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
1b1d7ec0ed79ff36411d2c381043a125
DLL
1439126de0d3a7476032b92cf651c68d
DLL
9f9e98996b9ca799dafdd503cbb8f090
EXE
5a2c29f369c710af4b57f84b5688475c
DLL
ea490dbf84d6a079c77cc18bc0fb960d
DLL
c90519ca41989b0762694587fde2d7c4
DLL
a90bf4411ebff8b342c21c1a647b513b
DLL
298bfa5c34ce7cb9bfcc4bcc3966daee
DLL
93da07f94d74c54c75d6000090799f70
EXE
b3dae11b5316528e6853a94d39e141e3