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set-app.exe

Media Watch home 446

Media Watch

The application set-app.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 26 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:
Media Watch

Product:
Media Watch home 446

Version:
1.1

MD5:
c3189617230fdae1fa784b154c316f61

SHA-1:
3d54267d64afa251d7a855a0a358270cf96c741c

SHA-256:
26a38a90dd8324e81fd238448f5e6704f4c195cc91b7af29c988c644257c0f07

Scanner detections:
26 / 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:
4/20/2024 3:40:41 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.BetterSurf.H
922

AhnLab V3 Security
Adware/Win32.BetterSurf
14.07.27

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.138.142

avast!
Win32:Dropper-gen [Drp]
2014.9-140727

AVG
Skodna.Generic_r
2015.0.3400

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BetterSurf
4.0.3.14727

Bitdefender
Adware.BetterSurf.H
1.0.20.1040

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
17984

Dr.Web
Adware.BetterSurf.2
9.0.1.0208

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.BetterSurf
8.14.07.27.11

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.BetterSurf (variant)
8.9583

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/BetterSurf
7/27/2014

F-Secure
Adware.BetterSurf.H
11.2014-27-07_1

G Data
Adware.BetterSurf
14.7.24

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.BetterSurf
14.0.0.3495

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.MediaWatch.A
v2014.07.27.11

McAfee
Artemis!C3189617230F
5600.7056

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.BetterSurf.H
15.0.0.624

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.BetterSurf.cvrrct
0.28.0.58491

nProtect
Adware.BetterSurf.H
14.03.24.01

Panda Antivirus
Adware/BetterSurf
14.07.27.11

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/Malware.QVM06.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.BetterSurf!6.11BF
23.00.65.14725

Sophos
Generic PUA PD
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.R047B01CO14
7.2.208

VIPRE Antivirus
Adware.Bettersurf
27690

File size:
634.5 KB (649,734 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\set-app.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 4:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:S5s5XG4GjeZHkwuPikQ7lKH5p5H9x1ieZHkwuLiDQTlKJ5p+xWlfg:S5SXG4GjeZEXi37l6Br1ieZEjiMTlmWh

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:
7.9803

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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