Emsisoft Malware-Info

Name: Adware.Win32.Starware381

Risklevel: Moderate Risk

Company: Starware - http://try.starware.com/

Description:

Starware381 is a toolbar that 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.

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More details about this danger:

Characteristics:

  • 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.

Installation: Installed through EXE

Screenshots:

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Used folders:

  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\BrowserSearch
  • C:\Program Files\Starware381
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\TMB5
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\RelatedSearch
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\Layouts
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\SimpleUpdate
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\TMB6
  • C:\Program Files\Starware381\bin
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\TMB4
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\contexts
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\buttons
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\TravelSearch
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\ToolbarSearch
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\ToolbarLogo
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\Toolbar
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\TMB7
  • C:\Program Files\Starware381\icons
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\Music_News
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\Music_Info_Search
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\Manager
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\ErrorSearch
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\Configurator

Used files:

  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\Toolbar\TBProductsOptions.xml.backup
    [784 Bytes] BACKUP File
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\ToolbarLogo\ToolbarLogoOptions.xml
    [11064 Bytes] XML Document
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\ToolbarLogo\ToolbarLogoOptions.xml.backup
    [11064 Bytes] BACKUP File
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\ToolbarSearch\ToolbarSearchOptions.xml
    [5176 Bytes] XML Document
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\TMB4\TMB4Options.xml
    [3816 Bytes] XML Document
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\ErrorSearch\ErrorSearchOptions.xml
    [2944 Bytes] XML Document
  • C:\Program Files\Starware381\Starware381Config.xml
    [43056 Bytes] XML Document
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\Layouts\ToolbarLayout.xml
    [2776 Bytes] XML Document
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\Configurator\Configurator.xml.backup
    [2952 Bytes] BACKUP File
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\Configurator\Configurator.xml
    [2952 Bytes] XML Document
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\BrowserSearch\BrowserSearch.xml.backup
    [5680 Bytes] BACKUP File
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\BrowserSearch\BrowserSearch.xml
    [5680 Bytes] XML Document
  • C:\Program Files\Starware381\bin\Starware381.dll
    [803328 Bytes] Application Extension
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\ErrorSearch\ErrorSearchOptions.xml.backup
    [2944 Bytes] BACKUP File
  • C:\Program Files\Starware381\icons\star_16.ico
    [1150 Bytes] Icon
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\buttons\TMB50.bmp
    [1208 Bytes] Bitmap Image
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\buttons\1316_button_1b_def.bmp
    [688 Bytes] Bitmap Image
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\buttons\1316_button_1b_over.bmp
    [688 Bytes] Bitmap Image
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\buttons\1317_button_1b_def.bmp
    [552 Bytes] Bitmap Image
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\buttons\FindIt.bmp
    [1420 Bytes] Bitmap Image
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\buttons\FindItHot.bmp
    [1420 Bytes] Bitmap Image
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\buttons\findithotxp.png
    [837 Bytes] PNG Image
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\buttons\finditxp.png
    [1492 Bytes] PNG Image
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\buttons\logo.bmp
    [664 Bytes] Bitmap Image
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\TravelSearch\TravelSearchOptions.xml
    [2584 Bytes] XML Document
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\buttons\TMB40.bmp
    [1168 Bytes] Bitmap Image
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\ToolbarSearch\ToolbarSearchOptions.xml.backup
    [5176 Bytes] BACKUP File
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\buttons\TMB60.bmp
    [368 Bytes] Bitmap Image
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\buttons\TMB70.bmp
    [648 Bytes] Bitmap Image
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\contexts\error.xml
    [1056 Bytes] XML Document
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\contexts\Related.xml
    [64384 Bytes] XML Document
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\contexts\Travel.xml
    [456 Bytes] XML Document
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\SimpleUpdate\ProductMessagingConfig.xml
    [2576 Bytes] XML Document
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\SimpleUpdate\ProductMessagingConfig.xml.backup
    [2576 Bytes] BACKUP File
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\SimpleUpdate\SimpleUpdateConfig.xml
    [3696 Bytes] XML Document
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\SimpleUpdate\SimpleUpdateConfig.xml.backup
    [3696 Bytes] BACKUP File
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\SimpleUpdate\TimerManagerConfig.xml
    [1960 Bytes] XML Document
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\buttons\logoxp.bmp
    [664 Bytes] Bitmap Image
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\TMB5\TMB5Options.xml
    [3888 Bytes] XML Document
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\Layouts\ToolbarLayout.xml.backup
    [2776 Bytes] BACKUP File
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\Manager\ManagerOptions.xml
    [1176 Bytes] XML Document
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\Manager\ManagerOptions.xml.backup
    [1176 Bytes] BACKUP File
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\Music_Info_Search\Music_Info_SearchOptions.xml
    [5008 Bytes] XML Document
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\Music_Info_Search\Music_Info_SearchOptions.xml.backup
    [5008 Bytes] BACKUP File
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\Music_News\Music_NewsOptions.xml
    [4368 Bytes] XML Document
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\Music_News\Music_NewsOptions.xml.backup
    [4368 Bytes] BACKUP File
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\RelatedSearch\RelatedSearchOptions.xml
    [3256 Bytes] XML Document
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\RelatedSearch\RelatedSearchOptions.xml.backup
    [3256 Bytes] BACKUP File
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\TravelSearch\TravelSearchOptions.xml.backup
    [2584 Bytes] BACKUP File
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\TMB4\TMB4Options.xml.backup
    [3816 Bytes] BACKUP File
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\SimpleUpdate\TimerManagerConfig.xml.backup
    [1960 Bytes] BACKUP File
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\TMB5\TMB5Options.xml.backup
    [3888 Bytes] BACKUP File
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\TMB6\TMB6Options.xml
    [3864 Bytes] XML Document
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\TMB6\TMB6Options.xml.backup
    [3864 Bytes] BACKUP File
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\TMB7\TMB7Options.xml
    [3768 Bytes] XML Document
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\TMB7\TMB7Options.xml.backup
    [3768 Bytes] BACKUP File
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Starware381\Toolbar\TBProductsOptions.xml
    [784 Bytes] XML Document

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