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applinstall.exe

Rich Media View release 1445

Rich Media View

The application applinstall.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 35 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 1445

Version:
1.1

MD5:
c0db7f7f417997363f2eb358df107717

SHA-1:
d4499123e25c06c55eb90bc019805187b56f7e12

SHA-256:
1be192684123f7aba0344e318a256c99ba01788262bbe8cfdf06d7314af3433f

Scanner detections:
35 / 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:
4/19/2024 2:37:46 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Dropped:Application.Bundler.EV
6373653

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.BetterSurf
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Adware/Win32.BetterSurf
2015.03.27

avast!
Adware-gen [Adw]
150320-0

AVG
Adware Generic5.ATXR
2014.0.4311

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BetterSurf
4.0.3.15327

Bitdefender
Dropped:Application.Bundler.EV
1.0.20.430

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Bettersurf-1
0.98/21511

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AdWare.BetterSurf.C
21556

Dr.Web
infected with Trojan.Amonetize.8
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Dropped:Application.Bundler.EV
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
multiple threats
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/BetterSurf
3/27/2015

F-Prot
W32/Amonetizer.M (exact, not disinfectable)
4.6.5.141

F-Secure
Riskware.Dropped:Application.Bundler.EV
5.13.68

G Data
Dropped:Application.Bundler.EV
15.3.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of aplinstal.exe
2015.7.2.1

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.BetterSurf
t3scan.1.8.9.0

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.202.15399

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.BetterSurf
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.RichMediaView.A
v2015.03.27.07

McAfee
Program.Adware-BetterSurf
16.8.708.2

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.195.475.0

MicroWorld eScan
Dropped:Application.Bundler.EV
16.0.0.258

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.BetterSurf.cxsvlq
0.30.8.659

Norman
Dropped:Application.Bundler.EV
03.12.2014 13:20:04

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.BetterSurf.673732
15.03.27.01

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/Malware.QVM30.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
Adware.BetterSurf.B5
3.15.14.00

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.BetterSurf!6.11BF
23.00.65.15325

Sophos
BetterSurf
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_SPNR.0BFL14
7.2.86

Trend Micro
TROJ_SPNR.0BFL14
10.465.27

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.BetterSurf
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4866310
38552

File size:
657.9 KB (673,732 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 2:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:SKe8LG4GQTq4OaQQTYJ8eP4/L5uO7D3f5B0q4ma/QTkJ8ePJ/R5uO7nU26lBJ:SKe8LG4GQm4OaHYJ8eP4D5uOHBBp4mag

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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