MySocialShortcut Toolbar
Posted: January 18, 2016
Threat Metric
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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.
Ranking: | 1,372 |
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Threat Level: | 1/10 |
Infected PCs: | 91,351 |
First Seen: | March 16, 2015 |
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Last Seen: | October 17, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
The MySocialShortcut Toolbar is another Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) by the questionable software developer Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc. This company creates various toolbars that offer different functions but always come with the same annoying side effects. In the case of the MySocialShortcut Toolbar, we can safely say that their product is completely useless. MySocialShortcut gives you fast access to popular social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. The toolbar doesn't offer anything more than the built-in bookmarks bar, which is present in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. There is no need to download additional software if you wish to visit your favorite pages with the click of a button. The lack of helpful features is the reason Mindspark often adds MySocialShortcut in software bundles. This way, the users who install the bundle via the 'Quick' menu may not detect the PUP in time.
There are various reasons not to load MySocialShortcut in addition to the fact that it may not help you in any way. It is supported by ads, which you may find in all of your Web clients. You may detect too many pop-ups, banners, transitional ads and in-text ads. The PUP also may insert YouTube videos that launch in the pages automatically. The commercial materials may irritate you, but this potential result may be the slightest problem. The ads may trouble your browser because they may consume a significant part of the available resources. For this reason, the Web clients may load the pages too slowly, and you may even experience freezes. The offered products may be relevant to your recent searches and the sites that you visit most frequently. You should be careful because some of the sponsored platforms may contain unsafe software. MySocialShortcut also may modify your homepage without approval. If you wish to put the unrequested ads to an end, you should scan your PC with a trustworthy security solution.
Technical Details
File System Modifications
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The following files were created in the system:C:\Program Files\MySocialShortcut_d1\bar\1.bin\d1Bar.dll
File name: C:\Program Files\MySocialShortcut_d1\bar\1.bin\d1Bar.dllMD5: 6eae99b0bd80a16a148bb37dd84b71db
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
AppIntegrator.exe
File name: AppIntegrator.exeFile type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
AppIntegrator64.exe
File name: AppIntegrator64.exeFile type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
AppIntegratorStub.dll
File name: AppIntegratorStub.dllFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
AppIntegratorStub64.dll
File name: AppIntegratorStub64.dllFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
AssistMonitor.dll
File name: AssistMonitor.dllFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
AssistMonitor64.dll
File name: AssistMonitor64.dllFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
BAT.dll
File name: BAT.dllFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
CrExt.dll
File name: CrExt.dllFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
CrExtPd1.exe
File name: CrExtPd1.exeFile type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
d1bar.dll
File name: d1bar.dllFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
d1barsvc.exe
File name: d1barsvc.exeFile type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
d1bprtct.dll
File name: d1bprtct.dllFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
d1datact.dll
File name: d1datact.dllFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
d1dlghk.dll
File name: d1dlghk.dllFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
d1dlghk64.dll
File name: d1dlghk64.dllFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
d1feedmg.dll
File name: d1feedmg.dllFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
d1highin.exe
File name: d1highin.exeFile type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
d1hkstub.dll
File name: d1hkstub.dllFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
d1htmlmu.dll
File name: d1htmlmu.dllFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
d1httpct.dll
File name: d1httpct.dllFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
d1idle.dll
File name: d1idle.dllFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
d1medint.exe
File name: d1medint.exeFile type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
d1mlbtn.dll
File name: d1mlbtn.dllFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
d1Plugin.dll
File name: d1Plugin.dllFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
d1reghk.dll
File name: d1reghk.dllFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
d1regiet.dll
File name: d1regiet.dllFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
d1script.dll
File name: d1script.dllFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
d1skin.dll
File name: d1skin.dllFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
d1skplay.exe
File name: d1skplay.exeFile type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
d1SrcAs.dll
File name: d1SrcAs.dllFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
DpnMngr.dll
File name: DpnMngr.dllFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
HiddenToolbarReminder.dll
File name: HiddenToolbarReminder.dllFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
HkFxMgr.dll
File name: HkFxMgr.dllFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
HkFxMgr64.dll
File name: HkFxMgr64.dllFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
HPG.DLL
File name: HPG.DLLFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/DLL
Group: Malware file
Hpg64.dll
File name: Hpg64.dllFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
InstallEnabler.dll
File name: InstallEnabler.dllFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
t8EPMSup.dll
File name: t8EPMSup.dllFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
T8EXTEX.DLL
File name: T8EXTEX.DLLFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/DLL
Group: Malware file
T8EXTPEX.DLL
File name: T8EXTPEX.DLLFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/DLL
Group: Malware file
T8HTML.DLL
File name: T8HTML.DLLFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/DLL
Group: Malware file
t8Res.dll
File name: t8Res.dllFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
T8TICKER.DLL
File name: T8TICKER.DLLFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/DLL
Group: Malware file
ToolbarGuard.dll
File name: ToolbarGuard.dllFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
ToolbarGuard64.dll
File name: ToolbarGuard64.dllFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
Verify.dll
File name: Verify.dllFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
TPIManagerConsole.exe
File name: TPIManagerConsole.exeFile type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
d1tpinst.dll
File name: d1tpinst.dllFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
installKeys.js
File name: installKeys.jsFile type: JavaScript file
Mime Type: unknown/js
Group: Malware file
Registry Modifications
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