Adware/Toolbar/SearchAndBrowse

Alias: SearchAndBrowse

Description: Adware/Toolbar/SearchAndBrowse is an Internet Explorer toolbar, which redirects you to the site searchandbrowse.com. It also adds bookmarks to IE's Favorites menu, hijacks search and error page settings to point to the same site. It is likely to slow performance of Internet Explorer or even cause it crashes.

Threat type:

Adware - Adware is a software application which displays advertisements on your computer. Advertisements can be displayed through pop-up / pop-under windows, additional bars or toolbars, underlined links or buttons that appear on a computer screen. Adware applications include additional code that delivers the ads. Adware authors earn money when users click on those ads. Occasionally, adware includes code that tracks user's site visits and passes it to third parties without the user's permission or knowledge.

Toolbar - A Toolbar is a group of buttons that performs different tasks. Unwanted toolbars are usually installed by adware programs that try to send users to their paying advertisers.

Advice: Remove This is a very high risk threat and should be removed immediately as to prevent harm to your computer or your privacy.

Detection:
SpyNoMore detects Adware/Toolbar/SearchAndBrowse: Yes

Threat risk: Medium Risk

Potentially dangerous malware. May collect sensitive user information and broadcast data back to a server with "opt-out" permission. Category includes most adware programs.

Symptoms:

Adware/Toolbar/SearchAndBrowse changes browser settings.

Adware/Toolbar/SearchAndBrowse may slow browser performance.

Adware/Toolbar/SearchAndBrowse may cause browser crashes.

Adware/Toolbar/SearchAndBrowse hides from the user and stays resident in background.

Adware/Toolbar/SearchAndBrowse Signature Details: The following information includes some of the standard signatures associated with this spyware threat. Please do not attempt to manually remove these items from your computer; Removing these items incorrectly or partially can cause your computer to experience critical errors, prevent your computer from restarting or cause loss of Internet connectivity. Should you be infected with Adware/Toolbar/SearchAndBrowse, you can clean your computer by downloading SpyNoMore now.

Running Process Signatures:
N/A

File Signatures:
%WINDOWS%\system\wst.dll
%WINDOWS%\system32\wst.dll

Registered Dll (Dynamic Link Library) Signatures:
N/A

Folder Signatures:
N/A

Registry Signatures:
HKCR\clsid\{ec788b03-a743-4274-ac9e-db4f2a03f515}
HKLM\software\classes\clsid\{ec788b03-a743-4274-ac9e-db4f2a03f515}

SpyNoMore Collected Residual File Signatures:
N/A

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