Emsisoft Malware-Info

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:

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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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