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appinstal1.exe

Media Buzz mode 2090

Media Buzz

The application appinstal1.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 27 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. BetterSurf is a program that comes with software bundlers that offer free applications and will add a plugin to Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Chrome which displays advertisements on websites and search engines..
Publisher:
Media Buzz

Product:
Media Buzz mode 2090

Version:
1.1

MD5:
e62527c74bfed32e08859a91c88c136d

SHA-1:
d1522e2f55de79834b8dc0b355a8432029ba52d4

SHA-256:
50e0e0b91157476c387ddb8e5741d2ae25016bdf3e2969355053112a3ae6e588

Scanner detections:
27 / 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 2:53:27 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.41092
521

AhnLab V3 Security
Adware/Win32.BetterSurf
15.09.01

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.145.74

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-150901

AVG
Skodna.Generic_r
2016.0.2999

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BetterSurf
4.0.3.1591

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.41092
1.0.20.1220

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AdWare.BetterSurf.C
18166

Dr.Web
Adware.BetterSurf.2
9.0.1.0244

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.41092
8.15.09.01.04

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.BetterSurf (variant)
9.9723

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.41092
11.2015-01-09_3

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.41092
15.9.24

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.BetterSurf
t3scan.1.6.1.0

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.BetterSurf
14.0.0.1492

McAfee
Adware-BetterSurf
5600.6655

Microsoft Security Essentials
Adware:Win32/BetterSurf
1.10502

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.41092
16.0.0.732

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.BetterSurf.cvrrct
0.28.0.59492

Panda Antivirus
Generic Malware
15.09.01.04

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM06.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Revizor.MediaBuzz.Installer.Meta (M)
15.9.1.16

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.BetterSurf!6.11BF
23.00.65.15830

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0425
7.2.244

Trend Micro
TROJ_GEN.R04AC0DDP14
10.465.01

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.BetterSurf
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Adware.Bettersurf
28606

File size:
655.1 KB (670,840 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:
12/6/2009 12:50:52 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:qUjeyG4GqaXeXZgMupahP2vvOVJqReZtsfzdq4duClJudMeXZgMuoahP2vvOVDqw:qCeyG4GtMgMugcWVJqRWG7dvdDSFgMu/

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:
7.9806

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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