLPanel.1SOFTWARE\Classes\HappinessInfusion_5w.MultipleButtonSOFTWARE\Classes\HappinessInfusion_5w.MultipleButton.1SOFTWARE\Classes\HappinessInfusion_5w.PseudoTransparentPluginSOFTWARE\Classes\HappinessInfusion_5w.PseudoTransparentPlugin.1SOFTWARE\Classes\HappinessInfusion_5w.RadioSOFTWARE\Classes\HappinessInfusion_5w.Radio.1SOFTWARE\Classes\HappinessInfusion_5w.RadioSettingsSOFTWARE\Classes\HappinessInfusion_5w.RadioSettings.1SOFTWARE\Classes\HappinessInfusion_5w.ScriptButtonSOFTWARE\Classes\HappinessInfusion_5w.ScriptButton.1SOFTWARE\Classes\HappinessInfusion_5w.SettingsPluginSOFTWARE\Classes\HappinessInfusion_5w.SettingsPlugin.1SOFTWARE\Classes\HappinessInfusion_5w.SkinLauncherSOFTWARE\Classes\HappinessInfusion_5w.SkinLauncher.1SOFTWARE\Classes\HappinessInfusion_5w.SkinLauncherSettingsSOFTWARE\Classes\HappinessInfusion_5w.SkinLauncherSettings.1SOFTWARE\Classes\HappinessInfusion_5w.ThirdPartyInstallerSOFTWARE\Classes\HappinessInfusion_5w.UrlAlertButtonSOFTWARE\Classes\HappinessInfusion_5w.UrlAlertButton.1SOFTWARE\Classes\HappinessInfusion_5w.XMLSessionPluginSOFTWARE\Classes\HappinessInfusion_5w.XMLSessionPlugin.1SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{0034A545-179D-4205-BA5A-E436CB080FB2}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{C3FF6E48-4D2C-4F65-8D96-D168B36D8043}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{C4F4C41D-25A3-4B36-9878-D03C491C45DC}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\{c4f4c41d-25a3-4b36-9878-d03c491c45dc}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\URLSearchHooks\{7ce1ad6c-f8d7-4de6-bea4-9f787c4f8990}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\HappinessInfusion Search Scope MonitorSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\HappinessInfusion_5w Browser Plugin LoaderSOFTWARE\Mozilla\Firefox\Extensions\5wffxtbr@HappinessInfusion_5w.comSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\HappinessInfusion_5wSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Low Rights\ElevationPolicy\{48900fd3-bf34-4ede-bde8-80ba4db0a01e}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Low Rights\ElevationPolicy\{5551d028-11c1-417d-85e1-d0252f787a92}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Low Rights\ElevationPolicy\{661f0cb2-216c-46c9-9a18-17d2221938d8}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Low Rights\ElevationPolicy\{679bed97-49ce-49af-abdf-1247a962d62d}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Low Rights\ElevationPolicy\{8f1a5525-d272-4120-9333-83d12c5bf50d}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\{c4f4c41d-25a3-4b36-9878-d03c491c45dc}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\5wSkPlay_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\5wSkPlay_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{0034a545-179d-4205-ba5a-e436cb080fb2}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{c3ff6e48-4d2c-4f65-8d96-d168b36d8043}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\PreApproved\{1e1e8f5b-25b7-400e-adbc-de08e579e4c5}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\PreApproved\{5d0f1f8d-8701-4b62-b795-29b99da6d8aa}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\PreApproved\{66f6f414-fa54-4e6a-909d-fca4b0ed9f3e}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\PreApproved\{bc9c928b-cc4f-4eed-927f-f80066527010}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\PreApproved\{E372B797-CE8B-463F-B3A7-8D1AF62D7213}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\PreApproved\{ec058f1a-dac1-45ce-b60f-eafb0152b05d}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\HappinessInfusion Search Scope MonitorSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\HappinessInfusion_5w Browser Plugin LoaderSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Mozilla\Firefox\Extensions\5wffxtbr@HappinessInfusion_5w.comHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}HappinessInfusion_5wbar Uninstall

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%LOCALAPPDATA%\HappinessInfusion_5w%PROGRAMFILES%\HappinessInfusion_5w%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\HappinessInfusion_5w%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\HappinessInfusion_5w
The following URL's were detected:
HappinessInfusion
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