HoroscopeBuddy Toolbar
Posted: November 10, 2017
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: | 178 |
First Seen: | March 27, 2019 |
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Last Seen: | April 12, 2022 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
The HoroscopeBuddy Toolbar is a Mindspark Interactive Network product, which offers to provide users with the latest updates regarding their zodiacal sign. The plugin apparently supports not just the traditional horoscope, but the Chinese zodiac signs as well. While the HoroscopeBuddy Toolbar may sound useful if you are into astrology, we'd like to warn you that the features that this toolbar provides are not hosted by Mindspark. Instead, the software works by introducing you to a MyWay.com-based new tab page, which hosts a search engine and links to online horoscope services that can provide you with the information and updates you were promised.
The primary purpose of the HoroscopeBuddy Toolbar seems to be to boost the traffic that the MyWay.com page in question receives. To achieve this it will tamper with the settings of different Web browsers – Chrome will only have its new tab page changed, while Firefox and Microsoft Edge will have both their homepage and new tab page replaced with MyWay.com.
The MyWay.com search page delivers reputable search results, but this service is not as popular as Bing, Yahoo, Google or other popular search aggregators. This means that its reliability is not guaranteed, and it is possible that the way it functions may change over time silently. We advise our readers to keep away from browser add-ons that tamper with their browser's settings. However, if you find the HoroscopeBuddy Toolbar useful, then you can rest assured that there is nothing harmful about opting to use this add-on. However, if you are of the opposite opinion and would like to remove the HoroscopeBuddy Toolbar, then you can take care of this task either manually via your browser's settings menu, or with the help of a credible PC security utility.
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:QuickPCBoosterTrays.exe
File name: QuickPCBoosterTrays.exeSize: 1.73 MB (1735392 bytes)
MD5: f6d4a14fcc29aab4a1e174090ccd6967
Detection count: 89
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: May 25, 2023
%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Users\<username>\Desktop\Downloads\4.0.6.1_QuickPCBoosterSetUp.exe
File name: 4.0.6.1_QuickPCBoosterSetUp.exeSize: 5.84 MB (5843520 bytes)
MD5: 0c0cce1dbd336bb984b6bb5f2bd64afa
Detection count: 73
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %SYSTEMDRIVE%\Users\<username>\Desktop\Downloads\4.0.6.1_QuickPCBoosterSetUp.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 12, 2022
QuickPCBoosterSetUp.exe
File name: QuickPCBoosterSetUp.exeSize: 3.65 MB (3655072 bytes)
MD5: c10da0c890b3b148ae79718e034d55ad
Detection count: 14
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: May 25, 2023
%PROGRAMFILES%\quick pc booster\startapps.exe
File name: startapps.exeSize: 381.44 KB (381440 bytes)
MD5: b44fc9ef5a493df357e3c4e5fe5462a1
Detection count: 5
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\quick pc booster
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: May 25, 2023
%PROGRAMFILES%\quick pc booster\quickpcbooster.exe
File name: quickpcbooster.exeSize: 14.18 MB (14181600 bytes)
MD5: 40cc4136e40cae905dcd1e53e145cbdb
Detection count: 5
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\quick pc booster
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: May 25, 2023
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