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
298bfa5c34ce7cb9bfcc4bcc3966daee
DLL
93da07f94d74c54c75d6000090799f70
EXE
b3dae11b5316528e6853a94d39e141e3
DLL
071d962e0e256dcf0b360b59ad6897eb
DLL
98e56fd43f64538baa9b1f367951091f
DLL
a4c73c71941826db74af6598336eda99
DLL
5de55f0f8967fdb31ee5b259a5aba975
EXE
4de35f24efb8446518e0586fd54043b8
EXE
635f5e4b01597d0baf2422245c8ff541
DLL
3f7583821989e49412f4a3531f04744b