Max Websearch

Max Websearch

Known Malware

by Maxwebsearch

What is Max Websearch?

Max Websearch is software application developed by Maxwebsearch. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 60.42% of installations running this operating system. Max Websearch's installer is typically 729.00 KB in size and installs around 1 files.

Max Websearch is most popular in the United States with 97.44% of installations residing in this country.

About Max Websearch?

Max Websearch is a cross-browser plugin that is supported by ads, including banner, search, pop-up, pop-under, interstitial, and in-text link advertisements. It is compatible with Internet Explorer (BHO) and Firefox/Chrome (plugin) and is distributed through a range of monetization platforms during installation. The browser extension offers a variety of features that can customize the default or user-defined settings of the browser, such as the home page and search settings. Additionally, it may also modify Internet Explorer's load time threshold, place a lock file within Firefox to prevent other software from altering its settings, and disable the browser's Content Security Policy to facilitate cross-site scripting of the plugin.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in Max Websearch.

uninstall.exe (MD5: 99749946605d17ffeabf06866b92f3f5) has been flagged by 19 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Avira AntiVir Adware/Agent.746496.2
avast! Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
AVG Skodna.Generic
Bitdefender Adware.Generic.349974
Dr.Web Trojan.DownLoader7.41886
ESET-NOD32 a variant of MSIL/Adware.iBryte.A
Fortinet FortiGate Adware/Fam.NB
F-Secure Adware.Generic.349974
G Data Adware.Generic.349974
IKARUS anti.virus Win32.AdWare
K7 AntiVirus Riskware
MicroWorld-eScan Adware.Generic.349974
NANO AntiVirus Trojan.Win32..bgjeuo
Panda Antivirus Suspicious file
PC Tools Trojan.Gen
Symantec Trojan.Gen
Trend Micro TROJ_GEN.RCBZ1BG
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.RCBZ1BG
VIPRE Antivirus iBryte

Software Details

URL:
Support:
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\Maxwebsearch
Uninstaller:
"C:\Program Files\Maxwebsearch\uninstall.exe" /u /UserID=67cbcea8-8e56-4027-80e2-e980d51fde3d /SourceID= /ImplementationID=maxwebsearch
Size:
729.00 KB
Language:
English

Max Websearch Executable Details

Primary executable:
uninstall.exe
Name:
Max Websearch
Path:
C:\Program Files\Maxwebsearch\uninstall.exe
MD5:
99749946605d17ffeabf06866b92f3f5
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by Max Websearch
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
99749946605d17ffeabf06866b92f3f5