FlightSearch Toolbar

By GoldSparrow in Potentially Unwanted Programs

Threat Scorecard

Ranking: 1,449
Threat Level: 10 % (Normal)
Infected Computers: 38,661
First Seen: October 13, 2015
Last Seen: September 20, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The FlightSearch Toolbar is a product of Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc., a company that develops and distributes numerous programs classified as Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs) due to their functionality that may be unwanted by some computer users. The FlightSearch Toolbar is no exception, and it is a PUP that you may install on your machine believing in its advantageous features. According to Mindspark's description, the purpose of the FlightSearch Toolbar is to help users to search for the best fares for flights quickly and efficiently. Computer users that are planning or need to travel may be interested in the FlightSearch Toolbar features. However, the information supplied by FlightSearch Toolbar may come from random sources. Although the FlightSearch Toolbar isn't threatening, its secondary effects may cause some users to reconsider if they need this software or not. If you don't think FlightSearch Toolbar is necessary, then you may remove the extension associated with it from your web browser's configuration or from the Internet Explorer Control Panel.

Aliases

7 security vendors flagged this file as malicious.

Anti-Virus Software Detection
Fortinet Riskware/MyWebSearch
GData Win32.Application.Agent.JRLRMB
DrWeb Adware.MyWebSearch.103
Comodo Application.Win32.MyWebSearch.R
Kaspersky not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.MySearch.ac
Avast Win32:Mindspark-A [PUP]
F-Prot W32/Mywebsearch.K.gen!Eldorado

SpyHunter Detects & Remove FlightSearch Toolbar

Registry Details

FlightSearch Toolbar may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
CLSID
{04440ab6-575c-48ca-ac19-49e71651cbf1}
{064A2B1F-8984-40A3-AB9B-23F7EA3C3BE5}
{0B7CB0F5-778B-4C52-82A9-4C6A8CB2387F}
{0e4cc294-a52e-41fc-898a-29154ecd167f}
{105430EA-3177-4BF7-A724-6B3EFC0D7686}
{17759da4-b18e-4200-8730-48e6528bd935}
{19960255-eade-43ba-aae9-e120a56d529f}
{21526B23-D72D-4707-B6FB-DF40A5381D6E}
{23BD4789-A625-4189-8079-BE4B31B32006}
{266BBC8D-13F5-423B-985E-CEEDABF03ECB}
{2693DA0C-24B1-42A1-AF59-217407AFEEC6}
{26CFA1D5-C951-471F-AAA7-6FC4A54838E7}
{2731B405-7C64-4AE5-8343-8A9474C9DBBC}
{2A639D59-2C39-497B-9067-F8BDDCD40E0A}
{2ad69829-ae00-43bd-b8fe-823c4f469c4f}
{348B6FCC-21B7-4617-9D6E-B711273391DB}
{396E2002-5A2A-4356-A52C-0652358E88BA}
{451783fe-643e-4af7-a68a-cfe518c386f7}
{45FF96EF-061E-4F53-8D0B-F80A44B62E40}
{476D56AA-8FDB-4EC7-AB79-E9F0F000EA03}
{5db72d44-a4e1-430d-9d68-73c34c2b3620}
{6414ED83-2D32-4417-9A3A-37A8D9E853B1}
{6A27B9BC-77B0-4D6F-B2E7-1DCE582BE39E}
{6FF13B62-FD06-45A0-A4DD-602BF26F6383}
{7D41FE08-AD59-45D5-9C1C-554367F53F97}
{7D98BF90-08D0-4B6E-B294-98715DDBD397}
{96EBE4E6-4CD1-4CC2-A01A-D2772180CE2C}
{9F0DA50C-59F8-416D-A77C-76974B3DED27}
{A1449372-2FD9-48FC-BD1F-45DB09AABE96}
{A82A6A51-9D0D-4BB2-A28A-6A6ED46A3845}
{AB0F2641-E956-42DD-BE26-A50BA1FF8207}
{D20A4005-E88A-4A00-9945-8E01DF91B782}
{dbc08b33-69ed-4e59-b3e6-d456aa8b56b9}
{E250B4F3-B546-42BA-ACF4-3E856CE6017B}
{EA8D2AF6-76B1-4E94-B6EF-CDE59C041257}
{EB1D8FB4-10B2-40E1-878E-401B380D9E56}
{ED442B84-64CD-4185-9448-D6924CBF319E}
{F48C3D5C-9FC5-43C1-B405-969B3F361AD6}
{F93ED997-AD88-4F25-B2FA-8BDB09EC490D}
{FC5A1B62-3251-4B7E-9FFC-4ACB69322D36}
File name without path
flightsearchapp.dl.myway[1].xml
http_flightsearchapp.dl.myway.com_0.localstorage
http_flightsearchapp.dl.myway.com_0.localstorage-journal
http_flightsearchapp.dl.tb.ask.com_0.localstorage
http_flightsearchapp.dl.tb.ask.com_0.localstorage-journal
Software\AppDataLow\Software\FlightSearch_fo
Software\FlightSearch
SOFTWARE\FlightSearch_fo
Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\flightsearchapp.dl.myway.com
Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\flightsearchapp.dl.tb.ask.com
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\FlightSearch_fo
FlightSearch_fobar Uninstall Internet Explorer
FlightSearchTooltab Uninstall Internet Explorer

Directories

FlightSearch Toolbar may create the following directory or directories:

%LOCALAPPDATA%\FlightSearchTooltab
%PROGRAMFILES%\FlightSearch_fo
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\FlightSearch_fo

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