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
EXE
1983adbec36385d0cedbb89881098684
DLL
29e27800a11bbaa06e857da4bde64eec
EXE
3c93215de9cc97c60b1892ad8dbe4411
DLL
779662595f6b51bb86f96eccc230f13c
EXE
22eec005cc6a14f50ceceb93da5cf043
DLL
01fa2f4f903c22d9877cd3410c82a173
DLL
dee010833f57f6581be7470f8773049d
DLL
1b4ff26887c8e9a20735c94c1558238c
DLL
e751e72245ed43322770a1dcdf690fe0
EXE
4de35f24efb8446518e0586fd54043b8