BlueWave Adult Links

BlueWave Adult Links is a toolbar that may typically install without adequate notice and consent, and may make unwanted changes to your system, such as reconfiguring our browser’s homepage and search settings. It track browsing and search queries in order to display contextually relevant search results. It can negatively impact computer’s performance and stability.

General information:

Malware Name: BlueWave Adult Links
Malware Type: Toolbar
Company Name: bluewavelinks.com
Company URL: http://www.bluewavelinks.com/
Threat Level: Elevated Risk
Operating System: WIN XP
Installation Type: Installed through EXE
Operation: Time of After Installation

Company Description:

bluewavelinks.com provides you the software BlueWave Adult Links that is the only and the one of the oldest and most active adult search engines on the net. Blue Wave is an adult-related site dedicated to the free expression of sexuality and is intended for adults of legal age. Blue Wave provides access to images of adults engaging in sexual acts, and other material of an adult nature.

Spyware Description:

BlueWave Adult Links is a toolbar that may typically install without adequate notice and consent, and may make unwanted changes to your system, such as reconfiguring our browser’s homepage and search settings. It track browsing and search queries in order to display contextually relevant search results. It can negatively impact computer’s performance and stability.

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.

Additional information might be found here:

google Search at Google for BlueWave Adult Links
bing Search at Bing for BlueWave Adult Links
yahoo Search at Yahoo for BlueWave Adult Links

Processes Running:

File information Created after Installation:

File Location Size (Bytes) Type
C:\Program Files\Blue Wave Adult Links Toolbar\basis.xml 6640 XML Document
C:\Program Files\Blue Wave Adult Links Toolbar\blue_wave_adult_links.dll 516096 Application Extension
C:\Program Files\Blue Wave Adult Links Toolbar\nav.bmp 13878 Bitmap Image

Folder information Created after Installation:

Folder Location
C:\Program Files\Blue Wave Adult Links Toolbar\Cach

Registry information Created after Installation:

Main Registry Key Sub Registry Key Key Value Name
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software\XBTB03009\Toolbar EditWidthcombo1
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software\XBTB03009\Toolbar ShowHighlightButton
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software\XBTB03009\Toolbar firstTime