Softomate Toolbar

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

Company Description:

Softomate provides you the software Softomate Toolbar.

Spyware Description:

Softomate 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:

	Search at Google for Softomate Toolbar
	Search at Bing for Softomate Toolbar
	Search at Yahoo for Softomate Toolbar

Processes Running:

File information Created after Installation:

File Location	Size (Bytes)	Type
C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\System\favicon.ico	2238	Icon
C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\System\icons.bmp	13878	Bitmap Image
C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\System\newversion.txt	37	Text Document

Folder information Created after Installation:

Folder Location
C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\System\Cach

Registry information Created after Installation: