MySearchs

MySearchs

Known Toolbar

by Montiera Technologies LTD

What is MySearchs?

MySearchs is software application developed by Montiera Technologies LTD. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 10 with nearly 48.65% of installations running this operating system. MySearchs's installer is typically 1.00 MB in size and installs around 57 files.

MySearchs is most popular in France with 29.73% of installations residing in this country.

MySearchs adds 2 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times.

About MySearchs?

Pay-By-Ads from Montiera is a web browser search injector and toolbar that offers bundled legitimate and open-sourced programs, along with additional third-party applications that may not be desired by the user. Although typically installed by default, users are provided with an option to opt-out during or after the installation process. The toolbar communicates with a remote web server using the DNS toolbarservices.com and reports.montiera.com to track various aspects of a user's browsing behaviors and to update its components.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in MySearchs.

mysetup.exe (MD5: 6b1bec8908852635eca714c4e15b4898) has been flagged by 20 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
AVG Paybyads.893
AVware Montiera (fs)
Baidu-International Hacktool.Win32.Montiera.aqG
Dr.Web Adware.Searcher.2712
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Montiera.R
Fortinet FortiGate Riskware/Montiera
IKARUS anti.virus not-a-virus:Downloader.Montiera
K7 AntiVirus Riskware ( 0049c6851 )
K7GW Riskware ( 0049c6851 )
Kaspersky not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.Montiera.b
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.MySearchs.A
McAfee Artemis!6B1BEC890885
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis
Panda Antivirus Trj/Chgt.I
Qihoo-360 Win32/Virus.Downloader.42e
Sophos PayByAds
Symantec Trojan.Gen.2
Trend Micro TROJ_GEN.R047C0EJR14
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R047C0EJR14
VIPRE Antivirus Montiera (fs)
mysearchs.exe (MD5: 4ed4ac0a1088e46ecb2f2f6d38b6e361) has been flagged by 23 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Antiy-AVL RiskWare[WebToolbar:not-a-virus]/Win32.Montiera
AVG Montiera
Avira Adware/Montiera.d
AVware Montiera (fs)
Baidu-International PUA.Win32.Montiera.BK
ByteHero BDV Virus.Win32.Heur.n
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Montiera.L
Fortinet FortiGate Riskware/Montiera
IKARUS anti.virus not-a-virus:Downloader.Montiera
K7 AntiVirus Trojan
K7GW Trojan ( 004a07831 )
Kaspersky not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.Montiera
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.PayByAds.A
McAfee Artemis!4ED4AC0A1088
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis!PUP
Sophos PayByAds
TrendMicro-HouseCall Suspicious_GEN.F47V0808
VIPRE Antivirus Montiera (fs)
Dr.Web Adware.Searcher.2712
Panda Antivirus Trj/Chgt.I
Qihoo-360 Win32/Virus.Downloader.42e
Symantec Trojan.Gen.2
Trend Micro TROJ_GEN.R047C0EJR14

Software Behaviors

Scheduled tasks:
  • mysetup.exe is scheduled as a task named 'MySearchs Udpater' (Next runs on 16/10/2014 at 08:55).
  • mysearchs.exe is scheduled as a task named 'MySearchs' (Next runs on 16/10/2014 at 08:55).

Startup Entries

Registry entries:
  • mysearchs.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'MySearchs' and executes as C:\users\user\appdata\Local\MySearchs\MySearchs\1.3.14.2\mysearchs.exe.

Software Details

URL:
https://www.montiera.com
Support:
Installation path:
C:\users\user\appdata\local\pay-by-ads\mysearchs\1.3.11.0
Uninstaller:
"C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Pay-By-Ads\MySearchs\1.3.11.0\mysearchs.exe" /uninstl
Size:
1.00 MB
Language:
English

MySearchs Executable Details

Primary executable:
mysearchs.exe
Name:
MySearchs
Path:
C:\users\user\appdata\local\pay-by-ads\mysearchs\1.3.11.0\mysearchs.exe
MD5:
4ed4ac0a1088e46ecb2f2f6d38b6e361
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by MySearchs
File Type Filename MD5
DLL
f1a36f8721a06854979e5db105f318cc
DLL
034993c10e2db2fa3621ecb81302c216
DLL
801df2598a3edb747bfbd55caa991f9a
DLL
6d4c5e1993b975aeea504c99a2cea9c0
EXE
6b1bec8908852635eca714c4e15b4898
DLL
d9a1a7fb56bae05bf101240c45d1d0ee
DLL
3f0c52bd57b0ec0f6130c762cff9e34d
DLL
db050c0dcaf70fa0c30937e67d617044
DLL
1d58e3841e0977de4955e2ed26f04ab6
DLL
8c0783c56cc044d3689589f17c4af2e1