Tube Karaoke

Tube Karaoke

Known Toolbar

by Dacotta SoftEngineering

What is Tube Karaoke?

Tube Karaoke is software application developed by Dacotta SoftEngineering. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 75.74% of installations running this operating system.

Tube Karaoke is most popular in the United States with 30.52% of installations residing in this country.

Tube Karaoke adds 1 scheduled task to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times.

About Tube Karaoke?

Tube Karaoke is a web browser extension designed to modify the browser's search and home pages to generate search advertising revenue. The software is specifically designed to protect and maintain the modified search provider as the default browser search engine. Typically, it is distributed through bundled offers within third-party software distribution. The toolbar is often bundled with third-party publishers in order to maximize installation revenue, with payouts varying between a few cents to a couple of dollars based on the geographical location of the host. Key features of the toolbar include altering the default search engine, including the browser's built-in search box and address bar, modifying the default home page and/or new tabs, and safeguarding the search settings. It also adds alternative error page functionality, such as "Page Not Found".

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in Tube Karaoke.

updkar.exe (MD5: fb4dc0974ff1eaf80910eba3e7f215e8) has been flagged by 25 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Lavasoft Ad-Aware Application.Generic.530415
avast! Win32:AddLyrics-BA [Adw]
AVG Generic5
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.AddLyrics.B
Bitdefender Application.Generic.530415
Comodo Security Application.Win32.AddLyrics.A
Dr.Web Adware.Shopper.337
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Adware.AddLyrics.B
F-Secure Application.Generic.530415
G Data Application.Generic.530415
IKARUS anti.virus Win32.SuspectCrc
K7 AntiVirus Adware
K7GW Adware ( 0048114e1 )
McAfee Artemis!FB4DC0974FF1
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis!FB4DC0974FF1
Microsoft Security Essentials Adware:Win32/AddLyrics
MicroWorld-eScan Application.Generic.530415
Panda Antivirus Trj/CI.A
PC Tools HeurEngine.ZeroDayThreat
Sophos Generic PUA HL
Symantec Adware.Singalng
Trend Micro TROJ_GEN.F0C2C00KP13
VIPRE Antivirus Adware.Singalng
SUPERAntiSpyware Adware.Shopper
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R0CBH05HG13
ytkaraoke.dll (MD5: 732ad55a37d5054808487ca168423df8) has been flagged by 13 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
avast! Win32:AddLyrics-F [Adw]
AVG Generic5.AALS
Dr.Web Adware.Shopper.341
McAfee Artemis!732AD55A37D5
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis!732AD55A37D5
Microsoft Security Essentials Adware:Win32/AddLyrics
Panda Antivirus Trj/CI.A
PC Tools Adware.Singalng
Sophos Generic PUA CC
SUPERAntiSpyware Adware.Shopper
Symantec Adware.Singalng
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R0CBH05HG13
VIPRE Antivirus Adware.Singalng

Software Behaviors

Scheduled tasks:
  • updkar.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Tube Karaoke Update' (runs daily at 10:48 PM).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:
  • updkar.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Tube Karaoke Update.

Software Details

URL:
Support:
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\ytkaraoke
Uninstaller:
C:\Program Files\YTKaraoke\uninstall.exe
Size:
0.00 B
Language:
English

Tube Karaoke Executable Details

Primary executable:
ytkaraoke.dll
Name:
Tube Karaoke
Path:
C:\Program Files\ytkaraoke\ytkaraoke.dll
MD5:
732ad55a37d5054808487ca168423df8
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by Tube Karaoke
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
c2a29e65472caec323e965871c0a30c6
EXE
updkar.exe
Malware
fb4dc0974ff1eaf80910eba3e7f215e8
DLL
732ad55a37d5054808487ca168423df8