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Virgin Media Toolbar

Posted: September 2, 2010

Threat Metric

Ranking: 14,586
Threat Level: 1/10
Infected PCs: 25,070
First Seen: September 2, 2010
Last Seen: August 20, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows


Virgin Media Toolbar is an unwanted plug-in that may spread and invade the PC through bundled free software and install a BHO (Browser Helper Object) on the computer system. By using a BHO, Virgin Media Toolbar may not need any external software as an installer to run along the Web browser including Internet Explorer, Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. Virgin Media Toolbar may use the BHO to display pop-up messages and insert unwanted advertisements in the websites the PC user visits. Virgin Media Toolbar may also redirect computer users to questionable websites, and substitute the default homepage and default search engine or a new tab window with an unreliable search engine website to make money from raised traffic and clicks on ads. MediaGet Toolbar may deliver various annoying messages and banners, promote unidentified advertising websites and doubtful search engines to benefit from them.

Technical Details

File System Modifications

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The following files were created in the system:



C:\Program Files (x86)\virginmediatoolbar\virginmediatoolbar.dll File name: virginmediatoolbar.dll
Size: 1.92 MB (1923584 bytes)
MD5: 4bc24dc59c350dcaf63eefe9f079e537
Detection count: 24,140
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\virginmediatoolbar\virginmediatoolbar.dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 28, 2021
%PROGRAMFILES%\virginmediatoolbar\virginmediatoolbar.dll File name: virginmediatoolbar.dll
Size: 1.92 MB (1923584 bytes)
MD5: d6b663a602834e35cd89aeb2117f3581
Detection count: 5
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\virginmediatoolbar
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 21, 2014
C:\PROGRA~1\virginmediatoolbar\virginmediatoolbar.dll File name: C:\PROGRA~1\virginmediatoolbar\virginmediatoolbar.dll
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
C:\PROGRA~1\VIRGIN~2\VIRGIN~1.DLL File name: C:\PROGRA~1\VIRGIN~2\VIRGIN~1.DLL
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/DLL
Group: Malware file

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{A057A204-BACC-4D26-CFC3-3CECC9AB2EDA}Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser\{A057A204-BACC-4D26-CFC3-3CECC9AB2EDA}Software\virginmediatoolbar

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%ProgramFiles%\virginmediatoolbar%ProgramFiles(x86)%\virginmediatoolbar%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\VIRGINMEDIATOOLBAR%appdata%\VIRGINMEDIATOOLBAR
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