Zwinky Internet Explorer Toolbar

Zwinky Internet Explorer Toolbar

Known Toolbar

by Mindspark Interactive Network

What is Zwinky Internet Explorer Toolbar?

Zwinky Internet Explorer Toolbar is software application developed by Mindspark Interactive Network. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 56.84% of installations running this operating system. Zwinky Internet Explorer Toolbar's installer is typically 8.00 MB in size and installs around 63 files.

Zwinky Internet Explorer Toolbar is most popular in the United States with 42.46% of installations residing in this country.

Zwinky Internet Explorer Toolbar adds 3 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times.

About Zwinky Internet Explorer Toolbar?

During the Toolbar download process, users have the option to reset their internet browser's homepage to an Ask homepage product and/or reset their new tab page to an Ask new tab product. To decline or opt-out of these features, users can check or uncheck the appropriate boxes during the download process for the Toolbar.

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

AppIntegrator64.exe (MD5: 143d634f4f93155d3a4d430c2cf60d11) has been flagged by 15 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)
ESET-NOD32 Win32/Toolbar.MyWebSearch.T
F-Prot W32/Mywebsearch.H2.gen!Eldorado
Kingsoft AntiVirus Win32.Troj.Undef.(kcloud)
APPINTEGRATOR.EXE (MD5: b6940fe9d6fc34ef59f1028ae6018fe1) has been flagged by 19 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.am
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.Pgcq
TrendMicro-HouseCall Suspicious_GEN.F47V0812
VIPRE Antivirus MyWebSearch.J (v) (not malicious)
Zillya Adware.MyWebSearch.Win32.1392
Panda Antivirus Adware/WebSearch
F-Prot W32/Mywebsearch.H2.gen!Eldorado
NP5qStub.dll (MD5: 7358839e8dbca116f2358b0226f41314) has been flagged by 8 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
avast! Win32:Mindspark-A [PUP]
AVG Zango
ESET-NOD32 Win32/Toolbar.MyWebSearch.T
F-Prot W32/Mywebsearch.H2.gen!Eldorado
Kingsoft AntiVirus Win32.Troj.Undef.(kcloud)
Panda Antivirus Trj/Genetic.gen
Tencent Win32.Trojan.Falsesign.Afrk
VIPRE Antivirus MyWebSearch.J (v) (not malicious)
5qSrchMn.exe (MD5: 3c93215de9cc97c60b1892ad8dbe4411) has been flagged by 19 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
TrendMicro-HouseCall Suspicious_GEN.F47V0812
Panda Antivirus Adware/WebSearch
F-Prot W32/Mywebsearch.H2.gen!Eldorado
5qSrcAs.dll (MD5: 779662595f6b51bb86f96eccc230f13c) has been flagged by 21 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
F-Prot W32/Mywebsearch.H2.gen!Eldorado

Software Behaviors

Services:
  • 5qbarsvc.exe runs as a service named 'InboxNowService' (InboxNow_drService).
Scheduled tasks:
  • AppIntegrator64.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Price Fountain' (runs daily at 4:45 PM).
  • 5qmedint.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{CEC2F177-6434-48CF-AEA5-AB1F3AD5E60A}' (runs on registration).
  • 5qSrchMn.exe is scheduled as a task named 'MetaCrawler' (runs daily at 15:24).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:
  • AppIntegrator64.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 7.
  • 5qSrchMn.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 3.
  • 5qmedint.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:
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Installation path:
C:\Program Files\Zwinky_5q\bar\1.bin
Uninstaller:
rundll32 "C:\Program Files\Zwinky_5q\bar\1.bin\5qBar.dll",O mindsparktoolbarkey="Zwinky_5q" uninstalltype="IE"
Size:
8.00 MB
Language:
English

Zwinky Internet Explorer Toolbar Executable Details

Primary executable:
5qbar.dll
Name:
Zwinky Internet Explorer Toolbar
Path:
C:\Program Files\Zwinky_5q\bar\1.bin\5qbar.dll
MD5:
96a060cf33a2c42617cf13224a47db07
SHA-1:
–
SHA-256:
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Files installed by Zwinky Internet Explorer Toolbar
File Type Filename MD5
DLL
22ae719e91b4bfcdf6122d3e2a0f272e
DLL
1b4ff26887c8e9a20735c94c1558238c
DLL
7358839e8dbca116f2358b0226f41314
EXE
3c93215de9cc97c60b1892ad8dbe4411
DLL
779662595f6b51bb86f96eccc230f13c
DLL
071d962e0e256dcf0b360b59ad6897eb
DLL
98e56fd43f64538baa9b1f367951091f
DLL
a4c73c71941826db74af6598336eda99
DLL
5de55f0f8967fdb31ee5b259a5aba975
EXE
4de35f24efb8446518e0586fd54043b8