Signature Detail
Short Name |
SPYWARE:BH:MUSICSTARWARETOOL |
|---|---|
Severity |
Medium |
Recommended |
No |
Category |
SPYWARE |
Keywords |
Music Starware Toolbar |
Release Date |
2007/10/01 |
Update Number |
1213 |
Supported Platforms |
idp-4.0+, isg-3.0+, j-series-9.5+, mx-9.4+, srx-9.2+, srx-branch-9.4+, vsrx-12.1+ |
SPYWARE: Music Starware Toolbar
This signature detects the runtime behavior of the spyware Music Starware toolbar. Music Starware toolbar is an Internet Explorer Browser Hijacker. It hijacks IE auto search, search assistant, and popular search engines and redirects them to music related search engines. It also passes user's browsing habits to remote servers to collect information. Music Starware toolbar downloads updates from its controlling server periodically without user's consent.
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