What is PopularScreensavers?

PopularScreensavers is software application developed by Mindspark Interactive Network. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 59.18% of installations running this operating system. PopularScreensavers's installer is typically 2.00 MB in size and installs around 13 files.

PopularScreensavers is most popular in the United States with 49.76% of installations residing in this country.

About PopularScreensavers?

Our software includes an optional Ask.com powered Toolbar that provides a customized browsing experience. As part of the download process, users have the option to reset their homepage and new tab page to an Ask® home page and new tab product, which offers relevant links and search results. The Toolbar also includes a search box to help users easily search the Internet with results from our search partner.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in PopularScreensavers.

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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