MySearchs Search

By CagedTech in Browser Hijackers

Threat Scorecard

Ranking: 10,769
Threat Level: 50 % (Medium)
Infected Computers: 1,714
First Seen: October 1, 2014
Last Seen: September 20, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Following the steps of numerous browser hijackers present on the Internet, such as the Babylon Search or the Google Redirect Virus, MySearchs Search is a browser hijacker that may alter your home page to start.mysearchs.com. MySearchs Search enters your computer bundled with a no-cost program downloaded from the Web. MySearchs Search may alter search results in order to display its sponsored sites and advertisements and convince the computer user to click on it. A browser hijacker can be very annoying when you are browsing the Internet; therefore, they should be removed as soon as they start doing their unwanted tasks. To remove MySearchs Search from your computer, you should use an updated anti-malware program.

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File System Details

MySearchs Search may create the following file(s):
# File Name MD5 Detections
1. mysearchs.exe 099883589fcb3f203e01dd2b659a83e3 70
2. mysetup.exe 6b1bec8908852635eca714c4e15b4898 34
3. mysearchs.exe c3d1af5cdaeccc268d0ea60d3b66da2d 2
4. mysearchs.exe 2d8b424a0d99ecac292c1703800739ce 2

Registry Details

MySearchs Search may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
File name without path
http_start.mysearchs.com_0.localstorage
http_start.mysearchs.com_0.localstorage-journal
Regexp file mask
%windir%\System32\Tasks\MySearchs
%windir%\System32\Tasks\MySearchs Udpater
Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\mysearchs.com
Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\start.mysearchs.com
Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION\mysearchs.exe
Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION\mysetup.exe
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\MySearchs
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\MySearchs Udpater
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\mysearchs

Directories

MySearchs Search may create the following directory or directories:

%LOCALAPPDATA%\MySearchs

URLs

MySearchs Search may call the following URLs:

start.mysearchs.com

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