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Toolbar.CC

 
Threat LevelModerate threat
DamageHigh
DistributionNot widespread

Effects

Toolbar.CC carries out the following actions:

  • Toolbar.CC displays advertising on the screen. The advertisements could be associated to the products or services offered by the creator of the program or third-parties.

 

Means of transmission 

Toolbar.CC does not spread automatically using its own means. It needs the attacking user's intervention in order to reach the affected computer. The means of transmission used include, among others, floppy disks, CD-ROMs, email messages with attached files, Internet downloads, FTP, IRC channels, peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing networks, etc.

Further Details  

Toolbar.CC has the following additional characteristics:

  • It is 10240 bytes in size.