What is Trace?

Trace is part of Mindspark Interactive Network Installer Plugin and developed by Mindspark Interactive Network according to the Trace version information.

Trace's description is "Mindspark Interactive Network Installer Plugin"

Trace is digitally signed by Mindspark Interactive Network.

Trace is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\desktop\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected Trace.

If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.

Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on Trace:

PropertyValue
Product nameMindspark Interactive Network Installer Plugin
Company nameMindspark Interactive Network
File descriptionMindspark Interactive Network Installer Plugin
Internal namensDialogs.dll
Original filenamensDialogs.dll
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2013-2016 Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc. An IAC Company. All rights reserved.
Legal trademark© & ™ Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc. An IAC Company. All rights reserved.
Product version3.0.59.18109
File version3.0.59.18109

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameMindspark Interactive Network Instal..
Company nameMindspark Interactive Network
File descriptionMindspark Interactive Network Instal..
Internal namensDialogs.dll
Original filenamensDialogs.dll
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2013-2016 Mindspark Int..
Legal trademark© & ™ Mindspark Interactive Netwo..
Product version3.0.59.18109
File version3.0.59.18109

Digital signatures [?]

Trace has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameMindspark Interactive Network
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number438d4291e43c2dffeeaaaee5b6c070b5

VirusTotal report

28 of the 68 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the Trace file. That's a 41% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Antiy-AVL GrayWare[AdWare]/Win32.Agent
Arcabit PUP.WebToolbar.MyWebSearch
Avast FileRepMalware [PUP]
AVG FileRepMalware [PUP]
Bkav W32.HfsAdware.1166
CAT-QuickHeal PUA.Mindsparki.Gen
Comodo ApplicUnwnt@#3kqiw2ozk924f
Cyren W32/Trojan.GDEP-4348
DrWeb Adware.MyWebSearch.120
Emsisoft Application.Toolbar (A)
Endgame malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.MyWebSearch.AY potentially unwanted
Fortinet Adware/Agent
GData Win32.Adware.Mindspark.E
Jiangmin WebToolbar.MyWebSearch.ci
Kaspersky not-a-virus:HEUR:WebToolbar.Win32.Agent.gen
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.MindSpark
MAX malware (ai score=95)
Microsoft PUA:Win32/MyWebSearch
Qihoo-360 Win32/Virus.Adware.e71
Rising Malware.Undefined!8.C (CLOUD)
Tencent Win32.Trojan.Falsesign.Phqb
VBA32 Adware.Agent
Webroot Pua.Mindspark
Yandex PUA.Agent!
Zillya Adware.AdLoadCRT.Win32.544
ZoneAlarm not-a-virus:HEUR:WebToolbar.Win32.Agent.gen
Zoner Adware.Mywebsearch
28 of the 68 anti-virus programs detected the Trace file.

Trace removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove Trace with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the Trace file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that Trace has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

  1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
  2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.
    Screenshot of Start Scan button
  3. When the scan is finished, locate Trace in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the Trace file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate Trace in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\users\%USERNAME%\desktop\Trace
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the Trace file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If Trace still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If Trace is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If Trace still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
  8. Restart your computer.
  9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that Trace no longer appear in the scan result.
Please select the option that best describe your thoughts on the removal instructions given above








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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5b9a5a272154fc0dd652ef9c59c5d63a0
SHA256d84d810b8f8819f4a34d5e033b72951eadda1bbb5ed0b8c76874b6c25001caa9

What will you do with Trace?

To help other users, please let us know what you will do with Trace:



What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with Trace. 100% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 2 users.

Votes
Keep0 %
0
Remove100 %
2

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with Trace. Only 2 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

Comments

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