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Media Watch home 8166

Media Watch

The application appinstall.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 28 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 Watch

Product:
Media Watch home 8166

Version:
1.1

MD5:
ea27128170e223a669191a236c5b381f

SHA-1:
85991bd8642e4a7237035229d20ed866f9b7303c

SHA-256:
b478a84429018ea6cd2aa391c798ced36696dc131b40522aec592f648c696fd8

Scanner detections:
28 / 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:
4/27/2024 2:57:55 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.BetterSurf.H
680

AhnLab V3 Security
Adware/Win32.BetterSurf
15.03.27

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.140.114

avast!
NSIS:Amonetize-G [PUP]
2014.9-150327

AVG
Skodna.Generic_r
2016.0.3158

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BetterSurf
4.0.3.15327

Bitdefender
Adware.BetterSurf.H
1.0.20.430

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AdWare.BetterSurf.C
18028

Dr.Web
Adware.BetterSurf.2
9.0.1.086

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.BetterSurf
8.15.03.27.07

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.BetterSurf (variant)
9.9620

F-Secure
Adware.BetterSurf.H
11.2015-27-03_6

G Data
Adware.BetterSurf
15.3.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.176.11613

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.BetterSurf
14.0.0.2283

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.MediaWatch.A
v2015.03.27.07

McAfee
Artemis!EA27128170E2
5600.6814

Microsoft Security Essentials
Adware:Win32/BetterSurf
1.10401

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.BetterSurf.H
16.0.0.258

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.BetterSurf.cvtdtw
0.28.0.58720

Panda Antivirus
Adware/BetterSurf
15.03.27.07

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM06.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.BetterSurf!6.11BF
23.00.65.15325

Sophos
BetterSurf
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_SPNR.0BCP14
7.2.86

Trend Micro
TROJ_SPNR.0BCP14
10.465.27

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.BetterSurf
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Adware.Bettersurf
27916

File size:
634.5 KB (649,748 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\appinstall.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 2:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:ofkf+QfMG4GjeZHkwuPikQ7lKH5p5H9x1MeZHkwuli3QblKL5pFx3iRo:ofO9MG4GjeZEXi37l6Br1MeZE9iAblI5

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:
7.9803

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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