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
0f0bae7c1708948f809831abc4413e6c
DLL
993bd095e6ae397271b5c369de5febcf
DLL
0db70c5121c7086b2e0ff4482d7f2b79
DLL
aae5e71ad441be0da44644dbbd6ae8f9
DLL
1fc8ad0f61b94157bd15f097487fd801
DLL
cac86f04e39a9e82f0f6ad53a569dc24
EXE
4ed4ac0a1088e46ecb2f2f6d38b6e361