Starware Smileytown Toolbar

Starware Smileytown Toolbar is a toolbar that can negatively impact computer’s performance and stability. It may make unwanted changes to your browser and may track browsing and search queries in order to display contextually relevant search results and ads. Starware Smileytown Toolbar is a toolbar that can negatively impact computer’s performance and stability. It may make unwanted changes to your browser and may track browsing and search queries in order to display contextually relevant search results and ads.0

General information:

Malware Name:	Starware Smileytown Toolbar
Malware Type:	Toolbar
Company Name:	Starware
Company URL:	http://smileytown.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 Smileytown Toolbar that search directly from the toolbar's search box. And also allows direct searching from the address bar. It also shows links for potentially correct pages and search results for bad web addresses. It also displays related search terms in a panel that appears from the browser frame while searching at search sites. It allows searching from the browser's Search button. It provides quality search results from the browser's search box. It shows competitive prices in a panel that appears from the browser frame while airfare shopping at travel sites.

Spyware Description:

Starware Smileytown Toolbar is a toolbar that can negatively impact computer’s performance and stability. It may make unwanted changes to your browser and may track browsing and search queries in order to display contextually relevant search results and ads. Starware Smileytown Toolbar is a toolbar that can negatively impact computer’s performance and stability. It may make unwanted changes to your browser and may track browsing and search queries in order to display contextually relevant search results and ads.0

Characteristics/Symptoms:

    -> It shows popup ads. -> Shows search results from paid advertisers. -> It may track browsing and search queries in order to display contextually relevant search results and ads.

Additional information might be found here:

	Search at Google for Starware Smileytown Toolbar
	Search at Bing for Starware Smileytown Toolbar
	Search at Yahoo for Starware Smileytown Toolbar

Processes Running:

File information Created after Installation:

File Location	Size (Bytes)	Type
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\SimpleUpdate\TimerManagerConfig.xml.backup	unknown
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\buttons\starware_toolbar_icon.bmp	unknown
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\buttons\weatherhotxp.png	unknown

Folder information Created after Installation:

Folder Location
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\ScreensaversMarketingSitePager\images\default
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware317\SmileyTown

Registry information Created after Installation: