toolbar.exe

MyStart Toolbar

Visicom Media Inc.

This is part of the Visicom VMN web browser toolbar and extension that will modify the browser's default search provider, DNS, and home page functions. The application toolbar.exe, “MyStart Toolbar Installer” has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source.
Publisher:
Visicom Media Inc.

Product:
MyStart Toolbar

Description:
MyStart Toolbar Installer

Version:
5.6

MD5:
e58795ace8625ff7e73962b223ecb990

SHA-1:
677b1eb6498ca3354944b02dd9e9db98be7960fe

SHA-256:
a62ca31ee25ffa65bfa46448159e8718298689f17a7e7ea27d7bfdef712d362d

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 1:59:43 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Win32.Generic
16.2.17.14

File size:
2.3 MB (2,359,296 bytes)

Product version:
5.6.0.6

Copyright:
© Visicom Media Inc. (License)

Trademarks:
Visicom Media Inc., All Rights Reserved

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\toolbar.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/15/2013 1:09:44 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:3NnnkXoW1IDzuQxABx65k1OLUv6VVKBFAzhfV/JCME:9nkXw+QxIk6PBu9tRTE

Entry address:
0x324D

Entry point:
81, EC, 84, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 20, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 34, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 8C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, 3F, 42, 00, E8, 8B, 2D, 00, 00, A3, E4, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, A0, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, E4, 91, 40, 00, 68, E0, 36, 42, 00, E8, 35, 2A, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BD, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 55, E8, 23, 2A...
 
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Entropy:
7.9969

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file toolbar.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

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