What is DailyImageBoard?
The Malwarebytes research team has determined that DailyImageBoard is a browser hijacker. These so-called "hijackers" manipulate your browser(s), for example to change your startpage or searchscopes, so that the affected browser visits their site or one of their choice. This one also displays advertisements.
How do I know if my computer is affected by DailyImageBoard?
This is how the browser toolbar looks:
And you may see these add-ons:
and these warnings:
and this entry in your list of installed programs:
How did DailyImageBoard get on my computer?
Browser hijackers use different methods for distributing themselves. This particular one was downloaded from their site.
How do I remove DailyImageBoard?
Our program Malwarebytes Anti-Malware can detect and remove this potentially unwanted program.
- Please download Malwarebytes Anti-Malware to your desktop.
- Double-click mbam-setup-version.exe and follow the prompts to install the program.
- At the end, be sure a check-mark is placed next to the following:
- Enable free trial of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Premium
- Launch Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
- Then click Finish.
- If an update is found, you will be prompted to download and install the latest version.
- Once the program has loaded, select Scan now. Or select the Threat Scan from the Scan menu.
- When the scan is complete , make sure that everything is set to "Quarantine", and click Apply Actions.
- Reboot your computer if prompted.
- If you are using Chrome, you may have to remove the Extension manually under Tools > Settings > Extensions. Remove the checkmark and click on the bin behind the DailyImageBoard entry.
We hope our application and this guide have helped you eradicate this hijacker.
As you can see below the full version of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware would have protected you against the DailyImageBoard hijacker. It would have warned you before the rogue could install itself, giving you a chance to stop it before it became too late.
Technical details for experts
Signs in a HijackThis log:
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://home.tb.ask.com/index.jhtml?n=780D0A3C&p2=^BPT^yyyyyy^YYA^nl&ptb=63E06BE7-D7BC-4F47-B3B8-3A332F3CCDB0 R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - {db182be2-ccff-45d7-932d-f495855e69d6} - C:\Program Files\DailyImageBoard_bi\bar\1.bin\biSrcAs.dll O2 - BHO: Toolbar BHO - {218a9888-a9b3-40a5-a602-d6818cb1db6f} - C:\PROGRA~1\DAILYI~2\bar\1.bin\bibar.dll O2 - BHO: Search Assistant BHO - {dce57bec-9f84-4d64-b187-01741afa9fcc} - C:\Program Files\DailyImageBoard_bi\bar\1.bin\biSrcAs.dll O3 - Toolbar: DailyImageBoard - {7e33a3bb-15b4-46b7-8ebf-d35f33b88079} - C:\Program Files\DailyImageBoard_bi\bar\1.bin\bibar.dll O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [DailyImageBoard EPM Support] "C:\PROGRA~1\DAILYI~2\bar\1.bin\bimedint.exe" T8EPMSUP.DLL,S O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [DailyImageBoard AppIntegrator 32-bit] C:\PROGRA~1\DAILYI~2\bar\1.bin\AppIntegrator.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [DailyImageBoard Search Scope Monitor] "C:\PROGRA~1\DAILYI~2\bar\1.bin\bisrchmn.exe" /m=2 /w /h O23 - Service: DailyImageBoardService (DailyImageBoard_biService) - Mindspark - C:\PROGRA~1\DAILYI~2\bar\1.bin\bibarsvc.exeThe install monitor and removal logs are too big to fit in a forum post.
If you are interested, the raw logs are available on request.
As mentioned before the full version of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware could have protected your computer against this threat.
We use different ways of protecting your computer(s):
- Dynamically Blocks Malware Sites & Servers
- Malware Execution Prevention