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applinstall.exe

Rich Media View release 5689

Rich Media View

The application applinstall.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:
Rich Media View

Product:
Rich Media View release 5689

Version:
1.1

MD5:
f1cb0445b58dc6bcc0bf904491c5a0d9

SHA-1:
4b83f66e9483b69a8f3ab36c30cf7e37eeb58e41

SHA-256:
6aebff8d0b314df615db05ea984cfa70dd49a1e11c546f79e7383ba652e79aff

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:
4/27/2024 12:42:31 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Dropped:Application.Bundler.EV
828

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Amonetize
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Adware/Win32.BetterSurf
2014.10.31

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
7.11.182.78

avast!
Adware-gen [Adw]
141025-0

AVG
Adware Generic5.ATXR
2014.0.4040

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.Amonetize
4.0.3.141030

Bitdefender
Dropped:Application.Bundler.EV
1.0.20.1515

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Bettersurf-4
0.98/21411

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AdWare.BetterSurf.C
19942

Dr.Web
infected with Trojan.Amonetize.8
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
14.10.29

ESET NOD32
multiple threats
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/BetterSurf
10/30/2014

F-Prot
W32/Medfos.AE3.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Dropped:Application.Bundler.EV
11.2014-30-10_5

G Data
Dropped:Application.Bundler.EV
14.10.24

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.BetterSurf
t3scan.1.8.3.0

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.185.13853

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.BetterSurf
15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.RichMediaView.A
v2014.10.30.10

McAfee
Adware-BetterSurf
5600.6962

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.187.750.0

MicroWorld eScan
Dropped:Application.Bundler.EV
15.0.0.909

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.BetterSurf.cxsvlq
0.28.6.62995

Norman
Suspicious_Gen4.GKTXX
11.20141030

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM06.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
Adware.BetterSurf.B5
10.14.14.00

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.16C56F27!382037799
23.00.65.141028

Sophos
BetterSurf
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_SPNR.0BFL14
7.2.303

Trend Micro
TROJ_SPNR.0BFL14
10.465.30

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.BetterSurf
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4866310
34232

File size:
657.9 KB (673,731 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:
12/6/2009 9:50:52 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:cJMkbkG4GQTq4OaQQTYJ8eP4/L5uO7D3f5BVq4Wa/QTKJ8eP9/75uO7eU266Bo:cJMkbkG4GQm4OaHYJ8eP4D5uOHBBY4W2

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:
7.9818

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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