5kbar.dll
MindSpark Toolbar Platform for Internet Explorer and Firefox by Mindspark Interactive Network (Signed)
Warning 9 antivirus scanners has detected malware in various versions of 5kbar.dll.
Overview
There are 2 versions of 5kbar.dll in the wild, the latest version being 2, 5, 6, 52. It is integrated as a plugin to Internet Explorer as a Browser Helper Object, often without any obvious user interface, and will load for each instance of IE. The average file size is about 685.14 KB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to Mindspark Interactive Network by VeriSign. The library is loaded into Internet Explorer as a BHO (browser helper object).
What is 5kbar.dll?
MindSpark Toolbar Platform manages the myWebSearch Toolbar, a web-browser add-on that provides search functions to the browser menu as well as a toolbar. The toolbar automatically installed with iWon, allowing user to query myWebSearch search engine.
About 5kbar.dll (from Mindspark Interactive Network)
“The iWon Toolbar installs into your Internet browser and allows you to search the Internet with MyWebSearch® and may provide other search features as further described herein. Default Search, Addres”
 Details
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| File name: | 5kbar.dll |
| Publisher: | MindSpark |
| Product name: | MindSpark Toolbar Platform for Internet Explorer and Firefox |
| Description: | MindSpark Toolbar Platform |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\iwon_5k\bar\1.bin\5kbar.dll |
| Original name: | t8Bar.dll |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Mindspark Interactive Network |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Expiration date: | Wednesday, May 6, 2015 |
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of 5kbar.dll, select a unique version for details.)
Internet Explorer Browser Helper Object
Located in the registry at 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects'
- BHO CLSID: {b1df253a-9e7a-480d-b6a5-7a435b520dbb}
- BHO CLSID: {8f7f89b5-752e-4194-b92f-cf00177c1590}
Internet Explorer toolbars
Located in the registry at 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar'
- CLSID: {af94b35c-3ac5-4030-9f9c-15fb4e3dc339}
Internet Explorer web browsers
Located in the registry at 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser'
- CLSID: {AF94B35C-3AC5-4030-9F9C-15FB4E3DC339}
Malware detections
Based on 40+ industry antivirus scanners, 9 of them detected the following malware.
| Antivirus engine | Engine version | Detection | File version |
| AVG |
2014.0.3629 |
Zango |
2, 5, 6, 6 |
| AVG |
2014.0.3629 |
Zango |
2, 5, 6, 52 |
| Clam AntiVirus |
0.97.3.0 |
Adware.MyWebSearch-18 |
2, 5, 6, 6 |
| Kingsoft |
2012.9.22.155 |
Win32.Troj.Generic.(kcloud) |
2, 5, 6, 6 |
| Kingsoft |
2013.1.8.219 |
Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud) |
2, 5, 6, 52 |
| Malwarebytes |
1.62.0.140 |
PUP.MyWebSearch |
2, 5, 6, 6 |
| Trend Micro HouseCall |
9.700.0.1001 |
TROJ_GEN.F47V0719 |
2, 5, 6, 6 |
| VIPRE Antivirus |
14342 |
MyWebSearch.J (v) (not malicious) |
2, 5, 6, 6 |
| VIPRE Antivirus |
16734 |
MyWebSearch.J (v) (not malicious) |
2, 5, 6, 52 |
All file variations of 5kbar.dll
