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HowToSimplified Toolbar

Posted: September 2, 2015

Threat Metric

Ranking: 840
Threat Level: 1/10
Infected PCs: 184,764
First Seen: September 26, 2014
Last Seen: October 17, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

HowToSimplified Toolbar is a program that was created by Mindspark Interactive Network Inc. that acts much like a browser add-on/extension. HowToSimplified Toolbar may offer various functions for finding do-it-yourself tasks through finding videos and resources on the Internet. HowToSimplified Toolbar will even provide a search feature that aggregates Internet searches from the Int.search.myway.com site. Due to various features of HowToSimplified Toolbar, computer security researchers have deemed HowToSimplified Toolbar to be a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP). For computer users who wish to remove HowToSimplified Toolbar may do so through the proper manual procedures. Though, automatically removing HowToSimplified Toolbar may require the use of an anti-spyware tool.

Technical Details

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

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Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%APPDATA%\HowToSimplified_8e%LOCALAPPDATA%\HowToSimplifiedTooltab%LOCALAPPDATA%\HowToSimplified_8e%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\HowToSimplified_8e%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\HowToSimplifiedTooltab
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