StarwareMusicToolbar

StarwareMusicToolbar is a toolbar that makes unwanted changes to system, such as reconfiguring browser’s homepage and search settings. It may make unwanted changes to your browser, such as reconfiguring our browser’s homepage and search settings. It track browsing and search queries in order to display contextually relevant search results.

General information:

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

Company Description:

Starware provides you the software StarwareMusicToolbar.

Spyware Description:

StarwareMusicToolbar is a toolbar that makes unwanted changes to system, such as reconfiguring browser’s homepage and search settings. It may make unwanted changes to your browser, such as reconfiguring our browser’s homepage and search settings. It track browsing and search queries in order to display contextually relevant search results.

Characteristics/Symptoms:

    -> It adds a toolbar to the web browser. -> It has a search function and provides search results from paid advertisers. -> It tracks browsing and search queries. -> It slows the browser’s navigation speed.

Additional information might be found here:

google Search at Google for StarwareMusicToolbar
bing Search at Bing for StarwareMusicToolbar
yahoo Search at Yahoo for StarwareMusicToolbar

Processes Running:

File information Created after Installation:

File Location Size (Bytes) Type
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware368\SimpleUpdate\ProductMessagingConfig.xml 2576 XML Document
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware368\contexts\Travel.xml 85832 XML Document
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware368\contexts\related.xml 61480 XML Document

Folder information Created after Installation:

Folder Location
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware368\Game
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware368\Games\image

Registry information Created after Installation:

Main Registry Key Sub Registry Key Key Value Name
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{2D51D869-C36B-42bd-AE68-0A81BC771FA5}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{2D51D869-C36B-42bd-AE68-0A81BC771FA5}\InprocServer32 ThreadingModel
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{7BED0340-176B-44bc-915E-C21C1DD6F617}