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ToolBar.Communicator Technical Details

Category

ToolBar

Discovered

9/14/2005 7:09:00 PM

Modified

7/18/2007 11:08:00 AM

Threat Level

Medium

Description

It is a type of browser plug-in that adds a third-party utility bar to the web browser, usually just below or next to the browser's address bar. A Toolbar typically has a search function and provides search results for paid advertisers.

Summary

When the ToolBar is executed, it creates the following files:

Name	Version	Publisher	Signature (MD5)	File Size (in Bytes)
..\search fast\setup.exe			74f6ed893a91bcde2d664a3e7d57353a
..\setup.exe			9d05cff4f0bde58a720b4588be597ae0
..\communicator.dll			442b8a15abc263cede7faf989e0644d7
..\preuninstallcom.exe			fa863479b942f7e1348fffcd11e2a9fb
..\stb.exe			f9d67c581e8fea4fc637eaff2461c7b9
..\sites.dat
..\srchfst.dll
..\srchfstu.exe			a068278f841e7ebf73e37bdd2709240e
..\srchupdt.exe			10f9d25ac1fc45ac47aa3cdf5a5cde06

When the ToolBar is executed, it creates the following Registry entries:

•	..\SOFTWARE\COMMUNICATOR TOOLBAR
•	..\SOFTWARE\SEARCHFST
•	..\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{000277A3-7D84-406A-9799-D12A81594693}
•	..\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{4E7BD74F-2B8D-469E-8DBC-A42EB79CB428}
•	..\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{4E7BD74F-2B8D-469E-8DBC-A42EB79CB429}
•	..\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{4E7BD74F-2B8D-469E-8DBC-A42EB79CB42A}
•	..\SOFTWARE\Classes\COMMUNICATOR.COMMUNICATOR
•	..\SOFTWARE\Classes\COMMUNICATOR.COMMUNICATORMENU BUTTON
•	..\SOFTWARE\Classes\COMMUNICATOR.COMMUNICATORTOGGLE BUTTON
•	..\SOFTWARE\Classes\INTERFACE\{4AB7241E-0AF2-47AC-A771-0FDBB7343714}
•	..\SOFTWARE\Classes\SRCHFST.BAND
•	..\SOFTWARE\Classes\SRCHFST.BAND.1
•	..\SOFTWARE\Classes\TYPELIB\{DC625A36-EF37-4F87-B8B3-C7F423D7763B}
•	..\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\run\"srchfstupdate"
•	..\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\RUN\"STB"
•	..\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\SHAREDDLLS\"%WINDIR%\srchfstu.exe"
•	..\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\SHAREDDLLS\"%WINDIR%\srchupdt.exe"
•	..\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SharedDlls\%WINDIR%\"srchfstu.exe"
•	..\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SharedDlls\%WINDIR%\"srchupdt.exe"
•	..\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\UNINSTALL\{3F4BB0B3-57C7-44B9-9B30-F29458425410}
•	..\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\UNINSTALL\SEARCH FAST
•	..\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\search fast communicator

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