PuzzleGamesDaily Internet Explorer Toolbar

PuzzleGamesDaily Internet Explorer Toolbar

Known Toolbar

by Mindspark Interactive Network

What is PuzzleGamesDaily Internet Explorer Toolbar?

PuzzleGamesDaily Internet Explorer Toolbar is software application developed by Mindspark Interactive Network. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 10 with nearly 71.70% of installations running this operating system. PuzzleGamesDaily Internet Explorer Toolbar's installer is typically 11.00 MB in size and installs around 55 files.

PuzzleGamesDaily Internet Explorer Toolbar is most popular in the United States with 87.80% of installations residing in this country.

PuzzleGamesDaily Internet Explorer Toolbar adds 1 scheduled task to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times.

About PuzzleGamesDaily Internet Explorer Toolbar?

PuzzleGamesDaily Internet Explorer Toolbar is a web browser toolbar supported by advertising. This toolbar has the capability to make modifications to the home page, search provider, and new tab pages of the browser. These modifications include changes to the default home page, new tab pages, and search settings. Additionally, the default search engine in the Internet Browser, including the browser's built-in search box, may also be changed. This toolbar also adds alternative error page functionality, such as a "Page Not Found" error page.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in PuzzleGamesDaily Internet Explorer Toolbar.

AppIntegrator64.exe (MD5: 143d634f4f93155d3a4d430c2cf60d11) has been flagged by 12 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)
APPINTEGRATOR.EXE (MD5: b83db01d9e4bd53c9b65214806b54eb7) has been flagged by 18 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
AhnLab-V3 PUP/Win32.MyWebSearch
avast! Win32:Mindspark-A [PUP]
AVG MyWebSearch
AVware MyWebSearch.J (v)
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.MyWebSearch.bQ
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.Pepp
TrendMicro-HouseCall Suspicious_GEN.F47V1106
VIPRE Antivirus MyWebSearch.J (v) (not malicious)
Zillya Adware.MyWebSearch.Win32.1695
Antiy-AVL RiskWare[WebToolbar:not-a-virus]/Win32.MyWebSearch
Panda Antivirus Adware/WebSearch
apSrchMn.exe (MD5: 3c93215de9cc97c60b1892ad8dbe4411) has been flagged by 17 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
Panda Antivirus Adware/WebSearch
apSrcAs.dll (MD5: 779662595f6b51bb86f96eccc230f13c) has been flagged by 20 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.aRmS
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.MyWebSearch.AC
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
NANO AntiVirus Riskware.Win32.Toolbar.dfqike
Qihoo-360 Win32/Virus.WebToolbar.30b
Tencent Win32.Trojan.Falsesign.Aisc
TrendMicro-HouseCall Suspicious_GEN.F47V0812
VIPRE Antivirus MyWebSearch.J (v) (not malicious)
Zillya Adware.MyWebSearch.Win32.902
Agnitum Outpost PUA.Toolbar.MyWebSearch!
Panda Antivirus Adware/WebSearch
apmedint.exe (MD5: 4de35f24efb8446518e0586fd54043b8) has been flagged by 17 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
AhnLab-V3 PUP/Win32.MyWebSearch
avast! Win32:Mindspark-A [PUP]
AVG MyWebSearch
AVware MyWebSearch.J (v)
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.MyWebSearch.bQ
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.Pial
VIPRE Antivirus MyWebSearch.J (v) (not malicious)
Zillya Adware.MyWebSearch.Win32.1392
Antiy-AVL RiskWare[WebToolbar:not-a-virus]/Win32.MyWebSearch
Panda Antivirus Adware/WebSearch

Software Behaviors

Services:
  • apbarsvc.exe runs as a service named 'PuzzleGamesDailyService' (PuzzleGamesDaily_apService).
Scheduled tasks:
  • AppIntegrator64.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Price Fountain' (runs daily at 4:45 PM).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:
  • AppIntegrator64.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 7.
  • apSrchMn.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 3.
  • apmedint.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 2.
  • 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:
–
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\PuzzleGamesDaily_ap\bar\1.bin
Uninstaller:
rundll32 "C:\Program Files\PuzzleGamesDaily_ap\bar\1.bin\apBar.dll",O mindsparktoolbarkey="PuzzleGamesDaily_ap" uninstalltype=IE
Size:
11.00 MB
Language:
English

PuzzleGamesDaily Internet Explorer Toolbar Executable Details

Primary executable:
apbar.dll
Name:
PuzzleGamesDaily Internet Explorer Toolbar
Path:
C:\Program Files\PuzzleGamesDaily_ap\bar\1.bin\apbar.dll
MD5:
96a060cf33a2c42617cf13224a47db07
SHA-1:
–
SHA-256:
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Files installed by PuzzleGamesDaily Internet Explorer Toolbar
File Type Filename MD5
DLL
73c0319f8bdb398a969a17f49a9caf2e
EXE
143d634f4f93155d3a4d430c2cf60d11
EXE
b83db01d9e4bd53c9b65214806b54eb7
DLL
85b7c1b6f4715f61f54699cceff41222
DLL
08ea0a92d10bf16ad2d05e80856b935d
DLL
cf0646bb879911192c833e314e0afc57
DLL
99314afe1aa7f154766c7b10b1b7e90d
DLL
aedf3f97b88562ce2d5128c9422718c1
DLL
a842b26aee3d1312bda37096c8490b39
DLL
bef81913920b66f99cce1b8b94d2335d