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Name: Adware.Win32.Starware Smileys Toolbar

Risklevel: Moderate Risk

Company: Starware.com - http://www.starware.com/

Description:

Starware Smileys Toolbar is a toolbar that adds a toolbar to the web browser.It has a search function and provides search results for paid advertisers.It tracks browsing and search queries.

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More details about this danger:

Characteristics:

It adds a toolbar to the web browser.
It has a search function and provides search results for paid advertisers.
It tracks browsing and search queries.
Date: 2008-12-02
Security Level: Moderate Risk
Operating OS: WIN XP
Installation Type: Installed through EXE
Operation: After Installation
Time of Operation: After Installation

Installation: Installed through EXE

Screenshots:

Used folders:

C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\buttons
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\SmileyTown
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\Toolbar
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\ToolbarLogo
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\ToolbarSearch
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\TravelSearch
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\Ringtones
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\ErrorSearch
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\contexts
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\images
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\Weather
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\RelatedSearch
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\Reference
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\Manager
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\Free_Credit_Score
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\Dating
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\Configurator
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\BrowserSearch
C:\Program Files\Starware317\icons
C:\Program Files\Starware317\bin
C:\Program Files\Starware317
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\SimpleUpdate
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\Layouts

Used files:

C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\buttons\Reference.bmp
[1392 Bytes] Bitmap Image
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\buttons\finditxp.png
[1492 Bytes] PNG Image
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\buttons\ReferenceHot.bmp
[1392 Bytes] Bitmap Image
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\buttons\logoxp.bmp
[664 Bytes] Bitmap Image
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\buttons\logo.bmp
[664 Bytes] Bitmap Image
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\buttons\Free_Credit_Score0.bmp
[836 Bytes] Bitmap Image
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\buttons\findithotxp.png
[837 Bytes] PNG Image
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\buttons\FindItHot.bmp
[1420 Bytes] Bitmap Image
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\buttons\FindIt.bmp
[1420 Bytes] Bitmap Image
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\buttons\Dating0.bmp
[500 Bytes] Bitmap Image
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\Weather\WeatherOptions.xml
[14488 Bytes] XML Document
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\buttons\referencehotxp.png
[1239 Bytes] PNG Image
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\SimpleUpdate\SimpleUpdateConfig.xml
[3696 Bytes] XML Document
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\Weather\AlertArchive.xml
[112 Bytes] XML Document
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\Weather\WeatherOptions.xml.backup
[14488 Bytes] BACKUP File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\contexts\error.xml
[1056 Bytes] XML Document
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\SimpleUpdate\TimerManagerConfig.xml
[1544 Bytes] XML Document
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\SimpleUpdate\SimpleUpdateConfig.xml.backup
[3696 Bytes] BACKUP File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\Manager\ManagerOptions.xml.backup
[1056 Bytes] BACKUP File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\SimpleUpdate\ProductMessagingConfig.xml.backup
[2576 Bytes] BACKUP File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\TravelSearch\TravelSearchOptions.xml.backup
[2584 Bytes] BACKUP File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\images\walertXP.bmp
[944 Bytes] Bitmap Image
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\SimpleUpdate\ProductMessagingConfig.xml
[2576 Bytes] XML Document
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\contexts\Related.xml
[64384 Bytes] XML Document
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\buttons\referencexp.png
[924 Bytes] PNG Image
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\buttons\weatherxp.png
[1568 Bytes] PNG Image
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\buttons\weatherhotxp.png
[862 Bytes] PNG Image
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\buttons\WeatherHot.bmp
[1456 Bytes] Bitmap Image
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\buttons\Weather.bmp
[1456 Bytes] Bitmap Image
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\buttons\smiley.bmp
[1346 Bytes] Bitmap Image
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\buttons\Ringtones0.bmp
[632 Bytes] Bitmap Image
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\contexts\Travel.xml
[456 Bytes] XML Document
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\BrowserSearch\BrowserSearch.xml.backup
[5408 Bytes] BACKUP File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\Free_Credit_Score\Free_Credit_ScoreOptions.xml
[4216 Bytes] XML Document
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\ErrorSearch\ErrorSearchOptions.xml.backup
[2880 Bytes] BACKUP File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\ErrorSearch\ErrorSearchOptions.xml
[2880 Bytes] XML Document
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\Dating\DatingOptions.xml.backup
[3736 Bytes] BACKUP File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\Dating\DatingOptions.xml
[3736 Bytes] XML Document
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\Reference\ReferenceOptions.xml.backup
[4208 Bytes] BACKUP File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\Configurator\Configurator.xml
[2824 Bytes] XML Document
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\Layouts\ToolbarLayout.xml.backup
[3008 Bytes] BACKUP File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\BrowserSearch\BrowserSearch.xml
[5408 Bytes] XML Document
C:\Program Files\Starware317\icons\Thumbs.db
[3072 Bytes] Data Base File
C:\Program Files\Starware317\icons\star_16.ico
[1150 Bytes] Icon
C:\Program Files\Starware317\bin\Starware317.dll
[803328 Bytes] Application Extension
C:\Program Files\Starware317\Starware317Config.xml
[50176 Bytes] XML Document
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\SimpleUpdate\TimerManagerConfig.xml.backup
[1544 Bytes] BACKUP File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\Configurator\Configurator.xml.backup
[2824 Bytes] BACKUP File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\Ringtones\RingtonesOptions.xml.backup
[3880 Bytes] BACKUP File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\ToolbarSearch\ToolbarSearchOptions.xml.backup
[5312 Bytes] BACKUP File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\ToolbarSearch\ToolbarSearchOptions.xml
[5312 Bytes] XML Document
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\ToolbarLogo\ToolbarLogoOptions.xml.backup
[11104 Bytes] BACKUP File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\ToolbarLogo\ToolbarLogoOptions.xml
[11104 Bytes] XML Document
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\Toolbar\TBProductsOptions.xml.backup
[848 Bytes] BACKUP File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\Toolbar\TBProductsOptions.xml
[848 Bytes] XML Document
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\Free_Credit_Score\Free_Credit_ScoreOptions.xml.backup
[4216 Bytes] BACKUP File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\SmileyTown\SmileyTownOptions.xml
[2928 Bytes] XML Document
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\Layouts\ToolbarLayout.xml
[3008 Bytes] XML Document
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\Ringtones\RingtonesOptions.xml
[3880 Bytes] XML Document
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\RelatedSearch\RelatedSearchOptions.xml.backup
[3184 Bytes] BACKUP File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\RelatedSearch\RelatedSearchOptions.xml
[3184 Bytes] XML Document
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\Reference\ReferenceOptions.xml
[4208 Bytes] XML Document
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\Manager\ManagerOptions.xml
[1056 Bytes] XML Document
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\TravelSearch\TravelSearchOptions.xml
[2584 Bytes] XML Document
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\SmileyTown\SmileyTownOptions.xml.backup
[2928 Bytes] BACKUP File

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