Title: Contextual Toolbar

Type: Browser Plugins

Remove Contextual Toolbar. Removal instructions

Severity scale:

(19 / 100)

Contextual Toolbar is a toolbar for Internet Explorer. It provides additional search functionality, but also redirects the user to a web search site serving commercial advertisements. The threat also lowers Internet Explorer security settings allowing some unsolicited applications to run on the compromised computer. Contextual Toolbar starts every time the user launches the web browser.

Related files: toolbar.exe, toolbar.dll

Contextual Toolbar properties:
• Changes browser settings

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Contextual Toolbar manual removal:

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Kill processes:
toolbar.exe

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Delete registry values:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{9F9F7A6F30-90C3-4222-AF59-C73467018F59}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Toolband.XBTB09298
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Toolband.XBTB09298.1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\XBTB09298.IEToolBar
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\XBTB09298.IEToolBar.1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\XBTB09298.XBTB09298
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\XBTB09298.XBTB09298.1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{9F7A6F30-90C3-4222-AF59-C73467018F59}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{E0EB37DB-33DE-4448-A124-233B9A43F064}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Interface\{65BB0E9A-D57B-485B-828B-15D1B8C3E9D3}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Interface\{AB5C05AE-A2B0-45C3-BAE9-BA2F082343A6}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Typelib\{B9799A6C-FFC4-44EB-A8B0-71EB09E6AD3B}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{EOEB37DB-33DE-4448-A124-233B9A43F064}
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser\{9F7A6F30-90C3-4222-AF59-C73467018F59}
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_LOCALMACHINE_LOCKDOWN\iexplore.exe=0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\{9F7A6F30-90C3-4222-AF59-C73467018F59}
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\{E0EB37DB-33DE-4448-A124-233B9A43F064}
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\XBTB09298
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\XBTB09298.XBTB09298Toolbar

HELP:
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Unregister DLLs:
toolbar.dll

HELP:
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Delete files:
toolbar.exe, toolbar.dll

HELP:
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Delete directories:
C:\Program Files\ContextualToolbar

Information added: 2006-07-20 08:39:07
Information updated: 2006-07-20 08:39:07

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