OnlineWorkSuite Toolbar
Posted: May 30, 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.
Ranking: | 1,570 |
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Threat Level: | 1/10 |
Infected PCs: | 71,165 |
First Seen: | May 30, 2017 |
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Last Seen: | October 17, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
The OnlineWorkSuite Toolbar is a browser add-on developed and distributed by Mindspark Interactive Network. This software developer is well-known for its rich portfolio of browser extensions, which provide users with access to various interesting features such as online radios, games, file conversion tools, and others. The OnlineWorkSuite Toolbar fills a different niche – it provides users with the ability to create, edit, and manage documents from their Web browser directly. Some of the features listed on the OnlineWorkSuite Toolbar's website are a word processor, a spreadsheet editor, support for over 15 types of office files, and others.
While the installation of the OnlineWorkSuite Toolbar may seem like a very attractive offer at first, considering that it's free especially, users should be aware that the installation of the OnlineWorkSuite Toolbar requires them to agree to certain terms and conditions. One of the things they must agree to is to have their default new tab page replaced by a website affiliated with the OnlineWorkSuite Toolbar. The new tab page the installation of this extension brings is not an unreliable one and, in fact, some users might enjoy it more since it features a search field, a weather widget, and links to various online document editing tools and services. The page is affiliated with MyWay.com, a company that is behind a large number of search engines that are linked to various Mindspark products like the OnlineWorkSuite Toolbar.
Using the new tab page that the OnlineWorkSuite Toolbar promotes, should not lead to any negative consequences for the user, but usually, browser extensions that force users to visit certain pages are frowned upon. The OnlineWorkSuite Toolbar has not gone unnoticed in the world of cyber security, and many security applications identify it as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that they can remove. If you are unhappy with the services that the OnlineWorkSuite Toolbar provides, then you can remove this browser add-on either manually or with the assistance of a suitable security tool.
Technical Details
Registry Modifications
File name without pathhttp_onlineworksuite.dl.myway.com_0.localstoragehttp_onlineworksuite.dl.myway.com_0.localstorage-journalhttp_onlineworksuite.dl.tb.ask.com_0.localstoragehttp_onlineworksuite.dl.tb.ask.com_0.localstorage-journalonlineworksuite.dl.myway[1].xmlonlineworksuite.dl.tb.ask[1].xmlHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DOMStorage\onlineworksuite.dl.myway.comSoftware\OnlineWorkSuiteHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}OnlineWorkSuiteTooltab Uninstall Internet Explorer
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