CFAinc Toolbar

from Conduit Ltd.

Remove CFAinc Toolbar by Conduit

What is CFAinc Toolbar?

CFAinc Toolbar is an Community Toolbar by Conduit that runs in IE, Chrome and Firefox Web browsers. The toolbar collects and stores information about your web browsing and sends this information to OurToolbar so they can suggest services or provide ads via the toolbar. The toolbar will attempt to change the browser's home page and search provider settings during installation (sometimes this is an option provided to the user but is checked by default) and provides a search box and various other generic features in the toolbar. It also may send event logs and other system-related information to a server, and may automatically download and install updates without notifying the user.

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Overview

Possible malware installed by this program
Loads into the web browser
Built on and distributed using the Conduit toolbar
Installs a Windows Service
May modify the web browser's home page

Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in CFAinc Toolbar.

tbCFAi.dll (015ef759341c33d081fce54ca3d79a2b) has been flagged by the following 4 scanners:
Anti-Virus software	Version	Detection
Bkav FE	1.3.0.4923	W32.HfsAutoA
ESET-NOD32	8.9339	a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Conduit.B
Panda Antivirus	14.01.26.12	Adware/Conduit
VIPRE Antivirus	25826	Conduit (fs)
tbCFA1.dll (37810b173024d75560d08b5206893a02) has been flagged by the following 4 scanners:
Anti-Virus software	Software version	Detection
eSafe	7.0.17.0	Win32.TrojanHorse
ESET-NOD32	9245	a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Conduit.B
VIPRE Antivirus	25042	Conduit (fs)
ViRobot	2011.4.7.4223	Trojan.Win32.A.ShipUp.2166296

Program details

URL: www.ourtoolbar.com

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\CFAinc

Uninstaller: C:\Program Files1\CFAinc\UNWISE.EXE /U C:\Program Files1\CFAinc\INSTALL.LOG

(Wise Installer is used for installing and uninstalling this software.)

This is a Community Toolbar by Conduit, what does that mean?

Conduit is a toolbar monetization platform for software publishers. It provides a utility for developers to create branded generic web browser toolbars. Publishers can bundle these toolbars with their software programs or provide access to download them separately through www.ourtoolbar.com. Once installed, the toolbar modifies the browser's home page and search settings in order to redirect searches through the Conduit portal (which utilizes Bing or Yahoo! Search engines). Read more...

Files installed by CFAinc Toolbar

Program module:	tbCFAi.dll (Malware detected)
Name:	Conduit Toolbar
Path:	C:\Program Files\CFAinc\tbCFAi.dll
MD5:	015ef759341c33d081fce54ca3d79a2b
	Conduit Toolbar web browser plugin for the various toolbars running on the Conduit Toolbar platform is the browser addin installed into Internet Explorer which has the ability to access and monitor all loaded and requested web pages and...

Additional files:

(Malware detected) tbCFA1.dll - Conduit Toolbar
(Malware detected) tbCFAi.dll
CFAincToolbarHelper.exe
tbCFA0.dll
UNWISE.EXE

Behaviors exhibited

2 Internet Explorer BHOs

tbCFA1.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'Softonic-Eng7 Toolbar' with the class of {414b6d9d-4a95-4e8d-b5b1-149dd2d93bb3}.
tbCFAi.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'myBabylon English Toolbar' with the class of {b2e293ee-fd7e-4c71-a714-5f4750d8d7b7}.

2 Internet Explorer Toolbars

tbCFA1.dll is loaded as Internet Explorer Toolbar with the name 'Softonic-Eng7 Toolbar' with the class of {414b6d9d-4a95-4e8d-b5b1-149dd2d93bb3}.
tbCFAi.dll is loaded as Internet Explorer Toolbar with the name 'myBabylon English Toolbar' with the class of {b2e293ee-fd7e-4c71-a714-5f4750d8d7b7}.

2 Internet Explorer URL Search Hooks

tbCFA1.dll loads into IE as a URL Search Hook named 'Softonic-Eng7 Toolbar' with a class of {414b6d9d-4a95-4e8d-b5b1-149dd2d93bb3} in order to redirect unknown URL searches.
tbCFAi.dll loads into IE as a URL Search Hook named 'myBabylon English Toolbar' with a class of {b2e293ee-fd7e-4c71-a714-5f4750d8d7b7} in order to redirect unknown URL searches.

2 Internet Explorer Web Browsers

tbCFA1.dll installs an IE Web Browser in Internet Explorer named 'Softonic-Eng7 Toolbar' with a class of {414B6D9D-4A95-4E8D-B5B1-149DD2D93BB3}.
tbCFAi.dll installs an IE Web Browser in Internet Explorer named 'myBabylon English Toolbar' with a class of {B2E293EE-FD7E-4C71-A714-5F4750D8D7B7}.

Scheduled Task

UNWISE.EXE is scheduled as a task with the class '{F71A9918-1861-4EFE-AE94-530BDDE46DD4}' (runs on registration).

Service

UNWISE.EXE runs as a service named 'Browser System Enahncer' (671c50b0).

Windows Firewall Allowed Program

UNWISE.EXE is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files1\Yahoo!\MESSEN~1\UNWISE.EXE'.

How do I remove CFAinc Toolbar?

You can uninstall CFAinc Toolbar from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.

On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:

Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.

When you find the program CFAinc Toolbar, click it, and then do one of the following:

Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).

Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove CFAinc Toolbar.
If for some reason uninstallation fails, please install Microsoft's uninstall fixer utility which will help fix problems with programs that can't be uninstalled at support.microsoft.com.