Alba Hotels Toolbar

Alba Hotels Toolbar is a toolbar that may makes unwanted changes browser, such as reconfiguring browser’s search settings. It tracks browsing and search queries. It also adds a toolbar to the web browser.

General information:

Malware Name: Alba Hotels Toolbar
Malware Type: Toolbar
Company Name: Alba Hotels
Company URL: http://www.albahotels.com/
Threat Level: Moderate Risk
Operating System: WIN XP
Installation Type: Installed through EXE
Operation: Time of After Installation

Company Description:

Alba Hotels provides you the software Alba Hotels Toolbar that quickly searches For Hotels from anywhere online. You can get instantly access your favorite Hotels and to your Hot Hotel Deals. You can also eliminate annoying Pop-Ups. It installs in seconds.

Spyware Description:

Alba Hotels Toolbar is a toolbar that may makes unwanted changes browser, such as reconfiguring browser’s search settings. It tracks browsing and search queries. It also adds a toolbar to the web browser.

Characteristics/Symptoms:

    -> 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.

Additional information might be found here:

google Search at Google for Alba Hotels Toolbar
bing Search at Bing for Alba Hotels Toolbar
yahoo Search at Yahoo for Alba Hotels Toolbar

Processes Running:

File information Created after Installation:

File Location Size (Bytes) Type
C:\Program Files\Alba Hotels Toolbar\alba_hotels.dll 589824 Application Extension
C:\Program Files\Alba Hotels Toolbar\basis.xml 6840 XML Document
C:\Program Files\Alba Hotels Toolbar\favicon.ico 7406 Icon

Folder information Created after Installation:

Folder Location

Registry information Created after Installation:

Main Registry Key Sub Registry Key Key Value Name
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software\XBTB05331\Toolbar EditWidthcombo1
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software\XBTB05331\Toolbar ErrorMsg
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software\XBTB05331\Toolbar firstTime