» mwsBar.dll
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mwsBar.dll

My Web Search Bar for Internet Explorer, FireFox, email clients, and messenger clients

Fun Web Products

The module mwsBar.dll, “My Web Search Bar” by Fun Web Products has been detected as adware by 16 anti-malware scanners. It is installed within the context of Internet Explore as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name ‘mwsBar BHO’.

File name:

mwsBar.dll

Publisher:

MyWebSearch.com (signed by Fun Web Products)

Product:

My Web Search Bar for Internet Explorer, FireFox, email clients, and messenger clients

Description:

My Web Search Bar

Version:

2, 3, 66, 4

MD5:

10df6beef6997fdecad17237a1d2bc81

SHA-1:

e794990416683ad15b6aab8a6be470e314a4b538

SHA-256:

a5e25ff7e59b1e1c546f6f83b55f6eb29ea2066b8ab99c9cb34414eb7434dfcd

Scanner detections:

16 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

Part of the MyWebSearch/Mindspark/Ask web browser extension and toolbar.

Analysis date:

4/26/2024 10:40:06 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security

PUP/Win32.MyWebSearch

2013.04.08

avast!

Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]

2014.9-160214

Clam AntiVirus

Adware.FunWebProducts-5

0.98/18155

Comodo Security

Application.Win32.WebToolbar.MyWebSearch

15859

ESET NOD32

Win32/Toolbar.MyWebSearch

10.8205

Fortinet FortiGate

Riskware/MyWebSearch

2/14/2016

F-Prot

W32/Mywebsearch.B.gen

v6.4.6.2.117

F-Secure

Adware:W32/MyWebSearch

11.2016-14-02_1

K7 AntiVirus

Unwanted-Program

13.67.2865

McAfee

Artemis!4AB68688D89F

5600.6490

NANO AntiVirus

Riskware.Win32.FunWeb.gietl

0.24.0.51813

Prevx

Low Risk Adware

3.0

Reason Heuristics

PUP.MyWebSearch.Mindspark (M)

16.2.14.3

SUPERAntiSpyware

PUP.MyWebSearch

9325

Vba32 AntiVirus

Trojan.BHORA.0900

3.12.20.2

VIPRE Antivirus

MyWebSearch.J

16672

File size:

445.5 KB (456,184 bytes)

Product version:

2, 3, 66, 4

Original file name:

mwsBar.dll

File type:

Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\Program Files\mywebsearch\bar\1.bin\mwsbar.dll

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Fun Web Products

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

1/19/2010 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:

1/20/2011 6:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Fun Web Products, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Fun Web Products, L=White Plains, S=New York, C=US

Issuer:

CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)09, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:

1F5E8AA6D425A4079DE388B7EF6D6904

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

2/4/2010 6:18:35 PM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:6ZpTCw16vVDh0KLdRiuMCnRHoIdd6lmdHgwP21o8Jqxa:KpTv6vtq8dECZoId35Jxa

Entry address:

0x1E5AB

Entry point:

FF, 74, 24, 0C, FF, 74, 24, 0C, FF, 74, 24, 0C, E8, 02, F6, FE, FF, C2, 0C, 00, FF, 15, C0, 41, 04, 10, 33, C0, C3, A1, 28, EB, 04, 10, 56, 85, C0, 75, 13, FF, 74, 24, 08, 50, FF, 35, C8, EA, 04, 10, FF, 15, 68, 41, 04, 10, 5E, C3, 8B, 0D, 2C, EB, 04, 10, 8B, 15, 24, EB, 04, 10, FF, 05, 2C, EB, 04, 10, 23, D1, 8B, 34, 90, 8B, 44, 24, 08, 83, C0, 08, 50, 6A, 00, 56, FF, 15, 68, 41, 04, 10, 85, C0, 74, 07, 89, 30, 83, C0, 08, 5E, C3, 33, C0, 5E, C3, 8B, 44, 24, 04, 0F, AF, 44, 24, 08, 50, E8, 9D, FF, FF, FF... 
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Entropy:

6.2324

Code size:

268 KB (274,432 bytes)

Internet Explorer BHO

Display name:

mwsBar BHO

CLSID:

{07B18EA1-A523-4961-B6BB-170DE4475CCA}

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