Yahoo Community Smartbar Engine

Yahoo Community Smartbar Engine

Known Toolbar

by Linkury Inc.

What is Yahoo Community Smartbar Engine?

Yahoo Community Smartbar Engine is software application developed by Linkury Inc.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 53.88% of installations running this operating system. Yahoo Community Smartbar Engine's installer is typically 24.00 MB in size and installs around 331 files. The most common release is 11.112.66.19229 with 18.83% of all installations currently using this version.

Yahoo Community Smartbar Engine is most popular in Germany with 34.56% of installations residing in this country.

About Yahoo Community Smartbar Engine?

The Yahoo Community Smartbar Engine is a web browser toolbar and extension designed to enhance browsing experiences by providing an array of useful features. This versatile toolbar seamlessly integrates with popular browsers such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Chrome. Its key functions include modifying the default search engine and search provider, customizing the browser's home page, integrating search functionality into the address bar, and offering an alternative redirection for "page not found" errors. Additionally, it delivers contextual-based advertising to users to enhance their online experience. The software ensures the protection of the default browser search engine while providing search advertising revenue. Typically, the Yahoo Community Smartbar Engine is installed through a co-bundled offer within third-party software distributions.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in Yahoo Community Smartbar Engine.

smartbar.exe (MD5: b295ee63db590f331b2ef58ab1c7542a) has been flagged by 10 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Lavasoft Ad-Aware Adware.Linkury.B
Bitdefender Adware.Linkury.B
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Adware.Linkury
G Data Adware.Linkury
IKARUS anti.virus AdWare.Linkury
MicroWorld-eScan Adware.Linkury.B
nProtect Adware.Linkury.B
Panda Antivirus PUP/LinkUry
Rising Antivirus PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.16EBB848!384546888
TrendMicro-HouseCall Suspicious_GEN.F47V0613

Startup Entries

Registry entries:
  • smartbar.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\Smartbar.exe startup.

Software Details

URL:
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Support:
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Installation path:
C:\Program Files\Linkury\smartbar
Uninstaller:
MsiExec.exe /X{C2FFB695-B1D6-4602-9159-9C70C55E1A04} /quiet ENGINE=1
Size:
24.00 MB
Language:
English

Yahoo Community Smartbar Engine Executable Details

Primary executable:
smartdraw.exe
Name:
Yahoo Community Smartbar Engine
Path:
C:\Program Files\Linkury\smartbar\smartdraw.exe
MD5:
95215240e983b5bf6077d545e558621e
SHA-1:
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SHA-256:
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Files installed by Yahoo Community Smartbar Engine
File Type Filename MD5
DLL
GPU-Z.dll
48c4c9f573d3cdfdf92062ba6a22c9f7
DLL
mobdevif.dll
ec7ed427012b8cc8a791c08eef4c5a32
DLL
mtls.dll
c03fb78d781ae85f7a71d5a805adbaf1
DLL
mtsdk.dll
053c558424b57377d2fc3a2b3145d0b0
DLL
datums.dll
8bc3d337920d4bd39c814090783744b3
DLL
kap2qct.dll
54080feb4e1cfb8a97934a19aae62557
DLL
nosgeo.dll
fafc50b0d490a9dcfa2d03195810e6cd
DLL
picn13n.dll
cfff0a467555bfb8b2eb2e90f79f5f1b
DLL
picn2113.dll
07fde34fca4fec9cde39ff1fced01091
DLL
mtlib.dll
1bc09654b315c2bf99f6924d781c297d