What is HowToSimplified Firefox Toolbar?

HowToSimplified Firefox Toolbar is software application developed by Mindspark Interactive Network. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 68.29% of installations running this operating system. HowToSimplified Firefox Toolbar's installer is typically 7.00 MB in size and installs around 19 files.

HowToSimplified Firefox Toolbar is most popular in the United States with 96.71% of installations residing in this country.

About HowToSimplified Firefox Toolbar?

HowToSimplified is a web browser toolbar developed by Mindspark, designed to enhance user web browsing experience. It provides convenient access to search functionalities and customization options for home pages. The toolbar may offer Ask.com as a search engine and MyWebSearch as a home page option to users.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in HowToSimplified Firefox Toolbar.

NP8eStub.dll (MD5: 52636a03a5b9f32ea6d93bb0335e8ddf) 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	8943	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.F47V0910
VIPRE Antivirus	22588	MyWebSearch.J (v) (not malicious)
Bkav FE	1.3.0.4261	W32.Clod028.Trojan.f1cd
nProtect	2013-10-29.04	Adware/W32.Agent.62864

8eSrchMn.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.F47V0910

8eSrcAs.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://eula.mindspark.com/ask

Support:

https://support.mindspark.com

Installation path:

C:\Program Files\HowToSimplified_8e\bar\1.bin

Uninstaller:

rundll32 "C:\Program Files\HowToSimplified_8e\bar\1.bin\8eBar.dll",O mindsparktoolbarkey="HowToSimplified_8e" uninstalltype="FF"

Size:

7.00 MB

Language:

English

HowToSimplified Firefox Toolbar Executable Details

Primary executable:

8ebar.dll

Name:

HowToSimplified Firefox Toolbar

Path:

C:\Program Files\HowToSimplified_8e\bar\1.bin\8ebar.dll

MD5:

55bb146847cf8fc07253de6ab20041a9

SHA-1:

–

SHA-256:

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File Type

Filename

MD5

DLL

8edlghk.dll

8fb2c1103382577f8248d83e7487ea86

DLL

8ebprtct.dll

6c0323f452235446604b1f54341e8bb8

DLL

8ereghk.dll

071d962e0e256dcf0b360b59ad6897eb

DLL

8ehkstub.dll

98e56fd43f64538baa9b1f367951091f

DLL

8eregiet.dll

a4c73c71941826db74af6598336eda99

DLL

8eregfft.dll

5de55f0f8967fdb31ee5b259a5aba975

EXE

8emedint.exe

04826c949a4de20b5a95ad88363ea3c6

EXE

8ehighin.exe

635f5e4b01597d0baf2422245c8ff541

DLL