Adware.AdBand Description

Adware.AdBand is an adware application that is usually bundled with another program. The most obvious indication of Adware.AdBand being installed on your computer is a side-bar called “Internet Speed Monitor”. When active, the program floods the user with numerous popup advertisements and consumes significant amounts of system resources which may lead to system instability and frequent crashes.

Type: Adware

How Can You Detect Adware.AdBand?

Adware.AdBand Technical Report

As new Adware.AdBand details are reported by our customers and findings from our Threat Research Center, we will update this section.

The following Adware.AdBand files with its MD5s were created in the system:

Adware.AdBand has typically the following processes in memory:

• BndDrive6.dll
• QdrDrive9.dll
• QdrModule10.exe
• QdrModule12.exe
• QdrModule13.exe
• QdrDrive12.dll
• QdrPack16.exe
• %PROGRAMFILES%\QdrDrive\QdrDrive20.dll
• BndDrive7.dll
• QdrPack10.exe
• QdrPack11.exe
• QdrDrive10.dll
• QdrDrive15.dll
• QdrModule15.exe
• QdrDrive16.dll
• QdrDrive20.dll
• BndDrive5.dll
• QdrDrive8.dll
• QdrModule9.exe
• QdrModule11.exe
• QdrPack12.exe
• QdrPack14.exe
• QdrPack15.exe
• GetModule19.exe

Adware.AdBand creates the following registry entries:

• 11B97CF9-C40E-4127-801D-0FE00EB35705
• Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Explorer Bars\1ED6A320-8AF3-4f06-868A-9BA95585712E
• 875A1348-7674-42aa-ADAC-B4F36A004A2D
• 8E4881AC-49E2-4761-9542-7E40C73CFB96
• 1FE2EBE5-42FF-4586-A144-CA420C84FF6A
• 82EA1A55-9CBC-404b-9D0C-E8BFB7EAAE9B
• SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\POLICIES\EXPLORER\RUN\QdrModule12
• 8334A30C-49E5-489a-B63D-5B927C1EF46E
• 17996E72-EE06-4d59-943F-4C3EBBA5A916
• 10B64BDF-2E05-4a8a-B470-A3C651D0AD00
• Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Explorer Bars\11B97CF9-C40E-4127-801D-0FE00EB35705
• Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Explorer Bars\1B2588F5-45CE-4322-B755-D79944AD1B17
• 1ED6A320-8AF3-4f06-868A-9BA95585712E
• 1BAC9A2A-4755-43c3-A430-D3512C5B8A4E
• Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Explorer Bars\1B6062A1-4CCD-400c-B2B4-E73A052D110C
• 8F9E2BE3-766D-4831-BB0E-766D5B819995
• 1F2F95D9-BAFD-4769-85A2-4169957DB67E
• 8041E642-8CFC-4720-BC9D-D2DB8904286F
• Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Explorer Bars\1212BCB8-67DD-475e-8025-9D2198FB8F61
• Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Explorer Bars\10B64BDF-2E05-4a8a-B470-A3C651D0AD00
• 8FB5B012-E8CB-46cd-B6D2-ED428FAE9043
• 8ABA9A9C-8791-4d61-8D5B-BCC9448EA573
• 1B2588F5-45CE-4322-B755-D79944AD1B17
• Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Explorer Bars\1BAC9A2A-4755-43c3-A430-D3512C5B8A4E
• Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Explorer Bars\1FE2EBE5-42FF-4586-A144-CA420C84FF6A
• 1B6062A1-4CCD-400c-B2B4-E73A052D110C
• Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Explorer Bars\1F2F95D9-BAFD-4769-85A2-4169957DB67E
• SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\POLICIES\EXPLORER\RUN\QdrPack12
• Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Explorer Bars\17996E72-EE06-4d59-943F-4C3EBBA5A916
• 1212BCB8-67DD-475e-8025-9D2198FB8F61
• 8EEB2711-9D21-4f9c-99A1-B7FC5A8CA56A

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