HeadlineAlley Internet Explorer Toolbar

HeadlineAlley Internet Explorer Toolbar

Known Toolbar

by Mindspark Interactive Network

What is HeadlineAlley Internet Explorer Toolbar?

HeadlineAlley Internet Explorer Toolbar is software application developed by Mindspark Interactive Network. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 58.80% of installations running this operating system. HeadlineAlley Internet Explorer Toolbar's installer is typically 8.00 MB in size and installs around 60 files.

HeadlineAlley Internet Explorer Toolbar is most popular in the United States with 86.24% of installations residing in this country.

HeadlineAlley Internet Explorer Toolbar adds 3 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times.

About HeadlineAlley Internet Explorer Toolbar?

HeadlineAlley is a browser toolbar developed by Mindspark that provides users with the capability to customize their search and home pages to Ask.com (or MyWebSearch).

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in HeadlineAlley Internet Explorer Toolbar.

AppIntegrator64.exe (MD5: 143d634f4f93155d3a4d430c2cf60d11) has been flagged by 18 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
AhnLab-V3 PUP/Win32.MyWebSearch
Antiy-AVL RiskWare[WebToolbar:not-a-virus]/Win32.MyWebSearch
avast! Win32:Mindspark-A [PUP]
AVG Zango
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.MyWebSearch.Aki
Fortinet FortiGate Riskware/MyWebSearch
Kaspersky not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.MyWebSearch.si
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.MindSpark
Panda Antivirus Adware/WebSearch
Qihoo-360 Win32/Virus.WebToolbar.30b
Tencent Win32.Trojan.Falsesign.Dvqb
VIPRE Antivirus MyWebSearch.J (v) (not malicious)
Bkav FE W32.Clodc29.Trojan.ff33
Dr.Web Adware.BGuard.38
ESET-NOD32 Win32/Toolbar.MyWebSearch.W
F-Prot W32/Mywebsearch.H2.gen!Eldorado
Kingsoft AntiVirus Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud)
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.F47V0828
APPINTEGRATOR.EXE (MD5: b6940fe9d6fc34ef59f1028ae6018fe1) has been flagged by 21 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
AhnLab-V3 PUP/Win32.MyWebSearch
Antiy-AVL RiskWare[WebToolbar:not-a-virus]/Win32.MyWebSearch
avast! Win32:Mindspark-A [PUP]
AVG MyWebSearch
AVware MyWebSearch.J (v)
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.MyWebSearch.am
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.MyWebSearch.AJ
Fortinet FortiGate Riskware/MyWebSearch
G Data Win32.Adware.Mindspark.C
Kaspersky not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.MyWebSearch.si
Kingsoft AntiVirus Win32.Troj.MyWebSearch.si.(kcloud)
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.MindSpark
Qihoo-360 Win32/Virus.WebToolbar.30b
Tencent Win32.Trojan.Falsesign.Pgcq
TrendMicro-HouseCall Suspicious_GEN.F47V0812
VIPRE Antivirus MyWebSearch.J (v) (not malicious)
Zillya Adware.MyWebSearch.Win32.1392
Panda Antivirus Adware/WebSearch
Bkav FE W32.Clodc29.Trojan.ff33
Dr.Web Adware.BGuard.38
F-Prot W32/Mywebsearch.H2.gen!Eldorado
29brmon64.exe (MD5: 04d84d59d341dc861f20c961b5882eae) has been flagged by 5 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
avast! Win32:Mindspark-A [PUP]
AVG Zango
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.Mindspark.71
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.F47V0312
VIPRE Antivirus MyWebSearch.J (v) (not malicious)
29brmon.exe (MD5: 35d6caaa9e4d82974a74dbdb53801f98) has been flagged by 11 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Antiy-AVL Trojan/win32.agent.gen
avast! Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
AVG AdInstaller.FunWeb
Bkav FE W32.Clodc29.Trojan.ff33
Dr.Web Adware.BGuard.38
ESET-NOD32 Win32/Toolbar.MyWebSearch.W
VIPRE Antivirus MyWebSearch.J (v) (not malicious)
F-Prot W32/Mywebsearch.H2.gen!Eldorado
Kingsoft AntiVirus Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud)
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.F47V0828
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.Mindspark.71
NP29Stub.dll (MD5: 997b29cedba92cc828990a32fffb8129) has been flagged by 8 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
avast! Win32:Mindspark-A [PUP]
AVG Zango
ESET-NOD32 Win32/Toolbar.MyWebSearch.T
F-Prot W32/Mywebsearch.H2.gen!Eldorado
Kingsoft AntiVirus Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud)
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.F47V0828
VIPRE Antivirus MyWebSearch.J (v) (not malicious)
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.Mindspark.71

Software Behaviors

Services:
  • 29barsvc.exe runs as a service named 'InboxNowService' (InboxNow_drService).
Scheduled tasks:
  • AppIntegrator64.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Price Fountain' (runs daily at 4:45 PM).
  • 29medint.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{CEC2F177-6434-48CF-AEA5-AB1F3AD5E60A}' (runs on registration).
  • 29SrchMn.exe is scheduled as a task named 'MetaCrawler' (runs daily at 15:24).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:
  • AppIntegrator64.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 7.
  • 29SrchMn.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 3.
  • 29medint.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 2.
  • 29brmon64.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 5.
  • 29brmon.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 4.
  • APPINTEGRATOR.EXE is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named OnlineMapFinder AppIntegrator 32-bit_Reg_HKLMWow6432Run.
Registry entries:
  • 29medint.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'MapsGalaxy EPM Support' and executes as "C:\Program Files2\MAPSGA~2\bar\1.bin\39medint.exe" T8EPMSUP.DLL,S.
  • 29brmon64.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'MapsGalaxy_39 Browser Plugin Loader 64' and executes as C:\Program Files\MapsGalaxy_39\bar\1.bin\39brmon64.exe.
  • APPINTEGRATOR.EXE is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'PowerSuite' and executes as "C:\Program Files1\Uniblue\POWERS~1\launcher.exe" delay 20000 -m.
  • AppIntegrator64.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Hoolapp Android' and executes as "C:\users\user\appdata\Roaming\HOOLAP~1\Hoolapp.exe" /Minimized.
  • 29brmon.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'ctfmon.exe' and executes as C:\Program Files3\rundll32.exe C:\Program Files3\lni28.dat,FG00.
  • 29SrchMn.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Hoolapp Android' and executes as "C:\users\user\appdata\Roaming\HOOLAP~1\Hoolapp.exe" /Minimized.

Software Details

URL:
https://support.mindspark.com
Support:
–
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=IE
Size:
8.00 MB
Language:
English

HeadlineAlley Internet Explorer Toolbar Executable Details

Primary executable:
29bar.dll
Name:
HeadlineAlley Internet Explorer Toolbar
Path:
C:\Program Files\HeadlineAlley_29\bar\1.bin\29bar.dll
MD5:
3f7583821989e49412f4a3531f04744b
SHA-1:
–
SHA-256:
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Files installed by HeadlineAlley Internet Explorer Toolbar
File Type Filename MD5
DLL
01fa2f4f903c22d9877cd3410c82a173
DLL
dee010833f57f6581be7470f8773049d
DLL
1b4ff26887c8e9a20735c94c1558238c
DLL
e751e72245ed43322770a1dcdf690fe0
DLL
1b1d7ec0ed79ff36411d2c381043a125
DLL
1439126de0d3a7476032b92cf651c68d
DLL
9f9e98996b9ca799dafdd503cbb8f090
DLL
ea490dbf84d6a079c77cc18bc0fb960d
DLL
c90519ca41989b0762694587fde2d7c4
DLL
a90bf4411ebff8b342c21c1a647b513b