What is HeadlineAlley Toolbar?

HeadlineAlley Toolbar is software application developed by Mindspark Interactive Network. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 67.74% of installations running this operating system. HeadlineAlley Toolbar's installer is typically 9.00 MB in size and installs around 40 files.

HeadlineAlley Toolbar is most popular in the United States with 90.38% of installations residing in this country.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in HeadlineAlley Toolbar.

AppIntegrator64.exe (MD5: dde9c9b89b413a5868d7358511db5a6a) has been flagged by 10 scanners:

Scanner Software	Version	Result
AhnLab-V3	2014.10.25.00	PUP/Win32.MyWebSearch
avast!	8.0.1489.320	Win32:Mindspark-A [PUP]
AVG	14.0.0.4040	MyWebSearch
AVware	1.5.0.21	MyWebSearch.J (v)
Baidu-International	3.5.1.41473	Adware.Win32.MyWebSearch.bQ
Kaspersky	12.0.0.1225	not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.MyWebSearch.si
Malwarebytes	1.75.0.1	PUP.Optional.MindSpark
Qihoo-360	1.0.0.1015	Win32/Virus.WebToolbar.30b
Tencent	1.0.0.1	Win32.Trojan.Falsesign.Wwof
VIPRE Antivirus	34214	MyWebSearch.J (v) (not malicious)

APPINTEGRATOR.EXE (MD5: b83db01d9e4bd53c9b65214806b54eb7) has been flagged by 16 scanners:

Scanner Software	Version	Result
AhnLab-V3	2014.11.21.00	PUP/Win32.MyWebSearch
avast!	8.0.1489.320	Win32:Mindspark-A [PUP]
AVG	15.0.0.4189	MyWebSearch
AVware	1.5.0.21	MyWebSearch.J (v)
Baidu-International	3.5.1.41473	Adware.Win32.MyWebSearch.bQ
ESET-NOD32	10755	a variant of Win32/Toolbar.MyWebSearch.AJ
Fortinet FortiGate	5.0.999.0	Riskware/MyWebSearch
G Data	24	Win32.Adware.Mindspark.C
Kaspersky	15.0.1.10	not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.MyWebSearch.si
Kingsoft AntiVirus	2013.4.9.267	Win32.Troj.MyWebSearch.si.(kcloud)
Malwarebytes	1.75.0.1	PUP.Optional.MindSpark
Qihoo-360	1.0.0.1015	Win32/Virus.WebToolbar.30b
Tencent	1.0.0.1	Win32.Trojan.Falsesign.Pepp
TrendMicro-HouseCall	9.700.0.1001	Suspicious_GEN.F47V1106
VIPRE Antivirus	34964	MyWebSearch.J (v) (not malicious)
Zillya	2.0.0.1988	Adware.MyWebSearch.Win32.1695

29SrcAs.dll (MD5: aa5270eb6804dadda21905c65f2ab255) has been flagged by 17 scanners:

Scanner Software	Version	Result
AhnLab-V3	2014.11.21.00	PUP/Win32.MyWebSearch
Antiy-AVL	1.0.0.1	RiskWare[WebToolbar:not-a-virus]/Win32.MyWebSearch
avast!	8.0.1489.320	Win32:Mindspark-A [PUP]
AVG	15.0.0.4189	MyWebSearch
AVware	1.5.0.21	MyWebSearch.J (v)
Baidu-International	3.5.1.41473	Adware.Win32.MyWebSearch.bQ
ESET-NOD32	10755	a variant of Win32/Toolbar.MyWebSearch.AK
Fortinet FortiGate	5.0.999.0	Riskware/MyWebSearch
G Data	24	Win32.Adware.Mindspark.C
Kaspersky	15.0.1.10	not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.MyWebSearch.si
Kingsoft AntiVirus	2013.4.9.267	Win32.Troj.MyWebSearch.si.(kcloud)
Malwarebytes	1.75.0.1	PUP.Optional.MindSpark
Qihoo-360	1.0.0.1015	Win32/Virus.WebToolbar.30b
Tencent	1.0.0.1	Win32.Trojan.Falsesign.Lndy
TrendMicro-HouseCall	9.700.0.1001	Suspicious_GEN.F47V1106
VIPRE Antivirus	34964	MyWebSearch.J (v) (not malicious)
Zillya	2.0.0.1988	Adware.MyWebSearch.Win32.902

29barsvc.exe (MD5: eb0b3c1577773cb81ebc0a2507fccfdc) has been flagged by 14 scanners:

Scanner Software	Version	Result
AhnLab-V3	2014.10.25.00	PUP/Win32.MyWebSearch
avast!	8.0.1489.320	Win32:Mindspark-A [PUP]
AVG	14.0.0.4040	MyWebSearch
AVware	1.5.0.21	MyWebSearch.J (v)
Baidu-International	3.5.1.41473	Adware.Win32.MyWebSearch.bQ
ESET-NOD32	10616	a variant of Win32/Toolbar.MyWebSearch.AE
Fortinet FortiGate	5.0.999.0	Riskware/MyWebSearch
G Data	24	Win32.Adware.Mindspark.C
Kaspersky	12.0.0.1225	not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.MyWebSearch.si
Kingsoft AntiVirus	2013.4.9.267	Win32.Troj.MyWebSearch.si.(kcloud)
Malwarebytes	1.75.0.1	PUP.Optional.MindSpark
Qihoo-360	1.0.0.1015	Win32/Virus.WebToolbar.30b
Tencent	1.0.0.1	Win32.Trojan.Falsesign.Ajlj
VIPRE Antivirus	34214	MyWebSearch.J (v) (not malicious)

29medint.exe (MD5: 4de35f24efb8446518e0586fd54043b8) has been flagged by 15 scanners:

Scanner Software	Version	Result
AhnLab-V3	2014.10.25.00	PUP/Win32.MyWebSearch
avast!	8.0.1489.320	Win32:Mindspark-A [PUP]
AVG	14.0.0.4040	MyWebSearch
AVware	1.5.0.21	MyWebSearch.J (v)
Baidu-International	3.5.1.41473	Adware.Win32.MyWebSearch.bQ
ESET-NOD32	10616	a variant of Win32/Toolbar.MyWebSearch.AJ
Fortinet FortiGate	5.0.999.0	Riskware/MyWebSearch
G Data	24	Win32.Adware.Mindspark.C
Kaspersky	12.0.0.1225	not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.MyWebSearch.si
Kingsoft AntiVirus	2013.4.9.267	Win32.Troj.MyWebSearch.si.(kcloud)
Malwarebytes	1.75.0.1	PUP.Optional.MindSpark
Qihoo-360	1.0.0.1015	Win32/Virus.WebToolbar.30b
Tencent	1.0.0.1	Win32.Trojan.Falsesign.Pial
VIPRE Antivirus	34214	MyWebSearch.J (v) (not malicious)
Zillya	2.0.0.1966	Adware.MyWebSearch.Win32.1392

Software Behaviors

Services:

29barsvc.exe runs as a service named 'InboxNowService' (InboxNow_drService).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:

AppIntegrator64.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named OnlineMapFinder AppIntegrator 64-bit_Reg_HKLMWow6432Run.
APPINTEGRATOR.EXE is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named OnlineMapFinder AppIntegrator 32-bit_Reg_HKLMWow6432Run.

Registry entries:

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.

Software Details

URL:

https://search.mywebsearch.com/mywebsearch/default.jhtml

Support:

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Installation path:

C:\Program Files\HeadlineAlley_29\bar\3.bin

Uninstaller:

rundll32 "C:\Program Files\HeadlineAlley_29\bar\3.bin\29Bar.dll",O mindsparktoolbarkey="HeadlineAlley_29"

Size:

9.00 MB

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