What is Lyric Star?

Lyric Star is software application developed by Starware. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 73.91% of installations running this operating system.

Lyric Star is most popular in the United States with 25.25% of installations residing in this country.

Lyric Star adds 1 scheduled task to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times.

About Lyric Star?

Presenting Lyric Star, a browser extension and toolbar designed to deliver contextual-based advertising. This software is designed to enhance user experience by modifying the home and search pages of the web browser to provide advertising and search functionality. However, it's important to note that this software may be classified as adware and potentially unwanted by some malware vendors. Key features of the browser extension include the ability to change the default search engine, modify the default browser home page, add search functionality to the address bar, provide alternative redirection for "page not found" and DNS errors, and display contextual advertising through the injection of banner and text ads.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in Lyric Star.

LyricStarUpdater.exe (MD5: a26d1b280363b149797b44d60e2d21e1) has been flagged by 11 scanners:

Scanner Software	Version	Result
avast!	8.0.1489.320	Win32:Adware-ATG [Adw]
Baidu-International	3.5.1.41473	Adware.Win32.AddLyrics.I
Comodo Security	17019	ApplicUnwnt
Dr.Web		Adware.Shopper.341
ESET-NOD32	8854	a variant of Win32/Adware.AddLyrics.I
Kingsoft AntiVirus	2013.4.9.267	Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud)
PC Tools	9.0.0.2	Adware.Singalng
Sophos	4.93.0	Generic PUA DD
Symantec	20131.1.5.61	Adware.Singalng
TrendMicro-HouseCall	9.700.0.1001	TROJ_GEN.R0CBH01FF13
VIPRE Antivirus	21930	Adware.Singalng

lyricstar.dll (MD5: 4a12c04a574d62523dca64048475806c) has been flagged by 23 scanners:

Scanner Software	Version	Result
AhnLab-V3	2013.10.25	Malware/Win32.Suspicious
Avira AntiVir	7.11.109.96	ADWARE/Adware.Gen
AVG	2014.0.3607	LoudMo.L
Baidu-International	4.0.3.13111	AdWare.Win32.AddLyrics.ATP
CAT-QuickHeal	11.13.12.00	Adware.AddLyrics (Not a Virus)
Comodo Security	17154	ApplicUnwnt
Dr.Web	9.0.0.0305	Adware.Shopper.341
Emsisoft Anti-Malware	8.13.11.01.08	Adware.Generic.518112
F-Secure	11.2013-01-11_6	Adware.Generic.518112
G Data	13.11.22	Adware.Generic.518112
McAfee	5600.7245	PUP-FCU!4A12C04A574D
McAfee-GW-Edition	7.7245	PUP-FCU!4A12C04A574D
Microsoft Security Essentials	1.163.1557.3	Adware:Win32/AddLyrics
MicroWorld-eScan	14.0.0.915	Adware.Generic.518112
Sophos	4.94	Generic PUA IA
Symantec	7/3/2013 rev. 4	Adware.Singalng
Trend Micro	10.465.01	TROJ_GEN.R0CBC0DIE13
TrendMicro-HouseCall	7.2.184	TROJ_GEN.R0CBC0DIE13
VIPRE Antivirus	22702	Adware.Singalng
avast!	8.0.1489.320	Win32:Adware-ATG [Adw]
ESET-NOD32	8854	a variant of Win32/Adware.AddLyrics.I
Kingsoft AntiVirus	2013.4.9.267	Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud)
PC Tools	9.0.0.2	Adware.Singalng

Software Behaviors

Scheduled tasks:

LyricStarUpdater.exe is scheduled as a task named 'LyricStar Update' (runs daily at 04:11 p.m.).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:

LyricStarUpdater.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named LyricStar Update.

Software Details

URL:

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Support:

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Installation path:

C:\Program Files\lyricstar

Uninstaller:

C:\Program Files\LyricStar\uninstall.exe

Size:

0.00 B

Language:

English

Lyric Star Executable Details

Primary executable:

lyricstar.dll

Name:

Lyric Star

Path:

C:\Program Files\lyricstar\lyricstar.dll

MD5:

4a12c04a574d62523dca64048475806c

SHA-1:

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SHA-256:

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File Type

Filename

MD5

EXE

uninstall.exe

aa42f0c1401e246d8a1cd5fcbba9f591

EXE

LyricStarUpdater.exe

Adware

a26d1b280363b149797b44d60e2d21e1

DLL