GimmeWeb Toolbar

It includes Moderate risk threats that are often bundled with functionally unrelated software or installed without adequate notice and consent, and may display unwanted advertising on the user's desktop. Such threats may track users' online browsing habits and transmit non-personally identifying data back to a server in order to target advertising. These threats may be configured to start automatically with the operating system, use an auto-updater that the user cannot control, or install other functionally separate programs without adequate notice and consent0

General information:

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

Company Description:

GimmeWeb features one-click access to the search results of ten (10+) of the best search providers on the Internet! Now, we can search for relevant web results, images, weather, news and much more from one convenient location! GimmeWeb is our best search friendly tool on the web, saving time and effort. Unlike other search engines, GimmeWeb results are designed to bring accurate results we are looking for – fast! That’s why it removed all banners, pop-ups, and other advertising that might slow down.

Spyware Description:

It includes Moderate risk threats that are often bundled with functionally unrelated software or installed without adequate notice and consent, and may display unwanted advertising on the user's desktop. Such threats may track users' online browsing habits and transmit non-personally identifying data back to a server in order to target advertising. These threats may be configured to start automatically with the operating system, use an auto-updater that the user cannot control, or install other functionally separate programs without adequate notice and consent0

Characteristics/Symptoms:

    -> It has a search function and provides search results for paid advertisers -> Track browsing habits -> Adds a third-party utility bar to the web browser -> Changes browser -> Shows Advertisements0

Additional information might be found here:

	Search at Google for GimmeWeb Toolbar
	Search at Bing for GimmeWeb Toolbar
	Search at Yahoo for GimmeWeb Toolbar

Processes Running:

File information Created after Installation:

File Location	Size (Bytes)	Type
C:\Program Files\GimmeWebIEv2\about.html	1719	HTML Document
C:\Program Files\GimmeWebIEv2\basis.key	32	Registration Entries
C:\Program Files\GimmeWebIEv2\basis.xml	261	XML Document

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