Winload Toolbar
Posted: July 24, 2013
Threat Metric
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.
Ranking: | 3,520 |
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Threat Level: | 5/10 |
Infected PCs: | 31,323 |
First Seen: | July 24, 2013 |
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Last Seen: | October 17, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Winload Toolbar is a browser add-on that promotes itself as a tool, which is able to improve a PC user's web browsing experience when it is installed onto Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome Internet browsers. Frequently, many web users consider Winload Toolbar to be a browser hijacker, although it is not. Winload Toolbar is an adware application that Internet users may unknowingly install on the computer when downloading freeware and shareware applications. Winload Toolbar modifies the default home page and default search engine with a dubious search engine. Winload Toolbar takes control of the affected computer system and, thus, seems to appear a security threat. Winload Toolbar can also be used by scammers in advertising campaigns to make money. Winload Toolbar keeps track on how the target computer user browses the web and keeps the collected data for malicious purposes. Winload Toolbar records all information that might be valuable for the aim of cybercriminals to push ads in numerous advertising websites. Winload Toolbar results in annoying browser redirects to suspicious advertising websites.
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:C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Windows Net Data\uninstaller.exe
File name: uninstaller.exeSize: 1.11 MB (1117184 bytes)
MD5: 692a36a91ec83bbb0fbcf6c024394713
Detection count: 7,335
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Windows Net Data\uninstaller.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: September 27, 2023
Winload-Toolbar-Setup.exe
File name: Winload-Toolbar-Setup.exeSize: 577.28 KB (577280 bytes)
MD5: b8b6e302f3b0c1075fbfcfd431901584
Detection count: 31
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 8, 2020
Registry Modifications
CLSID{40C3CC16-7269-4B32-9531-17F2950FB06F}HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\AppDataLow\Software\WinloadSoftware\AppDataLow\Toolbar\RegisteredSources\CT2319825SOFTWARE\Classes\Toolbar.CT2319825SOFTWARE\WinloadSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\{30F9B915-B755-4826-820B-08FBA6BD249D}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\{40c3cc16-7269-4b32-9531-17f2950fb06f}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{30F9B915-B755-4826-820B-08FBA6BD249D}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\WinloadHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}BrowseToolE0191 ToolbarVISWinload Toolbar
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