What is Popular Screensavers?

Popular Screensavers is software application developed by Mindspark Interactive Network. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 66.04% of installations running this operating system. Popular Screensavers's installer is typically 2.00 MB in size and installs around 10 files.

Popular Screensavers is most popular in the United States with 42.16% of installations residing in this country.

About Popular Screensavers?

This web browser extension/toolbar enhances the user's browsing experience by seamlessly integrating with their web browser. It offers the option to customize the home page and search provider to optimize the user's online search activities.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in Popular Screensavers.

p5ScrCtr.dll (MD5: da4d621f7913a241945e046d3ae35326) has been flagged by 5 scanners:

Scanner Software	Version	Result
avast!	8.0.1489.320	Win32:Mindspark-A [PUP]
AVG	13.0.0.3169	Zango
Clam AntiVirus	0.97.3	Adware.Mywebsearch-6
ESET-NOD32	9190	a variant of Win32/Toolbar.MyWebSearch.P
VIPRE Antivirus	24740	MyWebSearch.J (v) (not malicious)

NPp5Stub.dll (MD5: df2b8cf613b10039bc2a8557642ca041) has been flagged by 11 scanners:

Scanner Software	Version	Result
Antiy-AVL	2.0.3.7	WebToolbar/Win32.MyWebSearch
avast!	8.0.1489.320	Win32:Mindspark-A [PUP]
AVG	13.0.0.3169	Zango
Bkav FE	1.3.0.4613	W32.Clod770.Trojan.9c06
CMC Antivirus	1.1.0.977	WebToolbar.Win32.MyWebSearch!O
Kaspersky	9.0.0.837	not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.MyWebSearch.rn
Kingsoft AntiVirus	2013.04.09.267	Win32.Troj.MyWebSearch.rn.(kcloud)
Rising Antivirus	25.0.0.11	PE:Malware.MyWebSearch!6.3F3
VIPRE Antivirus	24740	MyWebSearch.J (v) (not malicious)
Clam AntiVirus	0.97.3	Adware.Mywebsearch-6
ESET-NOD32	9190	a variant of Win32/Toolbar.MyWebSearch.P

p5svc.exe (MD5: 32dfcd93d3d468d2e75fd330812480de) has been flagged by 11 scanners:

Scanner Software	Version	Result
avast!	2014.9-140422	Win32:Mindspark-A [PUP]
AVG	2015.0.3497	Zango
Bkav FE	1.3.0.4923	W32.Clodfed.Trojan
VIPRE Antivirus	25784	MyWebSearch.J (v) (not malicious)
Antiy-AVL	2.0.3.7	WebToolbar/Win32.MyWebSearch
CMC Antivirus	1.1.0.977	WebToolbar.Win32.MyWebSearch!O
Kaspersky	9.0.0.837	not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.MyWebSearch.rn
Kingsoft AntiVirus	2013.04.09.267	Win32.Troj.MyWebSearch.rn.(kcloud)
Rising Antivirus	25.0.0.11	PE:Malware.MyWebSearch!6.3F3
Clam AntiVirus	0.97.3	Adware.Mywebsearch-6
ESET-NOD32	9190	a variant of Win32/Toolbar.MyWebSearch.P

Startup Entries

Registry entries:

p5ScrCtr.dll is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'p5PopularScreensaversWallpaper' and executes as rundll32 C:\Program Files2\POPULA~1\p5ScrCtr.dll,LES.

Software Details

URL:

https://www.mindspark.com

Support:

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Installation path:

C:\Program Files\PopularScreensavers

Uninstaller:

"C:\Program Files\PopularScreensavers\uninstall.exe" "/C:C:\Program Files\PopularScreensavers\Uninstall\uninstall.xml"

Size:

2.00 MB

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