Lyrics Monkey

Lyrics Monkey

Known Adware

by MNDi Software

What is Lyrics Monkey?

Lyrics Monkey is software application developed by MNDi Software. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 69.93% of installations running this operating system.

Lyrics Monkey is most popular in Germany with 33.13% of installations residing in this country.

Lyrics Monkey adds 1 scheduled task to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times.

About Lyrics Monkey?

Lyrics Monkey is a web browser extension and Browser Helper Object designed to deliver contextual advertising to the web browser. It also has the capability to modify the user's browser home and search pages, as well as 'New Tab' pages, in order to promote advertisements and search content. However, it is important to note that this software is classified as adware and is typically labeled as an unwanted application by various malware vendors.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in Lyrics Monkey.

125.dll (MD5: 1921957f4795f15df74bc50e4d6bad64) has been flagged by 32 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Lavasoft Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.108504
Avira AntiVir ADWARE/Adware.Gen
avast! Win32:AddLyrics-V [Adw]
AVG Skodna.Generic_r.GU
Baidu-International AdWare.Win32.AddLyrics.aDBR
Bitdefender Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.108504
Comodo Security ApplicUnwnt
Dr.Web Adware.Plugin.87
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.108504 (B)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Adware.AddLyrics.J
Fortinet FortiGate Adware/Lyckriks
F-Secure Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.108504
G Data Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.108504
IKARUS anti.virus Win32.SuspectCrc
Jiangmin AdWare/Lyckriks.ba
K7 AntiVirus Adware ( 0048bf261 )
K7GW Adware ( 0048bf261 )
Kaspersky not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Lyckriks.cv
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.LyricsAd
McAfee PUP-FCU!1921957F4795
McAfee-GW-Edition PUP-FCU!1921957F4795
Microsoft Security Essentials Adware:Win32/AddLyrics
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.108504
nProtect Trojan-Clicker/W32.Lyckriks.137728
Panda Antivirus Generic Malware
Sophos Generic PUA IP
Trend Micro TROJ_GEN.R02EC0DIH13
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R02EC0DIH13
Vba32 AntiVirus AdWare.Lyckriks
VIPRE Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
CAT-QuickHeal Adware.AddLyrics (Not a Virus)
Symantec WS.Reputation.1
122.dll (MD5: ec009bda587729e670ef1eb321da2898) has been flagged by 30 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Lavasoft Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.108504
Avira AntiVir ADWARE/Adware.Gen
avast! Win32:AddLyrics-V [Adw]
AVG Generic5.AEJO
Baidu-International AdWare.Win32.AddLyrics.ayT
Bitdefender Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.108504
CAT-QuickHeal Adware.AddLyrics (Not a Virus)
Comodo Security ApplicUnwnt
Dr.Web Adware.Plugin.87
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.108504 (B)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Adware.AddLyrics.J
Fortinet FortiGate Riskware/AddLyrics
G Data Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.108504
Jiangmin AdWare/Lyckriks.bj
K7 AntiVirus Adware ( 0048bf261 )
K7GW Adware ( 0048bf261 )
Kaspersky not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Lyckriks.cv
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.LyricsAd
McAfee PUP-FCU!EC009BDA5877
McAfee-GW-Edition PUP-FCU!EC009BDA5877
Microsoft Security Essentials Adware:Win32/AddLyrics
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.108504
Trend Micro TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0DIF13
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0DIF13
Vba32 AntiVirus AdWare.Lyckriks
VIPRE Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Panda Antivirus Trj/CI.A
Sophos Generic PUA GJ
Symantec WS.Reputation.1
IKARUS anti.virus AdWare.Win32.AddLyrics
120.dll (MD5: 177619aeda81729e5e2a8dbebe2f20d5) has been flagged by 23 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Avira AntiVir Adware/AddLyrics.A.109
avast! Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
AVG Generic5.ACCT
Bitdefender Adware.Generic.551733
CAT-QuickHeal Adware.AddLyrics (Not a Virus)
Comodo Security ApplicUnwnt
Dr.Web Adware.Plugin.84
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Adware.Generic.551733 (B)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Adware.AddLyrics.K
G Data Adware.Generic.551733
K7 AntiVirus Riskware
K7GW Riskware
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.LyricsAd
McAfee Artemis!177619AEDA81
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis!177619AEDA81
Microsoft Security Essentials Adware:Win32/AddLyrics
MicroWorld-eScan Adware.Generic.551733
Panda Antivirus Trj/CI.A
Sophos Generic PUA GJ
Symantec WS.Reputation.1
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R03OH01H913
VIPRE Antivirus Adware.Trojan.Win32.Generic
IKARUS anti.virus AdWare.Win32.AddLyrics
116.dll (MD5: 571a887225919f40d12091d47cb8315b) has been flagged by 4 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
AVG Generic5.ABWD
Dr.Web Adware.Plugin.84
IKARUS anti.virus AdWare.Win32.AddLyrics
Microsoft Security Essentials Adware:Win32/AddLyrics
LyrMonkeyUpd.exe (MD5: bc00235b2b67ab937248791e4b915c3c) has been flagged by 33 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Lavasoft Ad-Aware Gen:Adware.AddLyrics.1
Agnitum Outpost Adware.AddLyrics
Avira AntiVir ADWARE/Adware.Gen
avast! Win32:AddLyrics-K [Adw]
AVG Generic5
Bitdefender Gen:Adware.AddLyrics.1
Comodo Security Application.Win32.AddLyrics.A
Dr.Web Adware.Plugin.84
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Adware.AddLyrics.K
F-Secure Gen:Adware.AddLyrics.1
G Data Gen:Adware.AddLyrics
Malwarebytes PUP.LyricsAd
Microsoft Security Essentials Adware:Win32/AddLyrics
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Adware.AddLyrics.1
VIPRE Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu-International AdWare.Win32.AddLyrics.aDBR
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.108504 (B)
Fortinet FortiGate Adware/Lyckriks
IKARUS anti.virus Win32.SuspectCrc
Jiangmin AdWare/Lyckriks.ba
K7 AntiVirus Adware ( 0048bf261 )
K7GW Adware ( 0048bf261 )
Kaspersky not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Lyckriks.cv
McAfee PUP-FCU!1921957F4795
McAfee-GW-Edition PUP-FCU!1921957F4795
nProtect Trojan-Clicker/W32.Lyckriks.137728
Panda Antivirus Generic Malware
Sophos Generic PUA IP
Trend Micro TROJ_GEN.R02EC0DIH13
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R02EC0DIH13
Vba32 AntiVirus AdWare.Lyckriks
CAT-QuickHeal Adware.AddLyrics (Not a Virus)
Symantec WS.Reputation.1

Software Behaviors

Scheduled tasks:
  • LyricsMonkeyUpdater.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Lyrics Monkey Update' (runs daily at 08:54).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:
  • LyricsMonkeyUpdater.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Lyrics Monkey Update.

Software Details

URL:
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Support:
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Installation path:
C:\Program Files\lyricsmonkey
Uninstaller:
C:\Program Files\LyricsMonkey\uninstall.exe
Size:
0.00 B
Language:
English

Lyrics Monkey Executable Details

Primary executable:
lyricsmonkey.dll
Name:
Lyrics Monkey
Path:
C:\Program Files\lyricsmonkey\lyricsmonkey.dll
MD5:
fb0cc33eeaccad18452b0a5bb871182a
SHA-1:
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SHA-256:
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Files installed by Lyrics Monkey
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
uninstall.exe
58e929ee240b3b246b98a7d1cd9c183a
DLL
125.dll
Malware
1921957f4795f15df74bc50e4d6bad64
DLL
122.dll
Adware
ec009bda587729e670ef1eb321da2898
DLL
120.dll
Adware
177619aeda81729e5e2a8dbebe2f20d5
DLL
116.dll
Adware
571a887225919f40d12091d47cb8315b
EXE
LyrMonkeyUpd.exe
Malware
bc00235b2b67ab937248791e4b915c3c
EXE
LyricsMonkeyUpdater.exe
Adware
3a30d0e01c5fb950a26ebc17ee2ebff5
DLL
lyricsmonkey.dll
Malware
fb0cc33eeaccad18452b0a5bb871182a