Threat Database Adware HDVideoBar

HDVideoBar

By GoldSparrow in Adware

Threat Scorecard

Ranking: 4,767
Threat Level: 10 % (Normal)
Infected Computers: 1,625
First Seen: May 21, 2014
Last Seen: September 19, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

HDVideoBar is a potentially unwanted program (PUP) categorized as adware that was produced by Mars Technologies Ltd. HDVideoBar may be embedded into Web browsers such as Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox and may declare to make the quality of a PC user's Internet surfing better by supplying computer users with everything they need to make their online surfing quality better. It may appear that even the authors of the HDVideoBar toolbar are not completely sure as to why PC users should install HDVideoBar and what beneficial functionality it suggests. HDVideoBar may be distributed and install itself onto the Web browser as an additional program packaged with a variety of free applications. Upon installation, HDVideoBar may substitute the default start page, search provider and a new tab page with Search.hdvideobar.com. Search.hdvideobar.com is an untrustworthy search service because it may give unreliable search results. The plug-in of HDVideoBar may also trace the PC user's online browsing routine by recording the IP address, Internet Service Provider (ISP), browser type, OS, clickstream data, date/time stamps, and search requests.

URLs

HDVideoBar may call the following URLs:

Search.hdvideobar.com

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