
QuickShare
by Linkury Inc.
What is QuickShare?
QuickShare is software application developed by Linkury Inc.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 71.58% of installations running this operating system. QuickShare's installer is typically 8.00 MB in size and installs around 310 files. The most common release is 11.24.60.15709 with 8.19% of all installations currently using this version.
QuickShare is most popular in the United States with 57.99% of installations residing in this country.
About QuickShare?
QuickShare, also known as Smartbar, is an auto-starting program commonly bundled with various shareware software. It is designed to display advertising and integrate with social networks such as Facebook and Twitter to enable sharing features, including access to core Facebook permissions. It has been flagged as low-level adware by multiple top-tier anti-virus/anti-spyware programs. The Smartbar has the following functionalities: - Alters the default search engine in the web browser's built-in search box. - Modifies the default home page of the web browser. - Adds alternative "page not found" functionality. - Enables search from the address bar of the web browser. - Facilitates software updates once new versions are released. - Adds, removes, or modifies components interacting with search input fields. The main process, quickshare.exe, is set to run as a startup file in the local run registry (HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run) under the name "Browser Infrastructure Helper". According to the End User License Agreement (EULA): "Linkury provides Users, inter alia, with a toolbar to be implemented in User's web browser. You also understand and agree that the Linkury Services may include advertisements and that these advertisements are necessary for Linkury to provide the Services. You also understand and agree that the Linkury Services may include certain communications from Linkury and you will not be able to opt out of receiving them."
Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in QuickShare.
Scanner Software | Version | Result |
---|---|---|
AVG | 2015.0.3546 | Toolbar |
Baidu-International | 4.0.3.1434 | Adware.Win32.Agent.aZ |
CMC Antivirus | 1.1.0.977 | AdWare.MSIL.Agent!O |
Comodo Security | 17746 | ApplicUnwnt |
Dr.Web | 9.0.0.063 | Trojan.MulDrop4.24551 |
ESET-NOD32 | 8.9394 | a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Linkury.A |
Fortinet FortiGate | 3/4/2014 | Adware/MSIL_Agent |
Kaspersky | 14.0.0.4224 | not-a-virus:AdWare.MSIL.Agent |
Kingsoft AntiVirus | 331020.49267 | Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud) |
McAfee | 5600.7202 | Artemis!7FEF82869E34 |
McAfee-GW-Edition | 7.7202 | Artemis!7FEF82869E34 |
NANO AntiVirus | 0.28.0.57630 | Trojan.Win32.MulDrop4.cbqluc |
Norman | 10.20140304 | Suspicious_Gen4.EGXYO |
Sophos | 4.97 | Generic PUA KE |
Vba32 AntiVirus | 3.12.24.3 | AdWare.MSIL.Agent |
VIPRE Antivirus | 26226 | Adware.Linkury (fs) |
Startup Entries
- Registry entries:
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- quickshare.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Browser Infrastructure Helper' and executes as C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Smartbar\Application\QuickShare.exe startup.
Software Details
- URL:
- https://www.linkury.com/faq/ns/faq.aspx?c=quickshare
- Support:
- https://www.linkury.com
- Installation path:
- C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Smartbar\Application\
- Uninstaller:
- MsiExec.exe /X{52BE22C7-5CA2-4150-8948-88C9DD7F6B56}
- Size:
- 8.00 MB
- Language:
- English
QuickShare Executable Details
- Primary executable:
- quickshare.exe
- Name:
- QuickShare
- Path:
- C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Smartbar\Application\quickshare.exe
- MD5:
- 7fef82869e3482985fd5915f7e378732
- SHA-1:
- –
- SHA-256:
- –
File Type | Filename | MD5 |
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DLL
|
0900b6c72905788aca613f89fe739bd3 | |
EXE
|
3e4158f9bdcc5dcfec10172325c771d1 | |
EXE
|
66714b18333b3a29e0a6e162e9543452 | |
DLL
|
5e18d02760c57b3a0dd293da60567d8a | |
DLL
|
4a9fa09afa73e253bdde4b7bb5c91dfb | |
DLL
|
4b1aad2f5286d96513e4abed09e7a793 | |
DLL
|
b15ad01c7cbb5917479503dc18e93a7d | |
DLL
|
bba80fada3d7514047b275fb313618c3 | |
DLL
|
92a0ffacc56e156b5b6d0857f3597e9d | |
DLL
|
db276c2a9cffb222855832af25e94994 |