Home Malware Programs Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs) Utility Chest Toolbar

Utility Chest Toolbar

Posted: May 27, 2013

Threat Metric

Ranking: 1,973
Threat Level: 1/10
Infected PCs: 45,273
First Seen: May 28, 2013
Last Seen: October 17, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The Utility Chest Toolbar is another MindSpark-affiliated Potentially Unwanted Program. Utility Chest Toolbar may be similar to other plugins like the MyWay Searchbar and WebSearch Toolbar. The Utility Chest Toolbar may offer access buttons that could add browser homepages or tabs upon searching the internet in addition to monitoring your online browser behavior (the durations and destinations of your web-browsing activities).

Utility Chest Toolbar may not have many features of benefit to your PC for some computer users. Computer researchers suggest removal of Utility Chest Toolbar from your browser to end any of its unwanted functions. Removal of Utility Chest Toolbar may be performed from the Internet Explorer Control Panel or through the add-on extensions menu within Google Chrome or Firefox web browsers.

Technical Details

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

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ChestTooltab Uninstall Internet ExplorerUtilityChest_49bar UninstallUtilityChest_49bar Uninstall Internet Explorer

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Utility ChestTooltab%LOCALAPPDATA%\UtilityChest_49%PROGRAMFILES%\UtilityChest_49%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\UtilityChest_49%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\UtilityChest_49%USERPROFILE%\Application Data\UtilityChest_49
The following URL's were detected:
49ffxtbr
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