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MediaWatchV1home3989.dll

Media Watch home 3989

The module MediaWatchV1home3989.dll has been detected as adware by 30 anti-malware scanners. It is installed within the context of Internet Explore as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name ‘MediaWatchV1home3989’. 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 3989

Description:
Media Watch

Version:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
ae740e62d87a5291bb03efd9a0b124d1

SHA-1:
8acf1894bba29e644ec1c7ad767c34f07ec6d92b

SHA-256:
c9abea35c8a0b17c7ca7ba1a733d8e375c7ae47a2186a7f6023a3a5dd65fc577

Scanner detections:
30 / 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:
4/25/2024 6:28:58 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
801

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.BetterSurf
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Adware/Win32.BetterSurf
14.11.26

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.141.246

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-141126

AVG
Skodna.Generic_r
2015.0.3279

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BetterSurf
4.0.3.141126

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
1.0.20.1650

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AdWare.BetterSurf.C
18069

Dr.Web
Adware.BetterSurf.2
9.0.1.0330

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
8.14.11.26.07

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.BetterSurf (variant)
8.9650

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/BetterSurf
11/26/2014

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
11.2014-26-11_4

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

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.176.11696

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.BetterSurf
14.0.0.2889

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.MediaWatch.A
v2014.11.26.07

McAfee
Adware-BetterSurf
5600.6935

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
15.0.0.990

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.BetterSurf.cvthxc
0.28.0.59048

Panda Antivirus
Generic Malware
14.11.26.07

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/Malware.QVM30.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
Adware.MediaWatch.BHO.U
14.11.26.7

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.BetterSurf!6.11BF
23.00.65.141124

Sophos
BetterSurf
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.R08NC0ED614
7.2.330

Trend Micro
TROJ_GEN.R08NC0ED614
10.465.26

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.BetterSurf
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BetterSurf.a
28128

File size:
85 KB (87,040 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

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

Original file name:
MediaWatchV1home3989.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\mediawatchv1\mediawatchv1home3989\ie\mediawatchv1home3989.dll

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/20/2014 10:49:00 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:f8/1CsEmka04RhRtahrOb8DkhIPHA9glQwhe5:I12mka0ElahrOcPguawhe

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, D8, EF, 00, 10, FF, 15, 5C, E0, 00, 10, 85, C0, 74, 15, 68, C8, 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:
6.1066

Code size:
49 KB (50,176 bytes)

Internet Explorer BHO
Display name:
MediaWatchV1home3989

CLSID:
{43e4ca8d-eb8e-4e50-a0fd-be39f023890b}

CLSID name:
Media Watch


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