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set-app.exe

Media Watch home 309

Media Watch

The application set-app.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 23 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 309

Version:
1.1

MD5:
b84ac977f087a2038174fd0167bfe221

SHA-1:
77bf6d6d3c81f67724d2b2e19c2e423f40f2a3cc

SHA-256:
137573755a7b5ba59c424877cb0f4f3370e024535c5987a7e22c8f74d244a020

Scanner detections:
23 / 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:
5/1/2024 1:12:10 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
957

AhnLab V3 Security
Adware/Win32.BetterSurf
14.06.23

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.138.122

AVG
Skodna.Generic_r
2015.0.3435

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BetterSurf
4.0.3.14623

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
1.0.20.870

Dr.Web
Adware.BetterSurf.2
9.0.1.0174

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
8.14.06.23.10

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.BetterSurf (variant)
8.9579

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/BetterSurf
6/23/2014

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
11.2014-23-06_2

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
14.6.24

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.BetterSurf
14.0.0.3668

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.MediaWatch.A
v2014.06.23.10

McAfee
Artemis!B84AC977F087
5600.7091

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
15.0.0.522

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Script.BetterSurf.ctbzhb
0.28.0.58491

Panda Antivirus
Generic Malware
14.06.23.10

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/Malware.QVM06.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.BetterSurf!6.11BF
23.00.65.14621

Sophos
Generic PUA JE
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.R08NB01CN14
7.2.174

VIPRE Antivirus
Adware.Bettersurf
27676

File size:
634.5 KB (649,708 bytes)

Product version:
1.1

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\set-app.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 11:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:OWa13MlM9tLG4GjeZHkwuPikQ7lKH5p5H9x1eeZHkwuLi5QhlKL5pyCsQzdjVWP:OWaxe2G4GjeZEXi37l6Br1eeZEjiuhlV

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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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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