Content
MySearch
- Type
- Program
- SubType
- Win32
- Discovery Date
- 06/14/2005
- Length
- N/A
- Minimum DAT
- 4513 (06/14/2005)
- Updated DAT
- 6493 (10/08/2011)
- Minimum Engine
- 5.1.00
- Description Added
- 06/14/2005
- Description Modified
- 12/30/2005 2:18 AM (PT)
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Characteristics
McAfee(R) AVERT(tm) recognizes that this program may have legitimate uses in contexts where an authorized administrator has knowingly installed this application. If you agreed to a license agreement for this, or another bundled application, you may have legal obligations with regard to removing this software, or using the host application without this software. Please contact the software vendor for further information.
See http://vil.nai.com/vil/DATReadme.asp for a list of Program detections added to the DATs.
See http://vil.nai.com/vil/pups/configuration.htm for information about how to enable, disable, and exclude detection of legitimately installed programs.
Description:
This is not a virus or a trojan. It is detected as a potentially unwanted program.
"MySearch" is a search bar application that integrates with Internet Explorer.
Installation:
Installation is via ActiveX control from the website
www. mysearch.com/install/mysbar/splash.html.
EULA:
EULA is not displayed during installation. It is posted at author's website www.mysearch.com/jsp/softwareterms.jsp
.
Privacy Policy:
Privacy policy is not displayed during installation. It is posted at author's website
www. mysearch.com/jsp/privacy.jsp
.
Upon installation of this application the following changes occur in the user's system.
The following Registry keys are added:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MySearch
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MySearch\bar
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MySearch\Installer
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MySearch\Installer\downloaded
The following directories are created:
- %Program Files%\MySearch
- %Program Files%\MySearch\bar
- %Program Files%\MySearch\bar\1.bin
- %Program Files%\MySearch\bar\Cache
- %Program Files%\MySearch\bar\History
- %Program Files%\MySearch\bar\Settings
- %Program Files%\MySearch\Installr
- %Program Files%\MySearch\Installr\1.bin
- %Program Files%\MySearch\Installr\Cache
- %Program Files%\MySearch\Installr\setups
The following files are added:
Filename : S4PLUGIN.DLL
MD5 : 0a36e982b7b8a673b1425b28dcae1389
Filename : S4BAR.DLL
MD5 : e7b25ad9d8e67f838155c885241b9a5a
Filename : S4EZSETP.DLL
MD5 : 790bf31764a9491df6d1c9c1b3773726
Filename : NPMYSRCH.DLL
MD5 : 90dbe27e8cf609504d08fbdd9e659653
Symptoms
N/A This is not a virus or Trojan
Method of Infection
N/A This is not a virus or Trojan
Variants
Variants
N/A
All Information
Overview -
This is a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) detection. It is not a virus or trojan. PUPs are any piece of software which a reasonably security-or privacy-minded computer user may want to be informed of.
Characteristics
Characteristics -
McAfee(R) AVERT(tm) recognizes that this program may have legitimate uses in contexts where an authorized administrator has knowingly installed this application. If you agreed to a license agreement for this, or another bundled application, you may have legal obligations with regard to removing this software, or using the host application without this software. Please contact the software vendor for further information.
See http://vil.nai.com/vil/DATReadme.asp for a list of Program detections added to the DATs.
See http://vil.nai.com/vil/pups/configuration.htm for information about how to enable, disable, and exclude detection of legitimately installed programs.
Description:
This is not a virus or a trojan. It is detected as a potentially unwanted program.
"MySearch" is a search bar application that integrates with Internet Explorer.
Installation:
Installation is via ActiveX control from the website
www. mysearch.com/install/mysbar/splash.html.
EULA:
EULA is not displayed during installation. It is posted at author's website www.mysearch.com/jsp/softwareterms.jsp
.
Privacy Policy:
Privacy policy is not displayed during installation. It is posted at author's website
www. mysearch.com/jsp/privacy.jsp
.
Upon installation of this application the following changes occur in the user's system.
The following Registry keys are added:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MySearch
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MySearch\bar
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MySearch\Installer
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MySearch\Installer\downloaded
The following directories are created:
- %Program Files%\MySearch
- %Program Files%\MySearch\bar
- %Program Files%\MySearch\bar\1.bin
- %Program Files%\MySearch\bar\Cache
- %Program Files%\MySearch\bar\History
- %Program Files%\MySearch\bar\Settings
- %Program Files%\MySearch\Installr
- %Program Files%\MySearch\Installr\1.bin
- %Program Files%\MySearch\Installr\Cache
- %Program Files%\MySearch\Installr\setups
The following files are added:
Filename : S4PLUGIN.DLL
MD5 : 0a36e982b7b8a673b1425b28dcae1389
Filename : S4BAR.DLL
MD5 : e7b25ad9d8e67f838155c885241b9a5a
Filename : S4EZSETP.DLL
MD5 : 790bf31764a9491df6d1c9c1b3773726
Filename : NPMYSRCH.DLL
MD5 : 90dbe27e8cf609504d08fbdd9e659653
Symptoms
Symptoms -
N/A This is not a virus or Trojan
Method of Infection
Method of Infection -
N/A This is not a virus or Trojan
Removal -
Removal -
Instructions on Enabling/Disabling Detection and Removal of Potentially Unwanted Programs
Variants
Variants -
N/A