Hijacker/Toolbar/AdultLinks.Qabar

Alias: AdultLinks.Qabar

Description: Hijacker/Toolbar/AdultLinks.Qabar resets your browser's settings to point to other sites. Hijacker/Toolbar/AdultLinks.Qabar adds unwanted links to your browser, desktop and start menu.

Threat type:

Hijacker - A Hijacker is a software application that takes control of your browser's settings. Usually it changes your home page and redirects it to some unknown site or modifies your search settings. It prevents you from changing back your browser's settings. An infected browser usually operates much slower.

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 Hijacker/Toolbar/AdultLinks.Qabar: 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:

Hijacker/Toolbar/AdultLinks.Qabar displays commercial advertisements.

Hijacker/Toolbar/AdultLinks.Qabar changes browser settings.

Hijacker/Toolbar/AdultLinks.Qabar connects itself to the internet.

Hijacker/Toolbar/AdultLinks.Qabar stays resident in background.

Hijacker/Toolbar/AdultLinks.Qabar 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 Hijacker/Toolbar/AdultLinks.Qabar, you can clean your computer by downloading SpyNoMore now.

Running Process Signatures:
N/A

File Signatures:
%WINDOWS%\desktop\adult links daily.url
%WINDOWS%\system\qabar.dll
%WINDOWS%\system32\qabar.dll

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

Folder Signatures:
N/A

Registry Signatures:
HKLM\software\microsoft\code store database\distribution units\{965e6b07-6832-4738-bdbe-25f226ba2ab0}

SpyNoMore Collected Residual File Signatures:
N/A

See Also:
Toolbar/LookQuick
Adware/Toolbar/Homepage Hijacker/AdShooter.SearchForIt
BHO/Toolbar/LookThru Cool Search Bar
Toolbar/Pugi.Masterbar
Toolbar/EasyBar
Toolbar/Russian Searchbar
Adware/BHO/Toolbar/Xlocator/Winlocator
Trojan/Hijacker/Toolbar/HTMLEdit
Toolbar/Seek99
Toolbar/ProvenTactics