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appinstal1.exe

Media Buzz mode 4574

Media Buzz

The application appinstal1.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 34 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 4574

Version:
1.1

MD5:
aa5d3583266b83ad949179ee1f733721

SHA-1:
e813980ea692e6095420216497218320586685db

SHA-256:
80eaba55bac65107bbf84be6e0491bbc2004c438773ea906b3856721a92b5561

Scanner detections:
34 / 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:
4/20/2024 3:06:54 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Dropped:Adware.Generic.938376
435

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.BetterSurf
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Adware/Win32.BetterSurf
15.11.27

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.147.176

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-151127

AVG
Skodna.Generic_r
2016.0.2913

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BetterSurf
4.0.3.151127

Bitdefender
Dropped:Adware.Generic.938376
1.0.20.1655

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AdWare.BetterSurf.C
18223

Dr.Web
Adware.BetterSurf.2254
9.0.1.0331

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Dropped:Adware.Generic.938376
8.15.11.27.04

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.BetterSurf (variant)
9.9761

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/BetterSurf
11/27/2015

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.41092
11.2015-27-11_6

G Data
Dropped:Adware.Generic.938376
15.11.24

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.Amonetize
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.177.11984

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.BetterSurf
14.0.0.1059

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.MediaBuzz.A
v2015.11.27.04

McAfee
Artemis!AA5D3583266B
5600.6569

Microsoft Security Essentials
Adware:Win32/BetterSurf
1.10502

MicroWorld eScan
Dropped:Adware.Generic.938376
16.0.0.993

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.BetterSurf.cvrrct
0.28.0.59608

nProtect
Dropped:Adware.Generic.938376
14.05.04.01

Panda Antivirus
Generic Malware
15.11.27.04

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/Malware.QVM06.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Revizor.MediaBuzz.Installer.Meta (M)
15.11.27.4

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.16B937AB!381237163
23.00.65.151125

Sophos
BetterSurf
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.BetterSurf/Variant
9483

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_SPNR.0BDQ14
7.2.331

Trend Micro
TROJ_SPNR.0BDQ14
10.465.27

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.BetterSurf
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Adware.Bettersurf
28904

File size:
655.1 KB (670,851 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 4:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:pQTXWG4GqaXeXZgMupahP2vvOVJqReZtsfzdq4duClJu8eeXZgMuFmahP2RvOV1Y:p5G4GtMgMugcWVJqRWG7dvdD73gMuFzy

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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