Wednesday, November 26, 2008

BlowSearch Adware

Removing BlowSearch
Categories: Adware,BHO,Hijacker,Toolbar
Adware are programs that facilitate delivery for advertising content
to the user and in some cases gather information from the user's computer.

As this information is entered by the user, it is captured by the BHO (Browser Helper Object) and
sent back to the attacker.
Typically, keyloggers of this type will send the stolen information back to the attacker via email
or HTTP POST, which can appear suspicious.When the default home page is hijacked, the browser opens to the web page set by the hijacker
instead of the user's designated home page. In some cases, the hijacker may block users from
restoring their desired home page.
Toolbar presents itself as a helpful add-on for Internet Explorer but it is a real pest.
It replaces your start page, continuosly open a number of pop up windows and so on.

BlowSearch Also known as:

[Kaspersky]Trojan.Win32.StartPage.bi;
[Eset]Win32/SearchHelp.A trojan;
[Panda]Spyware/SearchHelp;
[Computer Associates]Win32.Startpage.V,Win32/StartPage.IDG!Trojan

How to detect BlowSearch:

Folders:
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\blowsearchtoolbar

Registry Keys:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{6f8adbe2-8c92-4362-b0e6-7321aa49ee46}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\interface\{818e8baa-bba9-4343-af32-c7f51582d6b5}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\typelib\{508d52d8-117d-405a-bf53-818278d8e4a8}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\internet explorer\explorer bars\{6f8adbe2-8c92-4362-b0e6-7321aa49ee46}

Registry Values:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\software\microsoft\internet explorer\toolbar\webbrowser
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\clsid\{6f8adbe2-8c92-4362-b0e6-7321aa49ee46}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\blowsearchtoolbar
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\blowsearchtoolbar
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\blowsearchtoolbar
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\blowsearchtoolbar
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\blowsearchtoolbar
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\blowsearchtoolbar
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\blowsearchtoolbar
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\blowsearchtoolbar
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\blowsearchtoolbar
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\blowsearchtoolbar

Removing BlowSearch:

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