Name: Adw.Starware.Toolbar Category: Search Hijacker Advice: Keep Risk: Low Risk Low risk threats pose a very low risk or no immediate danger to your computer or your privacy, however these types of applications may profile user online habits, but only according to specific privacy policies stated in the applications End-User License. These types of threats generally borderline on being a threat to being a standard application that has a complex license agreement that you knowingly installed. Description: Adw.Starware.Toolbar is an IE Toolbar offering Search, Weather, Reference, and other capabilities. It hijacks the IE SearchAssistant and the 404 error page to its own search site. This application can also be removed using Windows Control Panel's Add/Remove Programs option. Adw.Starware.Toolbar is an IE Toolbar offering Search, Weather, Reference, and other capabilities. It hijacks the IE SearchAssistant and the 404 error page to its own search site. This application can also be removed using Windows Control Panel's Add/Remove Programs option. Signatures: process: starware_305.exe: MD5 Hash: 1657045b228f02abf89... process: weather_dir.exe: MD5 Hash: 65ef2bf3db98facb322.. Type: Search Hijacker - Adware is generally software that displays advertisements. Some advertisers may covertly install adware on your system and generate a stream of unsolicited advertisements that can clutter your desktop and affect your productivity. The advertisements may also contain pornographic or other material that you might find inappropriate. The extra processing required to track you or to display advertisements can tax your computer and hurt your system performance.