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setup-a.exe

Media Viewer alpha 996

Media Viewer

The application setup-a.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 30 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:
Media Viewer

Product:
Media Viewer alpha 996

Version:
1.1

MD5:
b58b7c84893739687db2e9783f5da23e

SHA-1:
36ef2092aada9c771f6a785aff242d1ad10a788c

SHA-256:
a5724259a8c8d47f65bd9fe32ff1c8e7c916ffaca204bb74156b837f8baddb4a

Scanner detections:
30 / 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 5:46:46 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
1023

AhnLab V3 Security
Adware/Win32.BetterSurf
2014.03.01

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.134.24

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-140417

AVG
Skodna.Generic_r
2015.0.3501

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BetterSurf
4.0.3.14417

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
1.0.20.535

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
17862

Dr.Web
Adware.BetterSurf.2
9.0.1.0107

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
8.14.04.17.11

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.BetterSurf (variant)
8.9486

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/BetterSurf
4/17/2014

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
11.2014-17-04_5

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
14.4.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Win32.SuspectCrc
t3scan.2.2.29

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.176.11302

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.BetterSurf
14.0.0.4000

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Amonetize.A
v2014.04.17.11

McAfee
Artemis!B58B7C848937
5600.7157

Microsoft Security Essentials
Adware:Win32/BetterSurf
1.10302

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
15.0.0.321

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.BetterSurf.csovck
0.28.0.58101

Panda Antivirus
Generic Malware
14.04.17.11

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/Malware.QVM06.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.BetterSurf!6.11BF
23.00.65.14415

Sophos
Generic PUA GG
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_SPNR.0BBO14
7.2.107

Trend Micro
TROJ_SPNR.0BBO14
10.465.17

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.BetterSurf
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Adware.Win32.Better.a
26946

File size:
944.8 KB (967,434 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\setup-a.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 10:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:sb3ET+G4Gxuo0fZLGFNfIku04ZLrmXVMV:eET9so2VMHuZVvV

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:
7.9897

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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