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Trust Toolbar v3

Overview

Summary

 from author: 'TrustToolbar Plug-in is a free browser enhancement that integrates seamlessly into Internet Explorer. It provides you with a trusted, safe and easier way to surf the web. It also ensures you always know who is really behind a website!'

Vendor Description

 from author (http://www.trusttoolbar.com/products/plug-in/index.html): 'TrustToolbar Plug-in is a free browser enhancement that integrates seamlessly into Internet Explorer. It provides you with a trusted, safe and easier way to surf the web. It also ensures you always know who is really behind a website!'

See Also

  Comodo Trust Toolbar ·

Category

 Error Hijacker: Any software that resets your browser's settings to display a new error page when a requested URL is not found. Hijacks may reroute your info and address requests through an unseen site, capturing that info. In such hijacks, your browser may behave normally, but be slower.

Browser Helper Object:  (BHO). A component that Internet Explorer will load whenever it starts, shares IE's memory context, can perform any action on the available windows and modules. A BHO can detect events, create windows to display additional information on a viewed page, monitor messages and actions. Microsoft calls it "a spy we send to infiltrate the browser's land." BHOs are not stopped by personal firewalls, because they are seen by the firewall as your browser itself. Some exploits of this technology search all pages you view in IE and replace banner advertisements with other ads. Some monitor and report on your actions. Some change your home page.

Toolbar:  A group of buttons which perform common tasks. A toolbar for Internet Explorer is nomally located below the menu bar at the top of the form. Toolbars may be created by Browser Helper Objects.

Reasons For Retention

 Research completed 04.20.2005. Based on eTrust PestPatrol Spyware Scorecard v2.0 Trust Toolbar v3 violates the following criteria: First, Changes browser settings, for example the default search provider, home or error page(s) etc., without user permission at time of change. Trust Toolbar installs an Internet Explorer URL SearchHook (c:\windows\system32\srhook.dll). When a user types an address into Internet Explorer without including a recognized protocol, IE will utilize the available SearchHook.

Second, silently connects to an unintended location to transmit personal information. URLs entered in IE are transmitted to www.trusttoolbar.com.

 

Origins

 

Author

 Comodo

URL

 http://www.trusttoolbar.com

Date of Origin

 April, 2005
 

Detection and Removal

Manual Removal

 Follow these steps to remove Trust Toolbar v3 from your machine. Begin by backing up your registry and your system, and/or setting a Restore Point, to prevent trouble if you make a mistake.

 Stop Running Processes:

Kill these running processes with Task Manager:



Unregister DLLs:

Unregister these DLLs with Regsvr32, then reboot:



Clean Registry:

Remove these registry items (if present) with RegEdit:



Remove Files:

Remove these files (if present) with Windows Explorer:



Remove Directories:

Remove these directories (if present) with Windows Explorer:



Restore Settings:

After following the instructions above, you will still need to restore your original settings and prevent this from happening again.
 
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