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Rich Media View release 3205

Rich Media View

The application applinstall.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 24 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:
Rich Media View

Product:
Rich Media View release 3205

Version:
1.1

MD5:
b66fd1d2570811f7e5a99afb35bb8c66

SHA-1:
02b1db3425b579d186661e49b9ec28426514a2a7

SHA-256:
c8efd247b2d22f2aa927b117168db0cf5f0a7fc7097b5d420fcd28ea8050bd5d

Scanner detections:
24 / 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:
4/24/2024 8:35:32 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
868

AhnLab V3 Security
Adware/Win32.BetterSurf
14.09.19

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.150.74

avast!
NSIS:Adware-NT [PUP]
2014.9-140919

AVG
Generic5
2015.0.3346

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BetterSurf
4.0.3.14919

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
1.0.20.1310

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AdWare.BetterSurf.C
18286

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
8.14.09.19.09

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.BetterSurf (variant)
8.9816

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/BetterSurf
9/19/2014

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
11.2014-19-09_6

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
14.9.24

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

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.RichMediaView.A
v2014.09.19.09

McAfee
Artemis!B66FD1D25708
5600.7002

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
15.0.0.786

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.BetterSurf.cxsvlq
0.28.0.59911

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

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.R08NC0PEF14
7.2.262

Trend Micro
TROJ_GEN.R08NC0PEF14
10.465.19

VIPRE Antivirus
Adware.Bettersurf
29346

File size:
657.9 KB (673,723 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\applinstall.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:iXyaNVJ7MG4GQTq4OaQQTYJ8eP4/L5uO7D3f5B9q4Wa/QTKJ8eP9/75uO7eU266+:iCaNzQG4GQm4OaHYJ8eP4D5uOHBBg4Wi

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:
7.9819

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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