ReferenceBoss
Posted: December 1, 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.
Ranking: | 10,983 |
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Threat Level: | 1/10 |
Infected PCs: | 8,244 |
First Seen: | November 20, 2014 |
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Last Seen: | October 8, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
ReferenceBoss is an adware-supported software that installs itself as a browser toolbar created and developed by Mindspark Interactive Network. Typically, ReferenceBoss may be found bundled with third-party software. For this reason, it is quite common that users are not aware that it has been installed until they notice certain changes to the system. Users may notice ReferenceBoss changed the homepage and the default search engine of their browsers, as well as plenty of advertisements displayed during web-browsing activities. Ads by ReferenceBoss are based on users' browsing habits so that ads are being clicked on. It is also possible that users notice their browser and system running significantly slower which is due to a higher utilization of computer resources.
Technical Details
File System Modifications
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The following files were created in the system:c:\program files (x86)\referenceboss_1p\bar\1.bin\1pbarsvc.exe
File name: 1pbarsvc.exeSize: 28.76 KB (28766 bytes)
MD5: 4dc03ad56abc52f85d962cea33a8292b
Detection count: 1,970
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: c:\program files (x86)\referenceboss_1p\bar\1.bin\1pbarsvc.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 27, 2022
%PROGRAMFILES%\ReferenceBoss_1p\bar\1.bin\1pSrcAs.dll
File name: 1pSrcAs.dllSize: 53.24 KB (53248 bytes)
MD5: 212231961dfea68e3253956b2b77eba7
Detection count: 892
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\ReferenceBoss_1p\bar\1.bin
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 16, 2014
%PROGRAMFILES%\ReferenceBoss_1p\bar\1.bin\1pbar.dll
File name: 1pbar.dllSize: 675.84 KB (675840 bytes)
MD5: 4828acaae10f1f6f8f61e171a058facd
Detection count: 888
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\ReferenceBoss_1p\bar\1.bin
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 16, 2014
%PROGRAMFILES%\ReferenceBoss_1p\bar\1.bin\1pSrcAs.dll
File name: 1pSrcAs.dllSize: 53.24 KB (53248 bytes)
MD5: 9f3740b4179f374adb7194a6272ae1ef
Detection count: 89
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\ReferenceBoss_1p\bar\1.bin
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 16, 2014
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\1pUninstall ReferenceBoss.dll
File name: 1pUninstall ReferenceBoss.dllSize: 707.72 KB (707728 bytes)
MD5: 15549573fd4fe3cf611ab3254397cb23
Detection count: 89
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 16, 2014
%PROGRAMFILES%\ReferenceBoss_1p\bar\1.bin\1pbar.dll
File name: 1pbar.dllSize: 655.36 KB (655360 bytes)
MD5: 0ec1b5ece66eff3392a56010ccf8cda0
Detection count: 87
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\ReferenceBoss_1p\bar\1.bin
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 16, 2014
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\ReferenceBoss_1p\bar\1.bin\1pmedint.exe
File name: 1pmedint.exeSize: 20.59 KB (20598 bytes)
MD5: 54d6900d9b61616ea2f4d3d4f37b58b8
Detection count: 70
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\ReferenceBoss_1p\bar\1.bin
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 16, 2014
%PROGRAMFILES%\ReferenceBoss_1p\bar\1.bin\1pbar.dll
File name: 1pbar.dllSize: 655.36 KB (655360 bytes)
MD5: 1034dbbdacff45559447066cb63f111f
Detection count: 65
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\ReferenceBoss_1p\bar\1.bin
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 16, 2014
%PROGRAMFILES%\ReferenceBoss_1p\bar\1.bin\1PBAR.DLL
File name: 1PBAR.DLLSize: 20B (20 bytes)
MD5: 537d993520f76dc2148a1f0d210c26d0
Detection count: 63
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/DLL
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\ReferenceBoss_1p\bar\1.bin
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 16, 2014
%PROGRAMFILES%\ReferenceBoss_1p\bar\1.bin\1pSrchMn.exe
File name: 1pSrchMn.exeSize: 122.6 KB (122608 bytes)
MD5: a14b2e013f85dd951eb462f327f31969
Detection count: 36
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\ReferenceBoss_1p\bar\1.bin
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 16, 2014
%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\ReferenceBoss Installer(0481cebb).exe
File name: ReferenceBoss Installer(0481cebb).exeSize: 82.05 KB (82057 bytes)
MD5: 8c709be9ab827c6b897fc486a39d5bec
Detection count: 12
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 16, 2014
%PROGRAMFILES%\ReferenceBoss_1p\bar\1.bin\1pSrcAs.dll
File name: 1pSrcAs.dllSize: 144.96 KB (144968 bytes)
MD5: c34e8924553bb58f725322e912a97ac7
Detection count: 9
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\ReferenceBoss_1p\bar\1.bin
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 4, 2018
%PROGRAMFILES%\ReferenceBoss_1p\bar\1.bin\1pSrchMn.exe
File name: 1pSrchMn.exeSize: 116.26 KB (116264 bytes)
MD5: ef0499890f54386011579284ddb2095f
Detection count: 5
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\ReferenceBoss_1p\bar\1.bin
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 16, 2014
Registry Modifications
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