History Boss Toolbar

By GoldSparrow in Potentially Unwanted Programs

Threat Scorecard

Threat Level: 10 % (Normal)
Infected Computers: 81
First Seen: March 4, 2014
Last Seen: January 9, 2022
OS(es) Affected: Windows

History Boss Toolbar Image

HistoryBoss is a Web browser toolbar that is produced by Mindspark Inc. History Boss Toolbar may install itself into Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox Web browsers. HistoryBoss may declare to enhance the computer user's Web browsing activity by permitting him to search for various historical information via the toolbar. Although History Boss Toolbar may appear as genuine software, in fact, it is categorized as adware or a potentially unwanted program (PUP). History Boss Toolbar may proliferate and integrate itself on the Web browser through packaged freeware that computer users can download from unsafe download websites. Once installed, History Boss Toolbar may alter the default start page and search provider with Home.tb.ask.com. History Boss Toolbar may also trace the PC user's online surfing habits by recording data such as IP address, Web browser type, default language settings, search requests and other hardware and software details.
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Registry Details

History Boss Toolbar may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{17444702-8138-4998-9936-A3325C3F00D8}
Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{6F87CE93-F461-4476-8779-8826885F93E9}
Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{D0397DFD-02C3-4DCD-A9D2-A5FD5CBA99E7}
Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser\{D0397DFD-02C3-4DCD-A9D2-A5FD5CBA99E7}
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\{d0397dfd-02c3-4dcd-a9d2-a5fd5cba99e7}
Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\URLSearchHooks\{44e6287a-2bef-486c-9adc-fa623d270957}
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\{FCE2E8A4-221F-48C8-B4C7-59B27D46C7C6}
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Low Rights\ElevationPolicy\{7730a855-0a88-46f2-9a3a-51df2577219a}
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Low Rights\ElevationPolicy\{f9c0994b-a2d8-4dd1-a637-dd962bf1a5b3}
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\{d0397dfd-02c3-4dcd-a9d2-a5fd5cba99e7}

Directories

History Boss Toolbar may create the following directory or directories:

%LocalAppData%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\mjkiconhjmakhdkoehncdeghacndfknm

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