MusicLab LLC - 4% Detection Rate *

Did you just find a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from MusicLab LLC? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as a variant of Win64/Toolbar.SearchSuite.A and SearchSuite. The detection rate for the MusicLab LLC files collected here is 4%. Please read on for more details.

You will probably notice MusicLab LLC when double-clicking to run the file. The publisher name is then displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screencap shows:

Screenshot where MusicLab LLC appears as the verified publisher in the UAC dialog

You can view additional details from the MusicLab LLC certificate with the following procedure:

  1. Open Windows Explorer and locate the MusicLab LLC file
  2. Right-click on the file and select Properties
  3. Click on the Digital Signatures tab
  4. Click the View Certificate button

Here is a screenshot of a file signed by MusicLab LLC:

Screenshot of the MusicLab LLC certificate

As you can see in the screenshot above, Windows reports that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by MusicLab LLC and that no one has tampered with the file.

If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screencap above, you can see all the details of the certificate, such as when it was issued, who issued the certificate, how long it is valid, and so on. You can also view the address for MusicLab LLC, such as the street name, city and country.

Thawte Code Signing CA - G2 and Thawte Code Signing CA has issued the MusicLab LLC certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.

MusicLab LLC Files

These are the MusicLab LLC files I have gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.

Detection RatioFile Name
1/55patch_ff.exe
1/46IEBHO.dll
1/42datamngr.dll
15/56datamngrcoordinator.exe
1/44BROWSE~1.DLL
1/47BearShareV10.exe
3/56IEBHO.dll
9/48IEBHO.dll
3/46BROWSE~1.DLL
1/47IEBHO.dll
1/55IEBHO.dll
1/56IEBHO.dll
0/46IEBHO.dll
0/44IEBHO.dll
0/44IEBHO.dll
0/42datamngr.dll
0/44BROWSE~1.DLL

Scanner and Detection Names

Here's the detection names for the MusicLab LLC files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.

ScannerDetection Names
AVwareAdware.SearchSuite
AhnLab-V3PUP/Win32.SearchSuite, Win-PUP/Toolbar.SearchCore.1233816
Antiy-AVLAdWare/Win32.BHO.gen
BkavW32.HfsAdware.EF51, W32.HfsAdware.20EC
ComodoUnclassifiedMalware
DrWebAdware.Toolbar.246, Adware.Bandoo.4, Adware.Bandoo.231
ESET-NOD32Win32/Toolbar.SearchSuite, a variant of Win32/Toolbar.SearchSuite.D potentially unwanted, Win32/Toolbar.SearchSuite potentially unwanted, a variant of Win32/Toolbar.SearchSuite, a variant of Win64/Toolbar.SearchSuite.A
EmsisoftRiskware.Win32.Toolbar.SearchSuite.AMN (A)
FortinetRiskware/SearchSuite, Adware/BHO
GDataWin32.Application.Searchsuite.C
Ikarusnot-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.Agent
K7AntiVirusAdware ( 004bb8491 )
K7GWAdware ( 004bb8491 )
Kasperskynot-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.Agent.ao
MalwarebytesPUP.Optional.DataMangr.A
McAfeeSearchSuite
McAfee-GW-EditionSearchSuite
SophosGeneric PUA AK (PUA)
SymantecWS.Reputation.1
TrendMicro-HouseCallHV_ZYX_CA226CD7.TOMC, TROJ_GEN.F47V0829
VBA32AdWare.BHO
VIPREAdware.SearchSuite, Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT

* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated

The detection percentage is based on that I have gathered 1068 scan results for the MusicLab LLC files. 38 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. If you like, you can view the full details of the scan results by examining the files listed above.

Analysis Details

In the analysis on this page I grouped all certificates where the signer name is set to upper and lower case variants of MusicLab LLC. These are the signer names:

The analysis has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers:

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