Threat Database Adware My Search Dock Ads

My Search Dock Ads

By GoldSparrow in Adware

Threat Scorecard

Threat Level: 20 % (Normal)
Infected Computers: 150
First Seen: January 11, 2016
Last Seen: May 5, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The My Search Dock software is promoted as the world 's best search enhancer at Mysearchdock.com. The My Search Dock software is created by Buzzbox Media LLC and offered to users under a non-commercial license and may accompany other free applications like Share It All and Software Refresher. Installing the My Search Dock software may change your homepage and new tab page design to provide the features you are promised to benefit from. The My Search Dock software is developed with the Nullsoft Install system and may not appear on your 'Control Panel,' which may be a problem for some users.

You might find the My Search Dock software listed in your Extensions Manager as Social Extra Plugins. Security investigators classify the My Search Dock program as adware because it functions similarly to Golden Dock and HitBuzz. The My Search Dock adware may display pop-up windows, banners, and floating ad-boxes to present users with promotions from partners. The ads by My Search Dock may cover the native advertisements on Amazon, Best Buy and Walmart. The My Search Dock adware may change your default search engine to divert your Internet traffic to sponsored pages and invite you to like suspicious pages on Facebook and Twitter. Moreover, the installer of the My Search Dock adware may connect to Vboxsvr.ovh.net that is associated with cyber threats like Pony and Spike. The My Search Dock adware may download and install updates via insecure channels and introduce harmful programs into your system. The Windows Firewall may not filter communications by the My Search Dock adware, and endanger your OS stability and security. The My Search Dock adware may have edited your Windows Registry to prevent to be executed as a background service, and you may have trouble deleting its main executable. Fortunately, you can benefit from installing a credible anti-malware solution that can eradicate the My Search Dock adware.

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File System Details

My Search Dock Ads may create the following file(s):
# File Name MD5 Detections
1. MySearchDock.exe 531ec71551c79b4f02f1e685a7bd669b 2
2. C:\Program Files\mysearchdock\mysearchdock.dll a6e3ef1abc8d6088e48cf222fb2e2fa6
3. "C:\Program Files\MySearchDock\uninstaller.exe"

Directories

My Search Dock Ads may create the following directory or directories:

%PROGRAMFILES%\MySearchDock
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\MySearchDock

URLs

My Search Dock Ads may call the following URLs:

startpagethemes.com

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