Starware Musik

Starware Musik 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: Starware Musik
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 Starware Musik.

Spyware Description:

Starware Musik 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 Starware Musik
bing Search at Bing for Starware Musik
yahoo Search at Yahoo for Starware Musik

Processes Running:

File information Created after Installation:

File Location Size (Bytes) Type
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware369\BrowserSearch\BrowserSearch.xml 4432 XML Document
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware369\SimpleUpdate\SimpleUpdateConfig.xml.backup 3624 BACKUP File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware369\SimpleUpdate\TimerManagerConfig.xml 1504 XML Document

Folder information Created after Installation:

Folder Location
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware369\Songtext
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware369\Toolba

Registry information Created after Installation:

Main Registry Key Sub Registry Key Key Value Name
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software\Starware369\SearchAssistant Use Search Asst
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{39137c17-d101-4462-99c5-65dd9d61dc5d}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{39137c17-d101-4462-99c5-65dd9d61dc5d}\InprocServer32 ThreadingModel