Metastop Toolbar

Metastop Toolbar is a toolbar that 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: Metastop Toolbar
Malware Type: Toolbar
Company Name: Spy-bot.com
Company URL: http://free-spybot.com/
Threat Level: Moderate Risk
Operating System: WIN XP
Installation Type: Installed through EXE
Operation: Time of After Installation

Company Description:

Spy-bot.com provides you the software Metastop Toolbar.

Spyware Description:

Metastop Toolbar is a toolbar that 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 Metastop Toolbar
bing Search at Bing for Metastop Toolbar
yahoo Search at Yahoo for Metastop Toolbar

Processes Running:

File information Created after Installation:

File Location Size (Bytes) Type
C:\Program Files\metastop\logo.bmp 3728 Bitmap Image
C:\Program Files\metastop\play.gif 106 GIF Image
C:\Program Files\metastop\tbbg_newsticker.html 7654 HTML File

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\metastop\metastop\Historyfiles
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software\metastop\metastop\Historywhitelist
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{3BF53774-CF16-4268-8A20-8F83E1D90543}