DVDVideoSoft Toolbar

Threat Scorecard

Ranking: 7,712
Threat Level: 50 % (Medium)
Infected Computers: 4,711
First Seen: August 27, 2013
Last Seen: August 30, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The DVDVideoSoft Toolbar is a browser hijacker classified as a PUP, or Potentially Unwanted Program. The DVDVideoSoft Toolbar is typically bundled with freeware software. The reason why security researchers consider that the DVDVideoSoft Toolbar is problematic is that the DVDVideoSoft Toolbar is often associated with various types of unwanted symptoms on a computer, many of which are more commonly observed in association with other types of threats. For example, the DVDVideoSoft Toolbar takes over a computer's Web browser in order to force it to display advertisements or redirect the computer user to websites associated with DVDVideoSoft Toolbar. Once installed, the DVDVideoSoft Toolbar may lower your Web browser's security settings and makes various changes to your default websites, such as altering your homepage and search engine. If you are experiencing any symptoms of a browser hijacker infection and the DVDVideoSoft Toolbar is installed on your Web browser, it is highly likely that removing this Web browser toolbar will also stop these types of symptoms on your computer.

Common Symptoms Associated with the DVDVideoSoft Toolbar

The DVDVideoSoft Toolbar is not trustworthy. Although the DVDVideoSoft Toolbar supposedly allows you to carry online searches, its search results are not reliable and in most cases are composed almost entirely of sponsored links and advertisements. The DVDVideoSoft Toolbar may compromise your privacy by keeping track of your online activity and monitoring the websites you visit. This is due to the fact that the DVDVideoSoft Toolbar is used by marketers to generate advertising revenue and study your browsing patterns in order to come up with marketing strategies and deliver advertisements to your computers. The main reason why the DVDVideoSoft Toolbar is problematic is that the DVDVideoSoft Toolbar redirects your Web browser to various low quality websites, often landing on these websites after the computer user clicks on a link or enters another address into the Web browser's address bar.

Fortunately, the DVDVideoSoft Toolbar can be removed from the Control Panel as you would remove any other program. Removal of the DVDVideoSoft Toolbar should be followed with a full scan of your computer with a reliable anti-malware program in order to confirm that your computer was not exposed to other threats. Finally, undo any unwanted changes made to your Web browser's and computer's settings.

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Registry Details

DVDVideoSoft Toolbar may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
CLSID
{872B5B88-9DB5-4310-BDD0-AC189557E5F5}
{D3F69D07-0AEE-47AF-87D0-1A67D4F70C68}
SOFTWARE\AppDataLow\Software\DVDVideoSoftTB
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\{872b5b88-9db5-4310-bdd0-ac189557e5f5}
Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\UrlSearchHooks\{872b5b88-9db5-4310-bdd0-ac189557e5f5}
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\{872b5b88-9db5-4310-bdd0-ac189557e5f5}
Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\UrlSearchHooks\{872b5b88-9db5-4310-bdd0-ac189557e5f5}

Directories

DVDVideoSoft Toolbar may create the following directory or directories:

%TEMP%\DVDVideoSoftTB
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\CT2269050
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\DVDVideoSoftTB
%temp%\CT2269050

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