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My Search Bar

Posted: March 28, 2006

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 2/10
Infected PCs: 44
First Seen: July 24, 2009
OS(es) Affected: Windows

My Search Bar is a commercial Internet Explorer add-on. This toolbar allows to search the web using popular Internet search engines. However, it also shows advertising links. My Search Bar doesn't distribute itself and must be manually installed. Lots of ad-supported software can add it to the computer. My Search Bar runs every time the user launches Internet Explorer.

Aliases

My Search Bar [Sunbelt]Application/MyWay [Panda]Ad-Spyware.Toolbar.MyWay.J.3 [McAfee-GW-Edition]potentially unwanted program MySearch [McAfee]not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.MyWay.j [Kaspersky]Non-Virus:AdWare.Win32.MyWay.j [K7AntiVirus]not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.MyWay [Ikarus]Adware/MySearch [Fortinet]AdWare.Win32.MyWay.j [F-Secure]Spyware.MyWay [eSafe]Unclassified Malware [Comodo]Application.My.Search.C [BitDefender]Generic.DPI [AVG]Win32:Spyware-gen [Avast]W32/Adware.FSX [Authentium]
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Technical Details

File System Modifications

Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.

The following files were created in the system:



S4BAR.DLL File name: S4BAR.DLL
Size: 229.37 KB (229376 bytes)
MD5: 05771abf133b9835a08c1b5e3c490033
Detection count: 43
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/DLL
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009

2 Comments

  • David says:

    Great site! Thanks, I'm really impressed with your detailed manual removal instructions for my own spyware infection (which my current anti-spyware provider doesn't seem to wholly remove) and will be back to give your product a try and possibly purchase should I fail. Do these instructions (for MySearch removal) apply to Vista as well as XP?

  • Indris Miller says:

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