Optimum Online Toolbar

Optimum Online 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:	Optimum Online Toolbar
Malware Type:	Toolbar
Company Name:	Cablevision
Company URL:	http://www.optonline.net/
Threat Level:	Moderate Risk
Operating System:	WIN XP
Installation Type:	Installed through EXE
Operation:	Time of After Installation

Company Description:

Cablevision's Optimum Online, the industry's first self-install, blazingly fast Internet access cable-modem service is revolutionizing the way people in the tri-state area view and use the Internet. In an effort to provide its customers with the most comprehensive high-speed Internet service, Cablevision produces OptOnline.net, a Web site designed specifically for Optimum Online customers.

Spyware Description:

Optimum Online 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 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 browser0

Additional information might be found here:

	Search at Google for Optimum Online Toolbar
	Search at Bing for Optimum Online Toolbar
	Search at Yahoo for Optimum Online Toolbar

Processes Running:

File information Created after Installation:

File Location	Size (Bytes)	Type
C:\Program Files\OptimumOnline\INSTALL.LOG	8260	Text Document
C:\Program Files\OptimumOnline\insptbar.dll	437248	Application Extension
C:\Program Files\OptimumOnline\tbinstall.log	13584	Text Document

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