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Emsisoft Malware-Info

Name: Adware.Win32.Comet

Risklevel: High Risk

Description:

Comet is an Adware. It will install itself as Browser Helper Objects (BHO). It also will adds an internet explorer toolbar name "starware" or "weatherstudio".

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More details about this danger:

Installation: Installed through EXE

Screenshots:

Used folders:

C:\
C:\Program Files\Starware\bin\
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Starware\buttons\
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Starware\images\
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\BrowserSearch\
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\Games\
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\Manager\
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\Recipes\
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\RelatedSearch\
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\SearchAssistPlus\
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\Toolbar\
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\ToolbarSearch\
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\Weather\
C:\Program Files\Starware\
C:\Program Files\Starware\icons\
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Starware\contexts\
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Starware\SimpleUpdate\
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\ErrorSearch\
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\Layouts\
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\Movies\
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\Reference\
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\ScreensaversMarketingSitePager\
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\SearchMatch\
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\ToolbarLogo\
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\TravelSearch\
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Cookies\

Used files:

C:\Games0.bmp
[1654 Bytes] BMP File
C:\Movies0.bmp
[636 Bytes] BMP File
C:\ScreensaversMarketingSitePager0.bmp
[476 Bytes] BMP File
C:\Program Files\Starware\brand.bmp
[5188 Bytes] BMP File
C:\Program Files\Starware\StarwareConfig.xml
[93688 Bytes] XML File
C:\Program Files\Starware\StarwareUninstall.exe
[47733 Bytes] EXE File
C:\Program Files\Starware\bin\Starware.dll
[659968 Bytes] DLL File
C:\Program Files\Starware\icons\star_16.ico
[1150 Bytes] ICO File
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Starware\buttons\FindIt.bmp
[1420 Bytes] BMP File
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Starware\buttons\FindItHot.bmp
[1420 Bytes] BMP File
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Starware\buttons\findithotxp.png
[837 Bytes] PNG File
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Starware\buttons\finditxp.png
[1492 Bytes] PNG File
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Starware\buttons\Highlight.bmp
[1286 Bytes] BMP File
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Starware\buttons\HighlightHot.bmp
[1272 Bytes] BMP File
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Starware\buttons\highlighthotxp.png
[553 Bytes] PNG File
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Starware\buttons\highlightxp.png
[1267 Bytes] PNG File
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Starware\buttons\logo.bmp
[372 Bytes] BMP File
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Starware\buttons\logoxp.bmp
[372 Bytes] BMP File
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Starware\buttons\recipes.bmp
[468 Bytes] BMP File
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Starware\buttons\recipes.png
[1060 Bytes] PNG File
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Starware\buttons\recipes_over.bmp
[468 Bytes] BMP File
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Starware\buttons\recipes_over.png
[1060 Bytes] PNG File
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Starware\buttons\Reference.bmp
[1392 Bytes] BMP File
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Starware\buttons\ReferenceHot.bmp
[1392 Bytes] BMP File
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Starware\buttons\referencehotxp.png
[1239 Bytes] PNG File
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Starware\buttons\referencexp.png
[924 Bytes] PNG File
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Starware\buttons\Weather.bmp
[1016 Bytes] BMP File
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Starware\buttons\weatherhotxp.png
[862 Bytes] PNG File
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Starware\buttons\weatherxp.png
[1568 Bytes] PNG File
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Starware\contexts\error.xml
[344 Bytes] XML File
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Starware\contexts\Related.xml
[64384 Bytes] XML File
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Starware\contexts\Travel.xml
[456 Bytes] XML File
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Starware\images\walertXP.bmp
[944 Bytes] BMP File
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Starware\SimpleUpdate\ProductMessagingConfig.xml
[2576 Bytes] XML File
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Starware\SimpleUpdate\ProductMessagingConfig.xml.backup
[2576 Bytes] BACKUP File
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Starware\SimpleUpdate\SimpleUpdateConfig.xml
[3904 Bytes] XML File
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Starware\SimpleUpdate\SimpleUpdateConfig.xml.backup
[3904 Bytes] BACKUP File
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Starware\SimpleUpdate\TimerManagerConfig.xml
[1576 Bytes] XML File
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Starware\SimpleUpdate\TimerManagerConfig.xml.backup
[1576 Bytes] BACKUP File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\BrowserSearch\BrowserSearch.xml
[4008 Bytes] XML File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\BrowserSearch\BrowserSearch.xml.backup
[4008 Bytes] BACKUP File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\ErrorSearch\ErrorSearchOptions.xml
[2632 Bytes] XML File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\ErrorSearch\ErrorSearchOptions.xml.backup
[2632 Bytes] BACKUP File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\Games\GamesOptions.xml
[3104 Bytes] XML File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\Games\GamesOptions.xml.backup
[3104 Bytes] BACKUP File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\Layouts\PreferencesLayout.xml
[4264 Bytes] XML File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\Layouts\PreferencesLayout.xml.backup
[4264 Bytes] BACKUP File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\Layouts\ToolbarLayout.xml
[2768 Bytes] XML File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\Layouts\ToolbarLayout.xml.backup
[2768 Bytes] BACKUP File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\Manager\ManagerOptions.xml
[1248 Bytes] XML File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\Manager\ManagerOptions.xml.backup
[1248 Bytes] BACKUP File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\Movies\MoviesOptions.xml
[2544 Bytes] XML File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\Movies\MoviesOptions.xml.backup
[2544 Bytes] BACKUP File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\Recipes\RecipesOptions.xml
[3096 Bytes] XML File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\Recipes\RecipesOptions.xml.backup
[3096 Bytes] BACKUP File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\Reference\ReferenceOptions.xml
[4000 Bytes] XML File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\Reference\ReferenceOptions.xml.backup
[4000 Bytes] BACKUP File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\RelatedSearch\RelatedSearchOptions.xml
[2808 Bytes] XML File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\RelatedSearch\RelatedSearchOptions.xml.backup
[2808 Bytes] BACKUP File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\ScreensaversMarketingSitePager\ScreensaversMarketingSitePagerOptions.xml
[3096 Bytes] XML File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\ScreensaversMarketingSitePager\ScreensaversMarketingSitePagerOptions.xml.backup
[3096 Bytes] BACKUP File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\SearchAssistPlus\SearchAssistPlusOptions.xml
[2928 Bytes] XML File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\SearchAssistPlus\SearchAssistPlusOptions.xml.backup
[2928 Bytes] BACKUP File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\SearchMatch\SearchMatchOptions.xml
[2840 Bytes] XML File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\SearchMatch\SearchMatchOptions.xml.backup
[2840 Bytes] BACKUP File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\Toolbar\TBProductsOptions.xml
[872 Bytes] XML File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\Toolbar\TBProductsOptions.xml.backup
[872 Bytes] BACKUP File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\ToolbarLogo\ToolbarLogoOptions.xml
[7304 Bytes] XML File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\ToolbarLogo\ToolbarLogoOptions.xml.backup
[7304 Bytes] BACKUP File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\ToolbarSearch\ToolbarSearchOptions.xml
[6200 Bytes] XML File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\ToolbarSearch\ToolbarSearchOptions.xml.backup
[6200 Bytes] BACKUP File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\TravelSearch\TravelSearchOptions.xml
[2272 Bytes] XML File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\TravelSearch\TravelSearchOptions.xml.backup
[2272 Bytes] BACKUP File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\Weather\AlertArchive.xml
[112 Bytes] XML File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\Weather\WeatherOptions.xml
[14120 Bytes] XML File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware\Weather\WeatherOptions.xml.backup
[14120 Bytes] BACKUP File
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Cookies\user@starware[1].txt
[174 Bytes] TXT File

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