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applinstall.exe

Rich Media View release 882

Rich Media View

The application applinstall.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 27 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. In addition it will redirct various web browsing to various malvertisng sites.
Publisher:
Rich Media View

Product:
Rich Media View release 882

Version:
1.1

MD5:
4af1e20955edecc5abb8905a624c70c3

SHA-1:
9343623c173fb0df363fc4ac57254aa98e74c85e

SHA-256:
66a827f8a07ecc278db9086b811c7316346412919e70b31b0bd1245353e2202f

Scanner detections:
27 / 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:
4/23/2024 10:24:33 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
805

AhnLab V3 Security
Adware/Win32.BetterSurf
14.11.22

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.149.244

avast!
NSIS:Adware-NR [PUP]
2014.9-141122

AVG
Skodna.Generic_r
2015.0.3283

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BetterSurf
4.0.3.141122

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
1.0.20.1630

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AdWare.BetterSurf.C
18280

Dr.Web
Adware.BetterSurf.597
9.0.1.0326

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
8.14.11.22.12

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.BetterSurf (variant)
8.9806

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/BetterSurf
11/22/2014

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
11.2014-22-11_7

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

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.177.12095

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.BetterSurf
14.0.0.2910

McAfee
Artemis!4AF1E20955ED
5600.6939

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
15.0.0.978

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Script.BetterSurf.ctbzhb
0.28.0.59911

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.11.22.12

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/Malware.QVM06.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.BetterSurf!6.11BF
23.00.65.141120

Sophos
BetterSurf
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0PEE14
7.2.326

Trend Micro
TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0PEE14
10.465.22

VIPRE Antivirus
Adware.Bettersurf
29256

File size:
658 KB (673,747 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):
12288:1pnr5LG4GQTq4OaQQTYJ8eP4/L5uO7D3f5Bvq4ca7QTgJ8ePN/P5uO7GLvHfAv:1ptLG4GQm4OaHYJ8eP4D5uOHBBS4caiw

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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