GamesBar

By GoldSparrow in Adware

Threat Scorecard

Ranking: 6,546
Threat Level: 10 % (Normal)
Infected Computers: 113,163
First Seen: November 1, 2010
Last Seen: April 1, 2024
OS(es) Affected: Windows

GamesBar is presented as a free toolbar for Internet Explorer that provides many free online games. Unfortunately, GamesBar is typically classified as an adware application as it consistently displays advertisement banners and obsessive pop-up ads. In addition to this, GamesBar may track personal and financial information and transfer this data to an outside party, which may lead to identity theft.

Aliases

1 security vendors flagged this file as malicious.

Anti-Virus Software Detection
ClamAV Win.Trojan.Katusha-346

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File System Details

GamesBar may create the following file(s):
# File Name MD5 Detections
1. SearchEngineProtection.exe 373d38e5cf9217dcf116254d340fbb05 58,727
2. SearchEngineProtection.exe abe0f6d934ecc378991efbae5cfd24ee 19,982
3. oberongameconsoleservice.exe b5d5da8230d3d3525839d939a9196c3e 8,404
4. SearchEngineProtection.exe 8e6b19120fd3a8c85d339ff3e736374b 5,922
5. SearchEngineProtection.exe 6e28267b22a97526b01bfd9d76b0895c 4,094
6. oberontb.dll 84476d00a19743fddb16bdbf28fd3420 2,837
7. SearchEngineProtection.exe a01ed6aafd308290d2347712f4be1aeb 1,281
8. SearchEngineProtection.exe 7caaa5a0836e284f7363a39c95a252cf 1,168
9. SearchEngineProtection.exe fd0c8d7c93f3df4ecd820e2f1faf9c46 783
10. SearchEngineProtection.exe ff117e8c6a9d48aa42e2db0a20776655 608
11. SearchEngineProtection.exe cd2bfe5be7e74de17d82329494c46e45 602
12. SearchEngineProtection.exe e31e899b80986dcfd102d0e29c5d9548 142
13. SearchEngineProtection.exe ef7e481e4d657690cac509a21374a111 112
14. SearchEngineProtection.exe 75632540493b333bf79369e0ed1e9343 102
15. SearchEngineProtection.exe 5b50f0aa06114543e4ed054e1b720b1b 91

Registry Details

GamesBar may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
CLSID
{7ffa5f54-1c4f-46de-8576-c271a0dd482f}
Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{7FFA5F54-1C4F-46DE-8576-C271A0DD482F}
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\{7ffa5f54-1c4f-46de-8576-c271a0dd482f}
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{7ffa5f54-1c4f-46de-8576-c271a0dd482f}
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\PreApproved\{7FFA5F54-1C4F-46DE-8576-C271A0DD482F}
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Settings\{7FFA5F54-1C4F-46DE-8576-C271A0DD482F}
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\{7FFA5F54-1C4F-46DE-8576-C271A0DD482F}
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\{7ffa5f54-1c4f-46de-8576-c271a0dd482f}
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{7ffa5f54-1c4f-46de-8576-c271a0dd482f}
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\PreApproved\{7FFA5F54-1C4F-46DE-8576-C271A0DD482F}

Directories

GamesBar may create the following directory or directories:

%PROGRAMFILES%\GamesBar
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\GamesBar

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