IEBHO.dll
By Bandoo Media (Signed)
Warning 25 antivirus scanners has detected malware in various versions of IEBHO.dll.
Overview
IEBHO.dll has 14 known versions, the most recent one is . It is installed as an Internet Explorer extension as a Browser Helper Object, often without any obvious user interface, and will start when IE loads. The average file size is about 1.25 MB. It is an authenticode code-signed executable issued to Bandoo Media by the certification authority Thawte. The programs Searchqu Toolbar, Windows Searchqu Toolbar and BearShare have been observed as installing specific variations of IEBHO.dll.
What is IEBHO.dll?
Windows Searchqu Toolbar IEBHO.dll is the Browser Helper Object installed into Internet Explorer which has the ability to access and monitor all loaded and requested web pages and content. The DNS BHO will attempt to redirect search results to a third party search provider if the domain name entered into a search box has an error associated with it. Searchqu Toolbar is a browser add-on which adds various shortcuts and other buttons to your Internet Explorer.
About IEBHO.dll (from Bandoo Media)
“Windows Searchqu Toolbar is an Internet browser toolbar that offers helpful search suggestions as the user types keywords into the search box. Additionally, it catches misspelled words and suggests a ”
 Details
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| File name: | IEBHO.dll |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\Windows Searchqu Toolbar\Datamngr\IEBHO.dll |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Bandoo Media |
| Authority (CA): | Thawte |
| Expiration date: | Saturday, February 23, 2013 |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of IEBHO.dll.)
The Searchqu Toolbar is a Bandoo powered toolbar (by Bandoo Media Inc) for Intenet Explorer and Firefox. Searchqu collects and stores information about your web browsing habits and sends this informat...
Windows Searchqu Toolbar is an ad-supported program installed into Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome. The programs collects and stores information about web browsing habits and sends this informat...
This toolbar is typiclaly bundled with the installation of the free iLivid software. Windows iLivid Toolbar by Bandoo for Intenet Explorer collects and stores information about your web browsing habit...
Bandoo SearchCore for Browsers is a search supported web browser plugin for MSN messenger, Gmail, Facebook and some other popular instant messaging applications and web services designed to enriche ch...
iMesh is a media and file sharing client that's available in 9 languages. It uses a proprietary, centralized, P2P network (IM2Net) operating on ports 80, 443 and 1863. iMesh operates the first "RIAA-a...
Visicom MediaBar is an ad-supported (users may see additional banner, search, pop-up, pop-under, interstitial and in-text link advertisements) cross web browser plugin for Internet Explorer (BHO) and...
BearShare is a peer-to-peer file sharing application originally created by Free Peers, Inc. for Microsoft Windows and also a rebranded version of iMesh by MusicLab, LLC, tightly integrated with their ...
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of IEBHO.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: {A40DC6C5-79D0-4ca8-A185-8FF989AF1115}
Malware detections
Based on 40+ industry antivirus scanners, 25 of them detected the following malware.
All file variations of IEBHO.dll
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Ultimate N |
52.63% |
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| Windows 7 Home Premium |
26.32% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
10.53% |
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| Windows Vista Home Basic |
5.26% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
5.26% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 58.82% of IEBHO.dll.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| ASUS |
33.33% |
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| Dell |
33.33% |
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| GIGABYTE |
16.67% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
16.67% |
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