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MediaWatchV1home14.dll

Media Watch home 14

The module MediaWatchV1home14.dll has been detected as adware by 17 anti-malware scanners. It is installed within the context of Internet Explore as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name ‘MediaWatchV1home14’. This file is typically installed with the program Media Watch by Adware.BetterSurf which is a potentially unwanted software program. 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.
Product:
Media Watch home 14

Description:
Media Watch

Version:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
88af6ce9f7737a57bc038459534c980b

SHA-1:
062b0ee2c241c560ab1953e23facea01a9756352

Scanner detections:
17 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
4/16/2024 1:16:25 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
928

AhnLab V3 Security
Adware/Win32.BetterSurf
14.07.22

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.138.108

AVG
Skodna.Generic_r
2015.0.3406

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BetterSurf
4.0.3.14722

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
1.0.20.1015

Dr.Web
Adware.BetterSurf.2
9.0.1.0203

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
8.14.07.22.05

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.BetterSurf (variant)
8.9576

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
11.2014-22-07_3

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
14.7.24

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.BetterSurf
14.0.0.3524

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
15.0.0.609

Panda Antivirus
Generic Malware
14.07.22.05

Reason Heuristics
Adware.MediaWatch.S
14.7.22.5

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.BetterSurf!6.11BF
23.00.65.14720

Sophos
Generic PUA AG
4.98

File size:
85 KB (87,040 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

Copyright:
(c) 2012-2014. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
MediaWatchV1home14.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\mediawatchv1\mediawatchv1home14\ie\mediawatchv1home14.dll

Registration
CLSID:
{baabc287-b2c7-4a05-8791-7df8555539e6}

COM registered:
Yes

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/20/2014 6:58:39 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:ry/YCsh1Eb2VGAtK7gjzAcTkWG7pXbxlQbNSO:CYT1Eb2VGOK76z27prxabNS

Entry address:
0x7A77

Entry point:
8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 0C, 01, 75, 05, E8, 3B, 38, 00, 00, FF, 75, 08, 8B, 4D, 10, 8B, 55, 0C, E8, EC, FE, FF, FF, 59, 5D, C2, 0C, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 68, CC, EF, 00, 10, FF, 15, 5C, E0, 00, 10, 85, C0, 74, 15, 68, BC, EF, 00, 10, 50, FF, 15, 60, E0, 00, 10, 85, C0, 74, 05, FF, 75, 08, FF, D0, 5D, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, FF, 75, 08, E8, C8, FF, FF, FF, 59, FF, 75, 08, FF, 15, D4, E0, 00, 10, CC, 6A, 08, E8, 57, 3D, 00, 00, 59, C3, 6A, 08, E8, 75, 3C, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 56, E8, 0F, 19, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.1046

Code size:
49 KB (50,176 bytes)

Internet Explorer BHO
Display name:
MediaWatchV1home14

CLSID:
{baabc287-b2c7-4a05-8791-7df8555539e6}

CLSID name:
Media Watch


The file MediaWatchV1home14.dll has been discovered within the following program.

Media Watch  by Adware.BetterSurf
Media Watch is an advertising supported application that injects ads in the user's web browser. It uses a cross-framework browser extension to overwrite and include banner and text-link ads.
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