What is HeadlineAlley Firefox Toolbar?

HeadlineAlley Firefox Toolbar is software application developed by Mindspark Interactive Network. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 65.71% of installations running this operating system. HeadlineAlley Firefox Toolbar's installer is typically 8.00 MB in size and installs around 19 files.

HeadlineAlley Firefox Toolbar is most popular in the United States with 87.83% of installations residing in this country.

About HeadlineAlley Firefox Toolbar?

As per the Terms of Service, during the Toolbar download process, users may be presented with the option to set their Internet browser's homepage and new tab page to an Ask homepage product or Ask new tab product. Should users prefer not to reset their homepage or new tab page to these Ask products, they have the ability to decline or opt-out of this feature by checking or unchecking the appropriate box(es) during the Toolbar download process.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in HeadlineAlley Firefox Toolbar.

NP29Stub.dll (MD5: 997b29cedba92cc828990a32fffb8129) has been flagged by 9 scanners:

Scanner Software	Version	Result
avast!	8.0.1489.320	Win32:Mindspark-A [PUP]
AVG	13.0.0.3169	Zango
ESET-NOD32	8944	Win32/Toolbar.MyWebSearch.T
F-Prot	4.7.1.166	W32/Mywebsearch.H2.gen!Eldorado
Kingsoft AntiVirus	2013.4.9.267	Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud)
TrendMicro-HouseCall	9.700.0.1001	TROJ_GEN.F47V0828
VIPRE Antivirus	22594	MyWebSearch.J (v) (not malicious)
Bkav FE	1.3.0.4261	W32.Clod028.Trojan.f1cd
nProtect	2013-10-29.04	Adware/W32.Agent.62864

29SrchMn.exe (MD5: fb85f333d10b1475650c4304f99a1ece) has been flagged by 14 scanners:

Scanner Software	Version	Result
Antiy-AVL	2.0.3.7	Trojan/Win32.Generic
avast!	8.0.1489.320	Win32:Mindspark-A [PUP]
AVG	13.0.0.3169	Skodna.Generic.AOF
Bkav FE	1.3.0.4613	W32.Cloddd7.Trojan.8c0b
Dr.Web		Adware.MyWebSearch.47
ESET-NOD32	9262	Win32/Toolbar.MyWebSearch.W
K7 AntiVirus	9.175.10766	Trojan ( 0047e1181 )
K7GW	9.175.10766	Trojan ( 0047e1181 )
Kingsoft AntiVirus	2013.4.9.267	Win32.Troj.Undef.(kcloud)
NANO AntiVirus	0.28.0.57029	Trojan.Win32.MyWebSearch.crhhqy
nProtect	2014-01-08.01	Trojan/W32.Agent.44784.D
VIPRE Antivirus	25210	MyWebSearch.J (v) (not malicious)
F-Prot	4.7.1.166	W32/Mywebsearch.H2.gen!Eldorado
TrendMicro-HouseCall	9.700.0.1001	TROJ_GEN.F47V0828

29SrcAs.dll (MD5: cb31249537d2758f73046888aa02ca7a) has been flagged by 5 scanners:

Scanner Software	Version	Result
avast!	8.0.1489.320	Win32:FunWeb-K [PUP]
AVG	13.0.0.3169	AdInstaller.FunWeb
Bkav FE	1.3.0.4261	W32.Clod028.Trojan.f1cd
nProtect	2013-10-29.04	Adware/W32.Agent.62864
VIPRE Antivirus	22822	MyWebSearch.J (v) (not malicious)

Software Details

URL:

https://support.mindspark.com

Support:

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Installation path:

C:\Program Files\HeadlineAlley_29\bar\1.bin

Uninstaller:

rundll32 "C:\Program Files\HeadlineAlley_29\bar\1.bin\29Bar.dll",O mindsparktoolbarkey="HeadlineAlley_29" uninstalltype="FF"

Size:

8.00 MB

Language:

English

HeadlineAlley Firefox Toolbar Executable Details

Primary executable:

29bar.dll

Name:

HeadlineAlley Firefox Toolbar

Path:

C:\Program Files\HeadlineAlley_29\bar\1.bin\29bar.dll

MD5:

f86336c978311761bc3e2a80b08d46bc

SHA-1:

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SHA-256:

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File Type

Filename

MD5

DLL

29dlghk.dll

8fb2c1103382577f8248d83e7487ea86

DLL

29bprtct.dll

6c0323f452235446604b1f54341e8bb8

DLL

29reghk.dll

071d962e0e256dcf0b360b59ad6897eb

DLL

29hkstub.dll

98e56fd43f64538baa9b1f367951091f

DLL

29regiet.dll

a4c73c71941826db74af6598336eda99

DLL

29regfft.dll

5de55f0f8967fdb31ee5b259a5aba975

EXE

29medint.exe

04826c949a4de20b5a95ad88363ea3c6

EXE

29highin.exe

635f5e4b01597d0baf2422245c8ff541

DLL