Gaming Assassin Toolbar

By GoldSparrow in Potentially Unwanted Programs

Threat Scorecard

Threat Level: 20 % (Normal)
Infected Computers: 86
First Seen: May 5, 2015
Last Seen: May 2, 2022
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The Gaming Assassin Toolbar is promoted as a toolbar that can help users keep up with the news from gaming portals like Pcgamer.com. Ng4.com and Gamespot.com. PC users may find the Gaming Assassin Toolbar bundled with riskware such as King Translate and MiniBar. The Gaming Assassin Toolbar is compatible with all browsers based on the Chromium project, as well as Mozilla Firefox and Opera. The Gaming Assassin Toolbar may change your homepage to Hp.myway.com, which is flagged as an unreliable search service, and many users will notice that the Gaming Assassin Toolbar cannot work if Google and Bing are set as their preferred search engines. Security analysts note that the Gaming Assassin Toolbar will require users to give it permission to:

  • Read and change all their data on websites they visit;
  • Read and change browsing history;
  • Manage their downloads;
  • Manage their apps, extensions and themes.

You should know that the Gaming Assassin Toolbar might use data like your Internet history, IP addresses, approximate geographical location and bookmarks to show targeted marketing materials by affiliated merchants. The Gaming Assassin Toolbar is an app made by Mindspark Interactive Network Inc. that may cover your screen with pop-up ads and video commercials. Security analysts note that the Gaming Assassin Toolbar does not use encryption to provide its users with protection and may load corrupted content from the Web. The Gaming Assassin Toolbar is deemed as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that may record your search terms on Hp.myway.com and generate related ads. The Gaming Assassin Toolbar is very similar to the Action Classic Games Toolbar and the FunPopularGames Toolbar that Mindspark released earlier. PC users are not advised to install the Gaming Assassin Toolbar and search for a good RSS-feed reader on the Internet. Some security scanners may mark the Gaming Assassin Toolbar as PUA.Askcom.Gen, PUP.Optional.APNToolBar and Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask.G. You can purge the Gaming Assassin Toolbar by using a reliable anti-spyware instrument.

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File System Details

Gaming Assassin Toolbar may create the following file(s):
# File Name MD5 Detections
1. "C:\Program Files\GamingAssassin_4s\bar\1.bin\4sBar.dll",O mindsparktoolbarkey="GamingAssassin_4s" uninstalltype="FF"
2. C:\Program Files\GamingAssassin_4s\bar\1.bin\4sBar.dll f86336c978311761bc3e2a80b08d46bc
3. 4shkstub.dll
4. 4sreghk.dll
5. 4sSrcAs.dll
6. 4sSrchMn.exe
7. NP4sStub.dll
8. T8HTML.DLL
9. 4sPlugin.dll
10. 4sbprtct.dll
11. 4sdlghk.dll
12. T8TICKER.DLL
13. 4ssknlcr.dll
14. 4simpipe.exe
15. 4stpinst.dll
16. T8EXTEX.DLL
17. T8EXTPEX.DLL
18. T8RES.DLL
19. 4shtmlmu.dll
20. AppIntegrator64.exe
21. AppIntegratorStub64.dll
22. BOOTSTRAP.JS
23. CREXT.DLL
24. CrExtP4s.exe
25. DPNMNGR.DLL
26. EXEMANAGER.DLL
27. Hpg64.dll
28. INSTALL.RDF
29. installKeys.js
30. VERIFY.DLL

Registry Details

Gaming Assassin Toolbar may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Gaming Assassin Search Scope Monitor
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Gaming Assassin Search Scope Monitor

URLs

Gaming Assassin Toolbar may call the following URLs:

support.mindspark.com

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