What is ProductivityBoss Internet Explorer Toolbar?

ProductivityBoss Internet Explorer Toolbar is software application developed by Mindspark Interactive Network. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 10 with nearly 51.88% of installations running this operating system. ProductivityBoss Internet Explorer Toolbar's installer is typically 10.00 MB in size and installs around 48 files.

ProductivityBoss Internet Explorer Toolbar is most popular in the United States with 30.27% of installations residing in this country.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in ProductivityBoss Internet Explorer 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

e5SrcAs.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

e5medint.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

e5barsvc.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)

Software Behaviors

Services:

e5barsvc.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://support.mindspark.com

Support:

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Installation path:

C:\Program Files\ProductivityBoss_e5\bar\1.bin

Uninstaller:

rundll32 "C:\Program Files\ProductivityBoss_e5\bar\1.bin\e5Bar.dll",O mindsparktoolbarkey="ProductivityBoss_e5" uninstalltype=IE

Size:

10.00 MB

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