Remove Hotbar. Description and removal instructions

 
Title: Hotbar

Type: Browser Plugins
Severity scale:Hotbar severity is 26  (26 / 100)
 
Hotbar is a discontinued Internet Explorer search toolbar that adds graphical skins to a web browser, Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Outlook Express toolbars. It displays advertising links and opens commercial pop-up advertisements. Hotbar tracks user Internet activity and reports it to predetermined remote servers. It can silently update itself or download and run arbitrary programs. Hotbar have to be manually installed. It previously was bundled with some ad-supported software such as various file sharing applications. Hotbar runs on every Windows startup.


Hotbar properties:
• Shows commercial adverts
• Connects itself to the internet
• Stays resident in background

Automatic Hotbar removal:

remover for Hotbar

Hotbar manual removal:

Kill processes:
hbguard.exe, hbsrv.exe, hotbar.exe, shprrprt.exe
Delete registry values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Hotbar
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Hotbar
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Hotbar
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\HbTools
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ShopperReports
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Hotbar
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\HbTools
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ShopperReports
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\HbCoreSrv.[X]
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\HbHostIE.[X]
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\HBInstIE.[X]
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\HbHostIE.Bho.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\HbHostOL.[X]
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\HbSrv.[X]
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\HbToolbar.[X]
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Hotbar.[X]
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RprtsPSClient.[X]
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ShprRprts.[X]
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\{0507FDDE-F3B7-49F5-9E8F-C557E991F39B}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\{B701A705-F828-11D4-A466-00508B5BA2DF}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0774F696-D801-4C18-81A7-A3A32B8BEF19}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{013A482E-1893-4F49-8D41-AC89156A6955}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0774F696-D801-4C18-81A7-A3A32B8BEF19}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0AB71193-EC19-4D70-85C2-E46E2FF02755}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{1038DD23-8AE8-451B-A134-4DB8A49AA519}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{1E0004EC-5DF0-48C7-A8F0-FBB0488A3D94}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{1E6AC766-9094-4BCF-ABD3-39E2EAEA5FCD}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2178C864-B8BC-41AE-A1FB-EB6A32F87EB1}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2A8A997F-BB9F-48F6-AA2B-2762D50F9289}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{31A59636-0FA3-4A56-954D-DB7AD02840D8}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{31D0C6FF-5897-4A57-8005-A50FCE4CE159}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{354382DB-DF55-4DA9-85A3-41696A0F510F}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{3CEB882D-6B2B-4D81-A544-9D9B1D6FA945}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{3FA917B9-DF69-477F-9E4F-B60D929DE79F}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{454B4812-E572-4703-A1BB-63490809EAC0}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{40D8240A-E3A0-4D59-AC55-0443120188D1}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{460AC4DB-B0DE-4626-A0F0-175DD84DCB9B}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{4DBCFAF7-62E1-4811-8ACC-6511E7192CB4}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{580A1F3F-89B4-433B-BBDB-B97AEB13F3FC}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{60F630A2-41EC-11D5-B558-00D0B77F0A6D}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{66B90ADB-0BE3-40AE-8680-84A6F0577CA0}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{69FD62B1-0216-4C31-8D55-840ED86B7C8F}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{6FB2639A-4BA3-4531-8DB8-FAB03E0A8FFD}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{6FE00B71-7251-4E00-9186-ED89BBB946B8}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{74CC49F7-EB32-4A08-B204-948962A6E3DB}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{75D2080B-4857-4B96-9B7D-732634FBD01F}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{7E66936C-FEA0-4984-AD26-7B6661AC5B2E}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{A14C0D8D-E753-4E73-9E2B-4070791D8940}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{A798E2B4-B6A0-4B96-8C53-8EC7A3B0895A}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{A80347E0-F757-11D4-A466-00508B5BA2DF}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{B195B3B3-8A05-11D3-97A4-0004ACA6948E}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{BECAFC17-BAF9-11D4-B492-00D0B77F0A6D}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{C2BAA4C9-AE1E-4605-AE2F-A1C49A30D881}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{ED8525EA-2BFC-4440-BD8A-20EFB9D5E541}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{FA16BCE1-5E36-472A-8466-E0CDD5CE00E6}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{FF6B2FD5-093C-4D4F-BB98-5641130A9DE6}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{023A4648-601A-4C30-8A2E-C72EBFA99AF6}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{175816A5-219E-4079-B2F9-53C501C409BA}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{19EBCBE0-9245-4397-BC5D-883D34782043}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{1C1793E0-1034-4CAC-837D-AA545F6961BF}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{1E07646F-07C4-4847-A250-0EC8114F2963}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{27C4569F-8728-4958-A920-A607CAE8153C}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{34F4D917-31E4-464C-B8B3-84C1CE76B395}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{397A208B-3D09-4B3E-93E8-CA171886612E}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{3F04CBF7-CD62-4403-B090-B432DEDCB159}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{3F6DA8BB-3E45-44E2-B494-C55BEAF3B41E}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{421745E9-16DF-4EE4-A758-D51F939C49CB}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{4331EC56-0AAB-499E-8757-DD2EE44AD671}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{54286C3A-E044-4E65-BD44-528D6AE28A18}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{5D16197A-1EAA-45AF-B29A-69F1AA055E87}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{5F2B9DE7-F878-4762-8CFE-E9C58F082F0E}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{601A9784-1114-4089-9B3E-CBD70DAFC6AD}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{8578D35E-C6C0-4808-9A80-0F6C29A2C423}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{8654592E-952A-4E7C-A960-304763B35FA6}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{8A61A950-C325-4F44-BA64-273180FF3464}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{8D5C4EC6-AF8E-4B85-BA27-64BABE410510}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{8E98FAF8-794F-47F9-AF90-15305564ED81}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{AF15975B-1498-4740-8E6C-90AF78E4198C}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{B53D4CD4-406D-43CC-8244-7893D72236DD}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{B671426C-5C1A-48AC-9652-BC9402B1C404}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{B9BB3219-F84C-4060-966B-4A1E73E24226}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{BC190DA5-0187-4D99-B3AC-6C45EA1B9324}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{D082721F-4BD4-4B8B-BB82-06753EE6174F}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{D24F9D3C-5D4C-47F8-9AB7-632B44AD6A0D}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{F43EC88B-B6C8-4969-A763-E2BF55602CCE}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{F786CB18-3809-4E49-BC99-9A66DA47DB8B}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{F814BE58-1BF9-4B50-829A-E889F86127AD}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{45397063-D7D0-47C2-9508-26487608A298}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{71E9CF40-AF72-4B55-BD3F-1FEA2A0EAEA6}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{71EFE583-62FE-4419-9918-CA3B683F7B36}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{793AF621-5CD0-4B92-B765-6712F6AAF48E}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{842D315A-7E1E-448B-96E8-9E76D1820BE2}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{9967A873-40F3-4C7E-9239-6C8760F19F61}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{B5901229-25CC-43C9-B604-3BB6AC2B48A5}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{B9F51D42-CCA0-4408-BB02-D433D1865A3A}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{C83DAED4-0611-4F7A-978E-7FEAFCB2F91B}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{F8EE014F-B34C-4544-8E45-95A7971D323B}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{17719B53-FAD1-11D4-A466-00508B5BA2DF}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{17719B54-FAD1-11D4-A466-00508B5BA2DF}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{3103E312-E1BB-49AB-80EB-0A92FCA78746}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{31321312-E1BB-49AB-80EB-13212CA78746}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{340D8791-0E2C-43CF-9671-7E90AAFBF0DA}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{34F4D917-31E4-464C-B8B3-84C1CE76B395}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{3F04CBF7-CD62-4403-B090-B432DEDCB159}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{3F6DA8BB-3E45-44E2-B494-C55BEAF3B41E}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{46417AFD-7A15-4ED1-B764-CB72CD4D904F}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{4BF4FAFA-186E-4E36-8F74-525290438D7B}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{6A6EBAE8-8C66-4675-B423-95B3BA530940}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{6F885F52-B45F-45BC-8642-FE3D56155A3A}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{7138714C-9819-4AB1-9A86-E7C413C9A99E}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{7E33BC81-0818-11D5-B50D-00D0B77F0A6D}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{8578D35E-C6C0-4808-9A80-0F6C29A2C423}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{8F59F897-6923-4B3B-8156-4E55D19DE99A}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{918E4B7A-4D80-43A4-83A7-39ADCC11841F}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{927420A3-7259-4A74-B402-9329177EC3FC}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{9DD19D39-2CDC-465B-BB21-1D433590BA3D}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{9EE87A26-B2C8-4130-83F6-E8511D939976}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{A1772E14-9291-454E-AEDE-02161FBC3E59}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{A80347DF-F757-11D4-A466-00508B5BA2DF}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{AD9A7B03-BE12-11D4-B493-00D0B77F0A6D}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{B00609A6-82AF-4C55-BBB8-ADC8593CEB86}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{B195B3B2-8A05-11D3-97A4-0004ACA6948E}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{BC190DA5-0187-4D99-B3AC-6C45EA1B9324}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{BC2025DC-136B-492F-AEFF-31D0BA8B98DA}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{C8539BFE-8FD7-405C-8EEF-D9AF48DC6BA4}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{DA603411-0593-11D5-A46B-00508B5BA2DF}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{DA603411-0593-11D5-A46B-10101B1B1111}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{DA603411-0593-11D5-A46B-10101DDD1111}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{F4132B7B-1576-41B6-ABD8-39C6C53047F7}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{F64B26C1-07DE-11D5-B50D-00D0B77F0A6D}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{F7A1BF21-1D7D-4F5F-A201-0CA35A5CD68F}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{522985F4-BA43-45A0-9B20-AB5F82C0FF7E}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{94BEB7A2-36B7-46DC-8AD1-81A8332409C0}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{60F63095-41EC-11D5-B558-00D0B77F0A6D}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{6D6D1580-5B74-40EA-97F4-3C2B46C5ABDD}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{842D315A-7E1E-448B-96E8-9E76D1820BE2}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{A80347D3-F757-11D4-A466-00508B5BA2DF}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{AB357854-7A72-4FBE-9382-CC74B45A3ADD}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{B195B3A5-8A05-11D3-97A4-0004ACA6948E}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{B5901229-25CC-43C9-B604-3BB6AC2B48A5}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{B701A704-F828-11D4-A466-00508B5BA2DF}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{C83DAED4-0611-4F7A-978E-7FEAFCB2F91B}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\HbtCoreSrv.[X]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\HbtHostIE.[X]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\HbtHostOL.[X]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\HbTools.[X]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\HbtSrv.[X]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\HbtToolbar.[X]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\HbtTools.[X]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AppID\HbSrv.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Extensions\{946B3E9E-E21A-49c8-9F63-900533FAFE14}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Extensions\{E77EDA01-3C56-4a96-8D08-02B42891C169}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{2A8A997F-BB9F-48F6-AA2B-2762D50F9289}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{74CC49F7-EB32-4A08-B204-948962A6E3DB}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{B195B3B3-8A05-11D3-97A4-0004ACA6948E
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Explorer Bars\{2178C864-B8BC-41AE-A1FB-EB6A32F87EB1}
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Explorer Bars\{66B90ADB-0BE3-40AE-8680-84A6F0577CA0}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Explorer Bars\{7E66936C-FEA0-4984-AD26-7B6661AC5B2E}
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Explorer Bars\{A798E2B4-B6A0-4B96-8C53-8EC7A3B0895A}
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Explorer Bars\{B195B3B3-8A05-11D3-97A4-0004ACA6948E}
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Explorer Bars\{BECAFC17-BAF9-11D4-B492-00D0B77F0A6D}
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Explorer Bars\{FF6B2FD5-093C-4D4F-BB98-5641130A9DE6}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\Addins\Hbhostol.[X]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\Addins\Hbthostol.[X]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\HotbarOutlookTools
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\HotbarWebTools
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\HbToolsOutlookTools
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\HbToolsWebTools
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Shopper Reports by Hotbar
Unregister DLLs:
hbcoresrv.dll, hbhostie.dll, hbhostoe.dll, hbhostol.dll, hbinstie.dll, hbtoolbar.dll, shprrprt.dll

Delete files:
hbguard.exe, hbsrv.exe, hotbar.exe, shprrprt.exe, hbcoresrv.dll, hbhostie.dll, hbhostoe.dll, hbhostol.dll, hbinstie.dll, hbtoolbar.dll, shprrprt.dll
Delete directories:
C:\Program Files\Hotbar
C:\Program Files\HbTools
C:\Program Files\ShopperReports
C:\Documents and Settings\[Current User]\Application Data\Hotbar
C:\Documents and Settings\[Current User]\Application Data\HbTools
C:\Documents and Settings\[Current User]\Application Data\ShopperReports

Other programs to remove Hotbar:

• SUPERAntiSpyware - Review - Download
• CounterSpy - Review - Download
• Windows Defender - Review - Download

Information added: 19/03/04
Information updated: 06/02/06

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