m3HighIn.exe
My Web Search Bar by Mindspark Interactive Network (Signed)
| Version: | 1, 0, 0, 1 |
| MD5: | 28c6ebc1caf42163135e40ddcbafffff |
| SHA1: | 8c52d07198299eccb5683a06ac0621d798684251 |
| SHA256: | b8abb634b8e5c1608ac9ca4cd0125603a8a0bc3a1a38973c0b42e59780cfd665 |
Warning 7 antivirus scanners has detected malware.
What is m3HighIn.exe?
My Web Search by the Mindspark Interactive Network is a browser toolbar, part of the Fun Web Products suite of potentially unwanted applications such as Smiley Central, Cursor Mania, Popular Screensavers and others. The toolbar provides access to search engine results and a 404 Error Redirector among other things to your browser. The My Web Search toolbar could slow down your PC and uses cookies to track your web surfing usage and habits.
About m3HighIn.exe (from Mindspark Interactive Network)
“MyWebSearch brings together the most comprehensive collection of search tools available to provide you with the information you need when you need it.”
Overview
m3highin.exe is malware that executes as a process with the local user's privileges. The file is digitally signed by Mindspark Interactive Network.
Details
| File name: | m3highin.exe |
| Publisher: | MyWebSearch.com |
| Product name: | My Web Search Bar |
| Description: | Run a MyWebSearch DLL as an App |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\mywebsearch\bar\1.bin\m3highin.exe |
| File version: | 1, 0, 0, 1 |
| Product version: | 2, 3, 0, 0 |
| Size: | 21.54 KB (22,056 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Mindspark Interactive Network |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Network connections
[UDP] listens on port 53304
Malware detections
Based on 40+ industry antivirus scanners, 7 of them detected the following malware.
| Antivirus engine | Engine version | Detection |
| AhnLab V3 Internet Security |
2012.06.15 |
PUP/Win32.MyWebSearch |
| avast! |
6.0.1289.0 |
Win32:FunWeb-K [PUP] |
| AVG |
2014.0.3629 |
AdInstaller.FunWeb |
| Clam AntiVirus |
0.97.3.0 |
Suspect.Adware.MWS |
| eSafe |
7.0.17.0 |
Win32.Toolbar.MyWebS |
| Norman |
6.08.06 |
W32/Suspicious_Gen2.QRDUR |
| VIPRE Antivirus |
12056 |
MyWebSearch.J (v) (not malicious) |
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00063390% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00049270% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00014120% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 45 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 78,199/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 1.56 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 519 KB | |
| Private (minimum): | 435 KB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 1.56 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 42.2 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 48.09 MB | |
| Working set: | 420 KB | |
| Working set (peak): | 3.79 MB | |
| Page faults: | 2,224/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 541 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 5.31 KB/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 2/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 110 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 8/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 3 | |
| Handles: | 93 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 9 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 11 | |
| GUI USER count: | 3 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 5 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | High |
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\mywebsearch\bar\1.bin\m3highin.exe" m3tpinst.dll,#5 |
| Owner: | User |
Threads
Averages
| m3tpinst.dll (ThirdPartyInstaller Module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00038335% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00035867% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00002468% | |
| CPU cycles: | 4,611/sec | |
| Memory: | 76 KB | |
| m3HighIn.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00031647% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00024031% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00007616% | |
| CPU cycles: | 4,182/sec | |
| Memory: | 20 KB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Ultimate N |
50.00% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
37.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
12.50% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 100.00% of My Web Search Bar.
