Guitar Toolbar

Guitar Toolbar 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: Guitar 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:

Spyware Description:

Guitar Toolbar 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 slows the browser’s navigation speed. -> The toolbar contains links to other harmful sites as well.0

Additional information might be found here:

google Search at Google for Guitar Toolbar
bing Search at Bing for Guitar Toolbar
yahoo Search at Yahoo for Guitar Toolbar

Processes Running:

File information Created after Installation:

File Location Size (Bytes) Type
C:\Program Files\Guitar\c.bmp 630 Bitmap Image
C:\Program Files\Guitar\icons.bmp 14134 Bitmap Image
C:\Program Files\Guitar\newversion.txt 38 Text Document

Folder information Created after Installation:

Folder Location
C:\Program Files\Guitar

Registry information Created after Installation:

Main Registry Key Sub Registry Key Key Value Name
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionUninstallXBTB09292.XBTB09292Toolbar DisplayName
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionUninstallXBTB09292.XBTB09292Toolbar UninstallString
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\XBTB09292.XBTB09292Toolbar