PasswordBox Toolbar

Posted: December 4, 2013

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Ranking:	8,073
Threat Level:	1/10
Infected PCs:	2,204

First Seen:	December 4, 2013
Last Seen:	October 9, 2023
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

The PasswordBox Toolbar is a Potentially Unwanted Program that provides general password storage and accessibility features. Besides its positive attributes, the PasswordBox Toolbar also has some of the characteristics of a browser hijacker and may modify your browser's homepage/search settings, presumably in an effort to provide its additional company revenue through these Web traffic adjustments. Malware experts often suggest deleting PUPs without a second thought, but you'll have to make judgments of your own on whether or not to put up with the PasswordBox Toolbar's browser-modifying ways in exchange for a simpler lifestyle of password management.

Why Your Browser Seems a Little Boxed in by the PasswordBox Toolbar

Boasting a range of security and easy data management features, the PasswordBox Toolbar is a classier sort of PUP that actually provides some legitimate functions that can help make your browsing experience easier than usual. However, along with its AES encryption and other privacy features, the PasswordBox Toolbar also besmirches its brand by stooping to the common functions of a browser hijacker. Optional functions requested by the PasswordBox Toolbar include hijacking your:

Homepage.
Default new tab page.
Default search engine.

The PasswordBox Toolbar doesn't use these functions to direct your browser to threatening sites, although its content isn't necessarily guaranteed to be accurate or unbiased. Less major modifications to your browser include the addition of a new menu icon for the PasswordBox Toolbar, as well as the PasswordBox Toolbar's auto-completion of identified password fields. Malware researchers haven't detected any criminal misuses of password-related information by the PasswordBox Toolbar's company, and are content to conclude that the PasswordBox Toolbar clearly isn't a disguised attempt at spyware, regardless of the nature of its benefits.

How to Get a PasswordBox Toolbar to Let You Pass Wherever You Please

Since the PasswordBox Toolbar's browser-hijacking features may interfere with your Web-browsing experience, you should try to disable these options whenever possible during the original installation routine. If you're unable to do this or didn't recognize the relevant options in time, the PasswordBox Toolbar may reconfigure its browser features even while the PasswordBox Toolbar is installed. This earns the PasswordBox Toolbar slightly higher marks than most browser hijackers in the eyes of malware analysts, who are too used to seeing PUPs that refuse to remove their browser changes or uninstall themselves.

If you've decided you're more interested in being rid of the PasswordBox Toolbar than you are in taking advantage of its password features, malware researchers would suggest including the general use of anti-malware products in the PasswordBox Toolbar's uninstallation. Even with PUPs that have been proven to be mostly safe products, double-checking to verify that all related browser changes truly have been uninstalled is useful for keeping your Web-browsing environment secure.

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Additional Information

The following URL's were detected:

https://www.mediatab.club/sapi/search.php?searchingrope.com