Seeq Toolbar is an adware program disguised as a toolbar add-on for your browser.  It was first discovered on Apr 12 of 2005.  It is distributed by Seeq.com, and is powered by the web server, http://www.seeq.com/.  This website is currently shut down, but that does not mean that the company has gone out of business or that the Seeq Toolbar treat has been removed.

Seeq Toolbar is installed on your computer manually or as part of a freeware bundle supported by advertisements.  It can be installed from several different sites, not just seeq.com.  It displays pop-up advertising from its affiliate websites.

It also hijacks your browser.  It resets your home page to www.seeq.com and redirects 404 errors to this site.  While not particularly harmful, this aspect is highly annoying.

The activity of Seeq Toolbar can seriously slow down your computer’s performance.  It can also potentially cause your Internet browser to freeze or crash.  Any supposed benefits it offers are not worth compromising the functionality of your computer.  In this case, the benefit is that it supposedly helps you work with Pay Per Click advertising campaigns.

If you are infected with this program, you should remove it immediately with SpyZooka.  While there are other means to remove Seeq Toolbar, SpyZooka has proven to consistently and completely remove this threat from your computer.

Also Known As:
Adware.SeeqBar, Adware.Seeq_Toolbar, Captain Code’s Cheatsbar

Adware Type: Toolbar, Browser Hijacker

Associated Files:
%ProgramFiles%\Seeq Toolbar\seeqtoolbar_v2.3.exe
%ProgramFiles%\Seeq Toolbar\about.html
%ProgramFiles%\Seeq Toolbar\basis.xml
%ProgramFiles%\Seeq Toolbar\Calendar.htm
%ProgramFiles%\Seeq Toolbar\error.html
%ProgramFiles%\Seeq Toolbar\glass2.bmp
%ProgramFiles%\Seeq Toolbar\inst.bat
%ProgramFiles%\Seeq Toolbar\left1.gif
%ProgramFiles%\Seeq Toolbar\left2.gif
%ProgramFiles%\Seeq Toolbar\nav.bmp
%ProgramFiles%\Seeq Toolbar\options.html
%ProgramFiles%\Seeq Toolbar\right1.gif
%ProgramFiles%\Seeq Toolbar\right2.gif
%ProgramFiles%\Seeq Toolbar\seeq-darkgreen.bmp
%ProgramFiles%\Seeq Toolbar\seeqtoolbar_v2.3.dll
%ProgramFiles%\Seeq Toolbar\toolbar.crc
%ProgramFiles%\Seeq Toolbar\version.txt
%ProgramFiles%\Seeq Toolbar\zip.html
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar “{34A44FCF-50E3-63A5-A8DA-7835752B9571}” = “00”
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID
\{34A44FCF-50E3-63A5-A8DA-7835752B9571}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Interface
\{FABBB49A-4D7B-415B-8250-15C3B854E9FF}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib
\{F5869236-978B-4034-83B5-94915156A26C}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\XBTB05013.IEToolbar
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\XBTB05013.IEToolbar.1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\XBTB05013.XBTB05013
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\XBTB05013.XBTB05013.1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
\Uninstall\XBTB05013.XBTB05013IEToolbar
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar
\WebBrowser\{34A44FCF-50E3-63A5-A8DA-7835752B9571}
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\XBTB05013