Only-search

Only-search

Known Adware

by Pay-by-Ads Ltd

What is Only-search?

Only-search is software application developed by Pay-by-Ads Ltd. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 63.38% of installations running this operating system. Only-search's installer is typically 1.00 MB in size and installs around 1 files.

Only-search is most popular in the United States with 21.14% of installations residing in this country.

Only-search adds 1 scheduled task to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times.

About Only-search?

OnlySearch is a web browser extension designed to deliver advertisements to the user's web browser. These ads may appear as traditional banners or context-specific hyperlinks. The software injects ads on various web pages, not limited to those associated with the program or its affiliates. It periodically connects to remote servers to download new ad feeds and may report the domains, URLs, and user interactions with advertisements and links during web browsing. Typically bundled with third-party download managers, it may include multiple potentially unwanted programs.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in Only-search.

onlysearch.exe (MD5: ec36e327558c6d48bd926b79e19e405b) has been flagged by 8 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
AVG Paybyads
ByteHero BDV Virus.Win32.Heur.n
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Montiera.K
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.PayByAds.A
McAfee Artemis!EC36E327558C
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis!EC36E327558C
TrendMicro-HouseCall Suspicious_GEN.F47V0703
VIPRE Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT

Software Behaviors

Scheduled tasks:
  • onlysearch.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Only-search' (Next runs on 11/07/2014 at 21:16).

Startup Entries

Registry entries:
  • onlysearch.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'onlysearch' and executes as C:\users\user\appdata\Local\onlysearch\onlysearch\1.3.8.11\onlysearch.exe.

Software Details

URL:
Support:
Installation path:
C:\users\user\appdata\local\onlysearch\onlysearch\1.3.8.11
Uninstaller:
"C:\users\user\appdata\Local\onlysearch\onlysearch\1.3.8.11\onlysearch.exe" /uninstl
Size:
1.00 MB
Language:
English

Only-search Executable Details

Primary executable:
onlysearch.exe
Name:
Only-search
Path:
C:\users\user\appdata\local\onlysearch\onlysearch\1.3.8.11\onlysearch.exe
MD5:
ec36e327558c6d48bd926b79e19e405b
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by Only-search
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
ec36e327558c6d48bd926b79e19e405b