MyStart Social Toolbar

Threat Scorecard

Ranking: 2,470
Threat Level: 10 % (Normal)
Infected Computers: 36,098
First Seen: February 18, 2014
Last Seen: September 20, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

MyStart Social Toolbar Image

MyStart Social Toolbar is a potentially unwanted toolbar created by Visicom Media Inc. which, after installation on the Web browser, may collect and store information about the computer user's surfing routine and transfer this data to Visicom so they can suggest services or display advertisements via the toolbar. MyStart Social Toolbar may embed a browser extension that gives the functionality of the computer user's favorite social networking websites such as Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Flickr, LinkedIn, and MySpace. MyStart Social Toolbar may permit the computer user to quickly access social networking websites with shortcuts, read social news, carry out online searches, and take advantage of the integrated social tools to communicate with friends on Facebook or Twitter. However, MyStart Social Toolbar may also lead to undesired actions on the PC. MyStart Social Toolbar may reroute PC users to relevant websites that may show pop-up advertisements.

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File System Details

MyStart Social Toolbar may create the following file(s):
# File Name MD5 Detections
1. MyStartSocialToolbar.exe 0f7092623abe83ebd349eab5a8a97779 1
2. C:\Program Files\mystarttb\mystarttb.dll

Registry Details

MyStart Social Toolbar may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
CLSID
{ccb24e92-62c4-4c53-95d2-65f9eed476bc}
File name without path
http_www.mystart.com_0.localstorage
http_www.mystart.com_0.localstorage-journal
Regexp file mask
%PROGRAMFILES%\Mozilla Firefox\browser\searchplugins\mystarttb.xml
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Mozilla Firefox\browser\searchplugins\mystarttb.xml
%Temp%\mystart-toolbar.xml
Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{1244DEB4-BA40-4A06-94F9-90038436B581}
Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{2FA12491-DDD9-4C20-BB08-C26DE8F347A1}
Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{CCB24E92-62C4-4C53-95D2-65F9EED476BC}
Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\www.mystart.com
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\{2fa12491-ddd9-4c20-bb08-c26de8f347a1}
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\{ccb24e92-62c4-4c53-95d2-65f9eed476bc}
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{ccb24e92-62c4-4c53-95d2-65f9eed476bc}
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\PreApproved\{CCB24E92-62C4-4C53-95D2-65F9EED476BC}
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Settings\{CCB24E92-62C4-4C53-95D2-65F9EED476BC}
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\{CCB24E92-62C4-4C53-95D2-65F9EED476BC}
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\{2fa12491-ddd9-4c20-bb08-c26de8f347a1}
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\{ccb24e92-62c4-4c53-95d2-65f9eed476bc}

Directories

MyStart Social Toolbar may create the following directory or directories:

%LOCALAPPDATA%\mystartsocialToolbar2_00
%ProgramFiles%\mystartsocialtb
%ProgramFiles(x86)%\mystartsocialtb
%Temp%\{ccb24e92-62c4-4c53-95d2-65f9eed476bc}

URLs

MyStart Social Toolbar may call the following URLs:

https://www.mystart.com/

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