Technology Toolbar

It includes Moderate risk threats that are often bundled with functionally unrelated software or installed without adequate notice and consent, and may display unwanted advertising on the user's desktop. Such threats may track users' online browsing habits and transmit non-personally identifying data back to a server in order to target advertising. These threats may be configured to start automatically with the operating system, use an auto-updater that the user cannot control, or install other functionally separate programs without adequate notice and consent.0

General information:

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

Company Description:

Quicknation provides Technology Toolbar. The Quicknation Technology Toolbar also includes more than 100 top search engines. Quicknation Toolbars contain no advertising and do not profile or target us. It will not disrupt our Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox integrated popup blocker. It is 100% compatible with Google's toolbar! NO SPYWARE, NO ADWARE, NO VIRUSES.

Spyware Description:

It includes Moderate risk threats that are often bundled with functionally unrelated software or installed without adequate notice and consent, and may display unwanted advertising on the user's desktop. Such threats may track users' online browsing habits and transmit non-personally identifying data back to a server in order to target advertising. These threats may be configured to start automatically with the operating system, use an auto-updater that the user cannot control, or install other functionally separate programs without adequate notice and consent.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 browser -> Shows Advertisements0

Additional information might be found here:

	Search at Google for Technology Toolbar
	Search at Bing for Technology Toolbar
	Search at Yahoo for Technology Toolbar

Processes Running:

File information Created after Installation:

File Location	Size (Bytes)	Type
C:\Program Files\Quicknation\Technology_Toolbar\basis.xml	70619	XML Document
C:\Program Files\Quicknation\Technology_Toolbar\tbu03223\Technology_Toolbar.dll	544768	Application Extension
C:\Program Files\Quicknation\Technology_Toolbar\tbu03223\icons.bmp	159798	Bitmap Image

Folder information Created after Installation:

Folder Location
C:\Program Files\Quicknation\Technology_Toolbar
C:\Program Files\Quicknation\Technology_Toolbar\Cache

Registry information Created after Installation: