MarkKit

MarkKit

Known Toolbar

by MarkKit Software

What is MarkKit?

MarkKit is software application developed by MarkKit Software. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 74.29% of installations running this operating system. MarkKit's installer is typically 900.00 KB in size and installs around 12 files.

MarkKit is most popular in the United States with 37.33% of installations residing in this country.

MarkKit adds 3 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times.

About MarkKit?

This application is designed to display advertisements from various affiliate ad providers, such as banners, inline text links, and pop-ups. The ads promote the installation of additional content, including web browser toolbars, optimization utilities, and other products, with the aim of generating pay-per-click revenue for the publisher. Common symptoms of infection may include hyperlinked text on web pages, pop-up ads with clickable buttons, unintended installation of adware programs, browser pop-ups recommending fake updates or software, and decreased web page loading speed due to the abundance of ads.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in MarkKit.

MarkKit153.exe (MD5: 3185c44f776670b2f96a67c397fa7341) has been flagged by 2 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.AD150.A
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/AdWare.AD150.A
MarkKit_wd.exe (MD5: 401ae404fb7e4480820a500bf8015699) has been flagged by 2 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.AD150.A
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/AdWare.AD150.A
MKupdater.exe (MD5: d733579022f0a715b1d3b3480c8a04b1) has been flagged by 5 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
avast! Win32:Agent-ASMU [PUP]
AVG Generic5
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.AddLyrics.AF
Comodo Security Application.Win32.AddLyrics.X
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/AdWare.AddLyrics.AF

Software Behaviors

Services:
  • MarkKit158.exe runs as a service named 'MarkKit' (MarkKit).
  • MarkKit157.exe runs as a service named 'MarkKit' (MarkKit).
  • MarkKit153.exe runs as a service named 'MarkKit' (MarkKit) "MarkKit".
Scheduled tasks:
  • MKupd.exe is scheduled as a task named 'MarkKit Update' (runs daily at 4:53 a.m.).
  • MarkKit_wd.exe is scheduled as a task named 'MarkKit_wd' (runs daily at 5:04 a.m.).
  • MKupdater.exe is scheduled as a task named 'MarkKit Update' (runs daily at 12.01).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:
  • MKupd.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named MarkKit Update.
  • MarkKit_wd.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named MarkKit_wd.
  • MKupdater.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named MarkKit Update.

Software Details

URL:
Support:
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\markkit
Uninstaller:
C:\Program Files\MarkKit\Uninstall.exe
Size:
900.00 KB
Language:
English

MarkKit Executable Details

Primary executable:
136.dll
Name:
MarkKit
Path:
C:\Program Files\markkit\136.dll
MD5:
303d8f0ff286056c7315858497d1c292
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by MarkKit
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
401ae404fb7e4480820a500bf8015699
EXE
d733579022f0a715b1d3b3480c8a04b1