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appinstal1.exe

Media Buzz mode 5055

Media Buzz

The application appinstal1.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 47 anti-malware scanners. 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. The setup program bundles adware offers using the Amonetize, a Pay-Per-Install (PPI) monetization and distribution download manager. The software offerings provided are based on the PC's geo-location at the time of install.
Publisher:
Media Buzz

Product:
Media Buzz mode 5055

Version:
1.1

MD5:
07b45c4bf4372934c1729deb56433f9d

SHA-1:
62c831abc937f092985538259455682d379a1c80

SHA-256:
a175e40f89968aba611895e064d2ece1a108e9ecd02ca394f9b9d53f9a7af1d2

Scanner detections:
47 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Installed with software bundlers that offer free applications or games and adds a plugin to Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Chrome and will display ads as the user browses the Internet, both in websites and on search engine results

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 2:52:20 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Dropped:Adware.Generic.938376
868

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.BetterSurf
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Adware/Win32.BetterSurf
14.09.19

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.147.170

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-140919

AVG
Skodna.Generic_r
2015.0.3346

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BetterSurf
4.0.3.14919

Bitdefender
Dropped:Adware.Generic.938376
1.0.20.1310

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AdWare.BetterSurf.C
18222

Dr.Web
Adware.BetterSurf.2201
9.0.1.0262

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Dropped:Adware.Generic.938376
8.14.09.19.09

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.BetterSurf (variant)
8.9760

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/BetterSurf
9/19/2014

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.41092
11.2014-19-09_6

G Data
Dropped:Adware.Generic.938376
14.9.24

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.Amonetize
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.177.11984

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.BetterSurf
14.0.0.3225

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.MediaBuzz.A
v2014.09.19.09

McAfee
Artemis!07B45C4BF437
5600.7002

Microsoft Security Essentials
Adware:Win32/BetterSurf
1.10502

MicroWorld eScan
Dropped:Adware.Generic.938376
15.0.0.786

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.BetterSurf.cvrrct
0.28.0.59608

nProtect
Dropped:Adware.Generic.938376
14.05.04.01

Panda Antivirus
Generic Malware
14.09.19.09

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/Malware.QVM06.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.BetterSurf!6.11BF
23.00.65.14917

Sophos
BetterSurf
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.BetterSurf/Variant
10349

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_SPNR.0BDQ14
7.2.262

Trend Micro
TROJ_SPNR.0BDQ14
10.465.19

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.BetterSurf
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Adware.Bettersurf
28896

File size:
655.1 KB (670,839 bytes)

Product version:
1.1

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\appinstal1.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:EEPtG4GqaXeXZgMupahP2vvOVJqReZtsfzdq4duClJuAQeXZgMu6ahP2PvOVJqRz:EStG4GtMgMugcWVJqRWG7dvdDjpgMu/m

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9807

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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