WeatherStudio Toolbar and Desktop

WeatherStudio Toolbar and Desktop 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. WeatherStudio Toolbar and Desktop 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: WeatherStudio Toolbar and Desktop
Malware Type: Toolbar
Company Name: Weather Studio
Company URL: http://files.weatherstudio.com/
Threat Level: Moderate Risk
Operating System: WIN XP
Installation Type: Installed through EXE
Operation: Time of After Installation

Company Description:

Weather Studio provides you the software WeatherStudio Toolbar and Desktop that allows you direct searching from the address bar. It also shows you potentially correct pages and search results for bad web addresses. It also displays related search terms in band at the bottom of the browser at popular search engines. And moreover shows similar searches at popular search engines in one pop-under per browser session. It shows comparative prices while shopping for airline tickets or rental cars.

Spyware Description:

WeatherStudio Toolbar and Desktop 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. WeatherStudio Toolbar and Desktop 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 may track browsing and search queries in order to display contextually relevant search results and ads. -> It shows popup ads. -> It adds an extra toolbar to the web browser.

Additional information might be found here:

google Search at Google for WeatherStudio Toolbar and Desktop
bing Search at Bing for WeatherStudio Toolbar and Desktop
yahoo Search at Yahoo for WeatherStudio Toolbar and Desktop

Processes Running:

File information Created after Installation:

File Location Size (Bytes) Type
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\WeatherStudio348\buttons\logo.bmp unknown
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\WeatherStudio348\buttons\logoxp.bmp unknown
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\WeatherStudio348\buttons\newsreadericon.bmp unknown

Folder information Created after Installation:

Folder Location
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\WeatherStudio348\News
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\WeatherStudio348\SimpleUpdate

Registry information Created after Installation:

Main Registry Key Sub Registry Key Key Value Name
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\WeatherStudio348 DisplayName0
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\WeatherStudio348 HelpLink0
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\WeatherStudio348 UninstallString0