05-06-2004, 10:47 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2004
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ISTbar Description:
ISTbar is an IE toolbar, homepage- and search-hijacker provided by Integrated Search Technologies/CDT Inc.
ISTbar/AUpdate installs a TinyBar variant to implement its toolbar, and will be detected by the script at this site as TinyBar/B . The hijacker is aimed at my-internet.info and blazefind.com; distribution is managed by searchbarcash.com, its controlling server. Updates are loaded by an 'AUpdate' process.
ISTbar/MSCache also uses TinyBar , along with a Browser Helper Object called mscache.dll used to load updates. The controlling server is www2.skoobidoo.com.
ISTbar/XXXToolbar is an update based around porn. It uses its own toolbar based on the Pugi toolbar. The hijacker is aimed at its controlling server xxxtoolbar.com, and slotch.com; distribution is controlled by toolbarcash.com.
ISTbar also installs other parasites: AUpdate and XXXToolbar install porn pop-up producer RapidBlaster/lp ; the AUpdate variant is also known to install DownloadPlus ; the MSCache variant installs nCase and the Wink/EasyDates dialler.
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