HowToSimplified Internet Explorer Toolbar

HowToSimplified Internet Explorer Toolbar

Known Toolbar

by Mindspark Interactive Network

What is HowToSimplified Internet Explorer Toolbar?

HowToSimplified Internet Explorer Toolbar is software application developed by Mindspark Interactive Network. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 49.59% of installations running this operating system. HowToSimplified Internet Explorer Toolbar's installer is typically 9.00 MB in size and installs around 58 files.

HowToSimplified Internet Explorer Toolbar is most popular in the United States with 85.80% of installations residing in this country.

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

About HowToSimplified Internet Explorer Toolbar?

This software installation includes an Ask.com powered toolbar, which offers the option to set the homepage and new tab page to an AskĀ® home page and new tab product. This feature provides relevant links and search results when conducting a search request in the browser address bar or if the browser address request is invalid, misspelled, or incorrectly formatted. The toolbar includes a search box to facilitate internet searches with results from a search results partner.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in HowToSimplified 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.F47V0910
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
8ebrmon.exe (MD5: 35d6caaa9e4d82974a74dbdb53801f98) has been flagged by 10 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.F47V0910
NP8eStub.dll (MD5: 52636a03a5b9f32ea6d93bb0335e8ddf) has been flagged by 7 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.F47V0910
VIPRE Antivirus MyWebSearch.J (v) (not malicious)
8eSrchMn.exe (MD5: 3c93215de9cc97c60b1892ad8dbe4411) has been flagged by 21 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
AhnLab-V3 Trojan/Win32.Buzus
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.abZ
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.Lmut
VIPRE Antivirus MyWebSearch.J (v) (not malicious)
Zillya Adware.MyWebSearch.Win32.1351
TrendMicro-HouseCall Suspicious_GEN.F47V0812
Panda Antivirus Adware/WebSearch
Bkav FE W32.Clodc29.Trojan.ff33
Dr.Web Adware.BGuard.38
F-Prot W32/Mywebsearch.H2.gen!Eldorado

Software Behaviors

Services:
  • 8ebarsvc.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).
  • 8emedint.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{CEC2F177-6434-48CF-AEA5-AB1F3AD5E60A}' (runs on registration).
  • 8eSrchMn.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.
  • 8eSrchMn.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 3.
  • 8emedint.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 2.
  • 8ebrmon.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:
  • 8emedint.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.
  • 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.
  • 8ebrmon.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.
  • 8eSrchMn.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:
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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=IE
Size:
9.00 MB
Language:
English

HowToSimplified Internet Explorer Toolbar Executable Details

Primary executable:
8ebar.dll
Name:
HowToSimplified Internet Explorer Toolbar
Path:
C:\Program Files\HowToSimplified_8e\bar\1.bin\8ebar.dll
MD5:
3f7583821989e49412f4a3531f04744b
SHA-1:
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SHA-256:
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Files installed by HowToSimplified Internet Explorer Toolbar
File Type Filename MD5
DLL
cd295c21e931feea1d9f362c8b7fadcb
EXE
57e1d74f81a7ac4828a061a72e8e3c9f
DLL
99abb9412d237a81f29af7c1ab894f13
DLL
8f5ca2f4759796a308cff2344e5248b8
DLL
2b2b2fb577949b5480317d93994eb709
DLL
c9f49bef94ac80abbac5e57ec16714f9
DLL
0a5cd0107d4ac7beba3bd67b800f59fd
DLL
7a3fc6154d8a96d625150a28be4befbf
DLL
34a8be864c08c42a7b71ee22d944b8e8
DLL
b8274b1454a8c3fca77dd48a7a91bf65