Play-bar.net

By GoldSparrow in Browser Hijackers

Threat Scorecard

Ranking: 9,878
Threat Level: 50 % (Medium)
Infected Computers: 2,822
First Seen: October 7, 2015
Last Seen: September 7, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The Play-bar.net search aggregator is similar to Ultimate-search.net, and it is a questionable service that is promoted by a browser hijacker. The Play-bar.net site is operated by Blisbury LLP and features a small search bar, a weather forecast in the top right corner and a clock widget in the top left corner. Additionally, the Play-bar.net site may offer users to play Adobe Flash games on online gaming platforms likePrincess Games, GamesRockit and TikiArcade. The browser hijacker related to Play-bar.net is written with the purpose of diverting the Internet traffic of infected users to Play-bar.net and earn affiliate revenue. The Play-bar.net browser hijacker may modify your DNS settings and change your default search aggregator, homepage and a new tab to Play-bar.net. The Play-bar.net browser hijacker might edit your Windows Registry to set Play-bar.net as your proffered Internet search tool in programs that connect to the Internet to do expanded searches. Computer users that are infected with the Play-bar.net browser hijacker may be presented with pop-up windows that may urge them to register for sponsored services. At Play-bar.net users may be welcomed to fill out surveys and type in their email address to receive promotional offers and coupons. The Play-bar.net browser hijacker may appear in your extension and plug-in managers, but you may find it hard to remove residual files and registry keys. Fortunately, you could use a credible anti-spyware tool to purge the Play-bar.net browser hijacker.

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Registry Details

Play-bar.net may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
File name without path
http_play-bar.net_0.localstorage
http_play-bar.net_0.localstorage-journal
http_playbar.biz_0.localstorage
http_playbar.biz_0.localstorage-journal
play-bar[1].xml
Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\play-bar.net

URLs

Play-bar.net may call the following URLs:

play-bar.net
play-bar.org
playbar.biz

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