Koyote Soft Toolbar
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| Threat Level: | 10 % (Normal) |
| Infected Computers: | 91 |
| First Seen: | February 2, 2016 |
| Last Seen: | April 2, 2021 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
The Koyote Soft Toolbar, developed by the Koyote-Lab, Inc. is classified by security analysts as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP). There are some worrying reasons that make the Koyote Soft Toolbar to be a PUP. The Koyote Soft Toolbar may gather and store information about the PC user's Internet surfing routine and transmit this information to its sponsors so they can provide services or show pop-up advertisements via the toolbar. The Koyote Soft Toolbar may be installed into any Web browser favored by the computer user, including Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer and Google Chrome. Computer users may access the Koyote Soft Toolbar search service by entering requests in its search box. However, the search results presented by the Koyote Soft Toolbar may not be reliable and even lead the computer users to unsafe places of the Web. The Koyote Soft Toolbar may change the default search provider and start page, which may occur whenever the computer user opens a Web browser. The Koyote Soft Toolbar also may interfere with the speed and performance of your machine, making its removal more than necessary. Using a good anti-malware tool, computer users can erase the Koyote Soft Toolbar from their machines without problems.
File System Details
| # | File Name | MD5 |
Detections
Detections: The number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular threat detected on
infected computers as reported by SpyHunter.
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | C:\Program Files\Koyote Soft Toolbar\WidgiHelper.exe | 973b8ea5a78e432713a38def61765135 | |
| 2. | koyotesoftToolbarIE.dll | ||
| 3. | MsiExec.exe /X{BCAB662D-389E-4D5E-AE1B-9FD81EDFDF75} | ||
| 4. | C:\Program Files\Koyote Soft Toolbar\ |
URLs
Koyote Soft Toolbar may call the following URLs:
| www.spigot.com/remove-search-settings.html |
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