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Media Watch home 5714

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 5714

Version:
1.1

MD5:
41c13c7f5282f88e45d6187d2c3f79e8

SHA-1:
d79b2fa90538c463a49a1b6dca7956b99982b231

SHA-256:
e00b52d277dfaca0c17af136e27bd3d750d49c8706a29dae4cf0fbd4cebf1a73

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:
4/26/2024 10:51:13 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
801

AhnLab V3 Security
Adware/Win32.BetterSurf
14.11.26

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.139.230

avast!
NSIS:Amonetize-G [PUP]
2014.9-141126

AVG
Skodna.Generic_r
2015.0.3279

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BetterSurf
4.0.3.141126

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
1.0.20.1650

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
18006

Dr.Web
Adware.BetterSurf.2
9.0.1.0330

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
8.14.11.26.07

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.BetterSurf (variant)
8.9607

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/SPNR.0BCP14!tr
11/26/2014

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
11.2014-26-11_4

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
14.11.24

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.176.11595

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.BetterSurf
14.0.0.2888

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.MediaWatch.A
v2014.11.26.07

McAfee
Artemis!41C13C7F5282
5600.6935

Microsoft Security Essentials
Adware:Win32/BetterSurf
1.10401

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
15.0.0.990

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.BetterSurf.cvtdtw
0.28.0.58720

Panda Antivirus
Generic Malware
14.11.26.07

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM06.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.BetterSurf!6.11BF
23.00.65.141124

Sophos
BetterSurf
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_SPNR.0BCP14
7.2.330

Trend Micro
TROJ_SPNR.0BCP14
10.465.26

VIPRE Antivirus
Adware.Bettersurf
27794

File size:
634.5 KB (649,738 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 10:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:+Hek6BG4GjeZHkwuPikQ7lKH5p5H9x1MeZHkwuXiZQblKh5pDxXTd8zbf:+HgG4GjeZEXi37l6Br1MeZEviObl2rlg

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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