What is metaCrawler?

metaCrawler is software application developed by InfoSpace, Inc.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 69.12% of installations running this operating system. metaCrawler's installer is typically 1.00 MB in size and installs around 9 files.

metaCrawler is most popular in Brazil with 17.74% of installations residing in this country.

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

About metaCrawler?

The metaCrawler Toolbar is a web browser extension and Browser Helper Object (BHO) specifically designed for Internet Explorer. It provides contextual-based advertising within the web browser. This toolbar also offers a metasearch engine functionality, blending results from various prominent search engines such as Google, Yahoo!, Bing (formerly Live Search), Ask.com, About.com, MIVA, LookSmart, and others. Please note that the software may modify the user's browser home, search pages, and 'New Tab' pages to display advertising and search content.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in metaCrawler.

UpdateTask.exe (MD5: cbbbfec790f6dcfb6623881cf7186a1f) has been flagged by 29 scanners:

Scanner Software	Version	Result
Lavasoft Ad-Aware	12.0.163.0	Gen:Variant.Strictor.67547
Agnitum Outpost	5.5.1.3	Riskware.Agent!
AhnLab-V3	2015.02.17.00	PUP/Win32.Adload
ALYac	1.0.1.4	Gen:Variant.Strictor.67547
Avira	7.11.210.124	ADWARE/DealPly.Gen
AVware	1.5.0.21	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu-International	3.5.1.41473	Adware.Win32.DealPly.81
Bitdefender	7.2	Gen:Variant.Strictor.67547
Comodo Security	21097	UnclassifiedMalware
Dr.Web	7.0.11.1300	Trojan.Packed.27890
Emsisoft Anti-Malware	3.0.0.600	Gen:Variant.Strictor.67547 (B)
ESET-NOD32	11183	a variant of Win32/DealPly.S potentially unwanted
Fortinet FortiGate	5.0.999.0	Riskware/DealPly
F-Secure	11.0.19100.45	Gen:Variant.Strictor.67547
G Data	25	Gen:Variant.Strictor.67547
K7 AntiVirus	9.194.14971	Trojan ( 0049548c1 )
K7GW	9.194.14976	Trojan ( 0049548c1 )
Kaspersky	15.0.1.10	not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.DealPly.ad
MicroWorld-eScan	12.0.250.0	Gen:Variant.Strictor.67547
NANO AntiVirus	0.30.0.65070	Trojan.Win32.DealPly.debkwz
Qihoo-360	1.0.0.1015	HEUR/Malware.QVM05.Gen
Sophos	4.98.0	Generic PUA OF
Symantec	20141.2.0.56	Adware.DealPly
Tencent	1.0.0.1	Win32.Adware.Dealply.Tbsl
Trend Micro	9.740.0.1012	TROJ_GEN.R0CBC0OHK14
TrendMicro-HouseCall	9.700.0.1001	TROJ_GEN.R0CBC0OHK14
Vba32 AntiVirus	3.12.26.3	AdWare.DealPly
VIPRE Antivirus	37604	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Zillya	2.0.0.2068	Adware.DealPly.Win32.122

metacrawlerTlbr.dll (MD5: 44e7e71ce11bafc8af33ab4b1ae92c2e) has been flagged by 5 scanners:

Scanner Software	Version	Result
Agnitum Outpost	5.5.1.3	Adware.DelBar!
Dr.Web		Adware.Toolbar.205
ESET-NOD32	9251	a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Montiera.F
K7GW	9.175.10735	Trojan ( 0048defd1 )
TrendMicro-HouseCall	9.700.0.1001	TROJ_GEN.R08NH07KP13

metacrawlersrv.exe (MD5: b719c85310f071cf8658e42f56f5da4e) has been flagged by 29 scanners:

Scanner Software	Version	Result
Comodo Security	17672	ApplicUnwnt
ESET-NOD32	8.9337	a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Montiera.A
Lavasoft Ad-Aware	12.0.163.0	Gen:Variant.Strictor.67547
Agnitum Outpost	5.5.1.3	Riskware.Agent!
AhnLab-V3	2015.02.17.00	PUP/Win32.Adload
ALYac	1.0.1.4	Gen:Variant.Strictor.67547
Avira	7.11.210.124	ADWARE/DealPly.Gen
AVware	1.5.0.21	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu-International	3.5.1.41473	Adware.Win32.DealPly.81
Bitdefender	7.2	Gen:Variant.Strictor.67547
Dr.Web	7.0.11.1300	Trojan.Packed.27890
Emsisoft Anti-Malware	3.0.0.600	Gen:Variant.Strictor.67547 (B)
Fortinet FortiGate	5.0.999.0	Riskware/DealPly
F-Secure	11.0.19100.45	Gen:Variant.Strictor.67547
G Data	25	Gen:Variant.Strictor.67547
K7 AntiVirus	9.194.14971	Trojan ( 0049548c1 )
K7GW	9.194.14976	Trojan ( 0049548c1 )
Kaspersky	15.0.1.10	not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.DealPly.ad
MicroWorld-eScan	12.0.250.0	Gen:Variant.Strictor.67547
NANO AntiVirus	0.30.0.65070	Trojan.Win32.DealPly.debkwz
Qihoo-360	1.0.0.1015	HEUR/Malware.QVM05.Gen
Sophos	4.98.0	Generic PUA OF
Symantec	20141.2.0.56	Adware.DealPly
Tencent	1.0.0.1	Win32.Adware.Dealply.Tbsl
Trend Micro	9.740.0.1012	TROJ_GEN.R0CBC0OHK14
TrendMicro-HouseCall	9.700.0.1001	TROJ_GEN.R0CBC0OHK14
Vba32 AntiVirus	3.12.26.3	AdWare.DealPly
VIPRE Antivirus	37604	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Zillya	2.0.0.2068	Adware.DealPly.Win32.122

Software Behaviors

Scheduled tasks:

UpdateTask.exe is scheduled as a task named 'At2' (runs daily at 8:10).

Software Details

URL:

https://www.metacrawler.com

Support:

–

Installation path:

C:\Program Files\metacrawler\1.8.19.0

Uninstaller:

"C:\Program Files\metaCrawler\1.8.19.0\uninstall.exe"

Size:

1.00 MB

Language:

English

metaCrawler Executable Details

Primary executable:

metacrawlersrv.exe

Name:

metaCrawler

Path:

C:\Program Files\metacrawler\1.8.19.0\metacrawlersrv.exe

MD5:

b719c85310f071cf8658e42f56f5da4e

SHA-1:

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SHA-256:

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File Type

Filename

MD5

EXE

uninstall.exe

05a03accbfa99afa692a56249dd2bec1

DLL

sqlite3.dll

5405413fff79b8d9c747aa900f60f082

DLL

escortShld.dll

7e9c6b70683f19ee2aa64164f619cb9f

EXE

UpdateTask.exe

Adware

cbbbfec790f6dcfb6623881cf7186a1f

DLL

metacrawlerTlbr.dll

Malware

44e7e71ce11bafc8af33ab4b1ae92c2e

DLL

metacrawlerApp.dll

c32558809afb6a534fef02d4778d7ace

EXE

MetaCrawlerUpdater.exe

be557cf3e76225feda7ee3c1d9079c29

DLL

metacrawlerEng.dll

5c9c92cc38e2c691f5b6afb7801285c8

EXE