What is Bizzybolt?

Bizzybolt is software application developed by Yontoo Technology, Inc.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 60.08% of installations running this operating system. Bizzybolt's installer is typically 620.00 KB in size and installs around 9 files. The most common release is 2013.11.20.184610 with 63.71% of all installations currently using this version.

Bizzybolt is most popular in the United States with 28.46% of installations residing in this country.

About Bizzybolt?

This web browser extension is designed to modify a user's home and search pages in order to deliver search hijacking and contextual advertising within the web browser. By installing a Browser Helper Object (BHO) in Internet Explorer, the extension can track and monitor a user's web browsing activities and display various banner and link-context ads, as well as redirect searches. Features added to the web browser include inline text and multi-site searching, comparison shopping, related search results, additional offers and coupons, and website ratings and reviews. The software also has an 'auto-enabled updater' feature that runs as a Windows service to add new features as desired. According to the Terms, user information is collected and shared for advertising relevance and other purposes.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in Bizzybolt.

updateBizzybolt.exe (MD5: 834a990f60fdea9152202c4d6dc84a31) has been flagged by 20 scanners:

Scanner Software	Version	Result
Dr.Web	9.0.0.011	Trojan.BPlug.3
ESET-NOD32	8.9263	a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.G
Fortinet FortiGate	1/11/2014	Riskware/BrowseFox
Malwarebytes	v2014.01.11.03	PUP.Optional.Bizzybolt.A
Agnitum Outpost	5.5.1.3	PUA.Agent!
Antiy-AVL	0.1.0.1	GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.Agent
Comodo Security	17993	Application.Win32.Altbrowse.AK
IKARUS anti.virus	T3.1.5.6.0	not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent
K7 AntiVirus	9.176.11554	Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 )
K7GW	9.176.11554	Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 )
Kaspersky	12.0.0.1225	not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent.ahbx
Kingsoft AntiVirus	2013.04.09.267	Win32.Troj.Agent.ah.(kcloud)
McAfee	6.0.4.564	Artemis!DBEFD5CF0B3B
McAfee-GW-Edition	2013	Artemis!DBEFD5CF0B3B
NANO AntiVirus	0.28.0.58720	Riskware.Win32.Agent.crkvek
Sophos	4.98.0	Generic PUA LK
SUPERAntiSpyware	5.6.0.1032	Adware.BrowseFox/Variant
TrendMicro-HouseCall	9.700-1001	TROJ_GEN.F47V0301
Vba32 AntiVirus	3.12.24.3	AdWare.Agent
VIPRE Antivirus	27748	Yontoo (fs)

BizzyboltBHO.dll (MD5: dbefd5cf0b3bbd0f4968456d0ff7cbf6) has been flagged by 20 scanners:

Scanner Software	Version	Result
Agnitum Outpost	5.5.1.3	PUA.Agent!
Antiy-AVL	0.1.0.1	GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.Agent
Comodo Security	17993	Application.Win32.Altbrowse.AK
Dr.Web	7.00.7.12100	Trojan.BPlug.17
ESET-NOD32	9595	a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.F
Fortinet FortiGate	4	Adware/Agent
IKARUS anti.virus	T3.1.5.6.0	not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent
K7 AntiVirus	9.176.11554	Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 )
K7GW	9.176.11554	Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 )
Kaspersky	12.0.0.1225	not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent.ahbx
Kingsoft AntiVirus	2013.04.09.267	Win32.Troj.Agent.ah.(kcloud)
Malwarebytes	1.75.0001	PUP.Optional.Bizzybolt.A
McAfee	6.0.4.564	Artemis!DBEFD5CF0B3B
McAfee-GW-Edition	2013	Artemis!DBEFD5CF0B3B
NANO AntiVirus	0.28.0.58720	Riskware.Win32.Agent.crkvek
Sophos	4.98.0	Generic PUA LK
SUPERAntiSpyware	5.6.0.1032	Adware.BrowseFox/Variant
TrendMicro-HouseCall	9.700-1001	TROJ_GEN.F47V0301
Vba32 AntiVirus	3.12.24.3	AdWare.Agent
VIPRE Antivirus	27748	Yontoo (fs)