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
9f9e98996b9ca799dafdd503cbb8f090
DLL
ea490dbf84d6a079c77cc18bc0fb960d
DLL
c90519ca41989b0762694587fde2d7c4
DLL
298bfa5c34ce7cb9bfcc4bcc3966daee
EXE
b3dae11b5316528e6853a94d39e141e3
DLL
d3efe03300caf0fa2215206280d31220
DLL
a842b26aee3d1312bda37096c8490b39
DLL
29e27800a11bbaa06e857da4bde64eec
DLL
af4c0a23ce283d99471b814bea70ee56
EXE
e9a39c180293ba55f9729154b3c4db44