Amazon Toolbar

Amazon is a free, ad-based product which installs itself into Internet Explorer or Netscape browser. It ads a bar which has a series of links into browser which gives quite a bit of information about each web page that user visit.0

General information:

Malware Name:	Amazon Toolbar
Malware Type:	Toolbar
Company Name:	Berm
Company URL:	http://www.berm.co.nz/
Threat Level:	Elevated Risk
Operating System:	WIN XP
Installation Type:	Installed through EXE
Operation:	Time of After Installation

Company Description:

Berm provides us the software that will make shopping at Amazon.com a breeze. It can search for anything you are looking for in any or all categories or view categories with the Browse menu.

Spyware Description:

Amazon is a free, ad-based product which installs itself into Internet Explorer or Netscape browser. It ads a bar which has a series of links into browser which gives quite a bit of information about each web page that user visit.0

Characteristics/Symptoms:

    -> It adds an extra toolbar to the web browser. -> It has a search function and provides search results for paid advertisers. -> It track browsing and search queries in order to display contextually relevant search results. -> It slows the browser’s navigation speed.0

Additional information might be found here:

	Search at Google for Amazon Toolbar
	Search at Bing for Amazon Toolbar
	Search at Yahoo for Amazon Toolbar

Processes Running:

File information Created after Installation:

File Location	Size (Bytes)	Type
C:\Program Files\Amazon\amazon.bmp	3190	Bitmap Image
C:\Program Files\Amazon\amazon.crc	93	CRC File
C:\Program Files\Amazon\icons.bmp	14134	Bitmap Image

Folder information Created after Installation:

Folder Location
C:\Program Files\Amazon
C:\Program Files\Amazon\Cache

Registry information Created after Installation: