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Spyware/Toolbar/Claria.Dashbar

Alias: Claria.Dashbar

Description: A that surreptitiously monitors your actions. While they are sometimes sinister, like a remote control program used by a hacker, software companies have been known to use Spyware to gather data about customers. The practice is generally frowned upon.

Threat type:

Spyware - Spyware is any software application that gathers information from the user's PC and transmits it to the Spyware author (usually hackers, but sometimes corporations). The information is gathered and transmitted without the user's knowledge or consent. Spyware applications may steal sensitive corporate information and transmit it to competitors. Spyware also degrades PC performance and can consume huge amounts of bandwidth, especially on corporate servers.

Toolbar - A Toolbar is a group of buttons that performs different tasks. Unwanted toolbars are usually installed by adware programs that try to send users to their paying advertisers.

Advice: Remove This is a very high risk threat and should be removed immediately as to prevent harm to your computer and / or to protect your privacy.

Detection:
SpyNoMore removes Spyware/Toolbar/Claria.Dashbar: Yes

Threat risk: High Risk

Very dangerous malware. Can log user's keyboard activity and take snapshots of the user's screen. Uses stealth installation and removal is very difficult. Category includes spyware programs, adware programs and trojans.

Symptoms:

Spyware/Toolbar/Claria.Dashbar Signature Details: The following information includes some of the standard signatures associated with this spyware threat. Please do not attempt to manually remove these items from your computer; Removing these items incorrectly or partially can cause your computer to experience critical errors, prevent your computer from restarting or cause loss of Internet connectivity. Should you be infected with Spyware/Toolbar/Claria.Dashbar, you can clean your computer by downloading SpyNoMore now.

Running Process Signatures:
N/A

File Signatures:
%WINDOWS%\system32\dashbar15.dll
%WINDOWS%\system\dashbar15.dll

Registered Dll (Dynamic Link Library) Signatures:
N/A

Folder Signatures:
%PROGRAM_FILES%\dashbar
%COMMON_PROGRAMS%\dashbar

Registry Signatures:
HKLM\software\classes\dashbartoolbar.searchscoutbandobj.1
HKCR\interface\{a2ba5e71-5be3-4007-ac48-157823fb63fb}
HKLM\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\app management\arpcache\dashbar
HKLM\software\classes\dashbartoolbar.searchscoutbandobj
HKLM\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\dashbar
HKLM\software\classes\interface\{a2ba5e71-5be3-4007-ac48-157823fb63fb}
HKLM\software\classes\typelib\{8642d0f2-37cc-46b7-aa5b-399e6e68c626}

SpyNoMore Collected Residual File Signatures:
N/A