Emsisoft Malware-Info

Name: Adware.Win32.Groowe Search Toolbar

Risklevel: Moderate Risk

Company: Groowe - http://www.groowe.com/

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More details about this danger:

Characteristics:

  • It adds an extra toolbar to the web browser.
  • It shows popup ads.
  • It slows the browser and changes the default settings.
  • It may track browsing and search queries in order to display contextually relevant search results and ads.

Installation: Installed through EXE

Process: Install.exe

Screenshots:

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Used folders:

  • C:\Program Files\Groowe\Toolbar2
  • C:\Program Files\Groowe\Toolbar2\Data
  • C:\Program Files\Groowe\Toolbar2\Data\en-us
  • C:\Program Files\Groowe\Toolbar2\Data\en-us\Search
  • C:\Program Files\Groowe\Toolbar2\Html
  • C:\Program Files\Groowe\Toolbar2\Html\Images
  • C:\Documents and Settings\priya\Start Menu\Program

Used files:

  • C:\Program Files\Groowe\Toolbar2\GrooweToolbar2.dll
    [804864 Bytes] Application Extension
  • C:\Program Files\Groowe\Toolbar2\Install.exe
    [16384 Bytes] Application
  • C:\Program Files\Groowe\Toolbar2\Uninstal.exe
    [75804 Bytes] Application
  • C:\Program Files\Groowe\Toolbar2\Unreg.exe
    [17882 Bytes] Application
  • C:\Program Files\Groowe\Toolbar2\Data\CharSets.xml
    [396 Bytes] XML Document
  • C:\Program Files\Groowe\Toolbar2\Data\Icons.xml
    [61315 Bytes] XML Document
  • C:\Program Files\Groowe\Toolbar2\Data\Languages.xml
    [445 Bytes] XML Document
  • C:\Program Files\Groowe\Toolbar2\Data\Logos.xml
    [82769 Bytes] XML Document
  • C:\Program Files\Groowe\Toolbar2\Data\en-us\default.xml
    [590 Bytes] XML Document
  • C:\Program Files\Groowe\Toolbar2\Data\en-us\SearchEngines\Alexa.xml
    [1209 Bytes] XML Document
  • C:\Program Files\Groowe\Toolbar2\Data\en-us\SearchEngines\All The Web.xml
    [1181 Bytes] XML Document
  • C:\Program Files\Groowe\Toolbar2\Data\en-us\SearchEngines\Altavista.xml
    [1841 Bytes] XML Document
  • C:\Program Files\Groowe\Toolbar2\Data\en-us\SearchEngines\Amazon.xml
    [9562 Bytes] XML Document
  • C:\Program Files\Groowe\Toolbar2\Data\en-us\SearchEngines\Ask Jeeves.xml
    [1589 Bytes] XML Document
  • C:\Program Files\Groowe\Toolbar2\Data\en-us\SearchEngines\Barnes And Noble.xml
    [10206 Bytes] XML Document
  • C:\Program Files\Groowe\Toolbar2\Data\en-us\SearchEngines\Dogpile.xml
    [1237 Bytes] XML Document
  • C:\Program Files\Groowe\Toolbar2\Data\en-us\SearchEngines\Download.com.xml
    [18915 Bytes] XML Document
  • C:\Program Files\Groowe\Toolbar2\Data\en-us\SearchEngines\Gigablast.xml
    [626 Bytes] XML Document
  • C:\Program Files\Groowe\Toolbar2\Data\en-us\SearchEngines\Google.xml
    [3165 Bytes] XML Document
  • C:\Program Files\Groowe\Toolbar2\Data\en-us\SearchEngines\HotBot.xml
    [926 Bytes] XML Document
  • C:\Program Files\Groowe\Toolbar2\Data\en-us\SearchEngines\Lycos.xml
    [1376 Bytes] XML Document
  • C:\Program Files\Groowe\Toolbar2\Data\en-us\SearchEngines\Mamma.xml
    [3211 Bytes] XML Document
  • C:\Program Files\Groowe\Toolbar2\Data\en-us\SearchEngines\MSN.xml
    [1822 Bytes] XML Document
  • C:\Program Files\Groowe\Toolbar2\Data\en-us\SearchEngines\Page Tracer.xml
    [3045 Bytes] XML Document
  • C:\Program Files\Groowe\Toolbar2\Data\en-us\SearchEngines\Softpedia.xml
    [14401 Bytes] XML Document
  • C:\Program Files\Groowe\Toolbar2\Data\en-us\SearchEngines\Teoma.xml
    [807 Bytes] XML Document
  • C:\Program Files\Groowe\Toolbar2\Data\en-us\SearchEngines\Tucows.xml
    [21029 Bytes] XML Document
  • C:\Program Files\Groowe\Toolbar2\Data\en-us\SearchEngines\Vivisimo.xml
    [7755 Bytes] XML Document
  • C:\Program Files\Groowe\Toolbar2\Data\en-us\SearchEngines\Yahoo.xml
    [1597 Bytes] XML Document
  • C:\Program Files\Groowe\Toolbar2\Html\about.html
    [1942 Bytes] HTML Document
  • C:\Program Files\Groowe\Toolbar2\Html\footer.js
    [1431 Bytes] JScript Script File
  • C:\Program Files\Groowe\Toolbar2\Html\header.js
    [2370 Bytes] JScript Script File
  • C:\Program Files\Groowe\Toolbar2\Html\uninstall.html
    [355 Bytes] HTML Document
  • C:\Program Files\Groowe\Toolbar2\Html\welcome.html
    [587 Bytes] HTML Document
  • C:\Program Files\Groowe\Toolbar2\Html\Images\logo.gif
    [2452 Bytes] GIF Image
  • C:\Program Files\Groowe\Toolbar2\Html\Images\menu.gif
    [11754 Bytes] GIF Image
  • C:\Program Files\Groowe\Toolbar2\Html\Images\uninstall.gif
    [2448 Bytes] GIF Image
  • C:\Documents and Settings\priya\Start Menu\Programs\Groowe Search Toolbar v2.0\Uninstall Groowe Search Toolbar v2.0.lnk
    [672 Bytes] Shortcut

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