History Boss Toolbar
Posted: March 4, 2014
Threat Metric
The following fields listed on the Threat Meter containing a specific value, are explained in detail below:
Threat Level: The threat level scale goes from 1 to 10 where 10 is the highest level of severity and 1 is the lowest level of severity. Each specific level is relative to the threat's consistent assessed behaviors collected from SpyHunter's risk assessment model.
Detection Count: The collective number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular malware threat. The detection count is calculated from infected PCs retrieved from diagnostic and scan log reports generated by SpyHunter.
Volume Count: Similar to the detection count, the Volume Count is specifically based on the number of confirmed and suspected threats infecting systems on a daily basis. High volume counts usually represent a popular threat but may or may not have infected a large number of systems. High detection count threats could lay dormant and have a low volume count. Criteria for Volume Count is relative to a daily detection count.
Trend Path: The Trend Path, utilizing an up arrow, down arrow or equal symbol, represents the level of recent movement of a particular threat. Up arrows represent an increase, down arrows represent a decline and the equal symbol represent no change to a threat's recent movement.
% Impact (Last 7 Days): This demonstrates a 7-day period change in the frequency of a malware threat infecting PCs. The percentage impact correlates directly to the current Trend Path to determine a rise or decline in the percentage.
Threat Level: | 1/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 190 |
First Seen: | March 4, 2014 |
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Last Seen: | January 9, 2022 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
HistoryBoss is a browser toolbar that is developed by Mindspark Inc. History Boss Toolbar may integrate itself into the Web browsers such as Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. HistoryBoss may claim to improve the quality of the PC user's Internet surfing by enabling him to search for a variety of historical information via the toolbar. Although History Boss Toolbar may look a legitimate app, in reality, it is categorized as adware or a potentially unwanted application. History Boss Toolbar may spread and install itself on the Web browser through bundled free software that PC users can download from suspicious download websites. When installed, History Boss Toolbar may change the default homepage and search engine with Home.tb.ask.com. History Boss Toolbar may also track the computer user's Internet browsing activity by recording information such as the IP address, Web browser type, default language settings, search queries and other hardware and software information.
Technical Details
Registry Modifications
HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{17444702-8138-4998-9936-A3325C3F00D8}Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{6F87CE93-F461-4476-8779-8826885F93E9}Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{D0397DFD-02C3-4DCD-A9D2-A5FD5CBA99E7}Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser\{D0397DFD-02C3-4DCD-A9D2-A5FD5CBA99E7}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\{d0397dfd-02c3-4dcd-a9d2-a5fd5cba99e7}Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\URLSearchHooks\{44e6287a-2bef-486c-9adc-fa623d270957}Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\{FCE2E8A4-221F-48C8-B4C7-59B27D46C7C6}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Low Rights\ElevationPolicy\{7730a855-0a88-46f2-9a3a-51df2577219a}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Low Rights\ElevationPolicy\{f9c0994b-a2d8-4dd1-a637-dd962bf1a5b3}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\{d0397dfd-02c3-4dcd-a9d2-a5fd5cba99e7}
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