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setup-a.exe

Media Viewer alpha 338

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 338

Version:
1.1

MD5:
c80281470a73df5029767c9f950ce12c

SHA-1:
95ff4facec0f488fd3447108175874df9139aa7c

SHA-256:
82e32eee5cbbdd3787d85b4a531c04827c60068859ddab321c2c9df3544aba7d

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:
5/10/2024 9:25:36 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
521

AhnLab V3 Security
Adware/Win32.BetterSurf
2014.02.26

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.133.168

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-150901

AVG
Skodna.Generic_r
2016.0.2999

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BetterSurf
4.0.3.1591

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
1.0.20.1220

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AdWare.BetterSurf.B
17846

Dr.Web
Adware.BetterSurf.2
9.0.1.0244

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
8.15.09.01.04

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.BetterSurf (variant)
9.9471

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/BetterSurf
9/1/2015

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
11.2015-01-09_3

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
15.9.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Win32.SuspectCrc
t3scan.2.2.29

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.BetterSurf
14.0.0.1492

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Amonetize.A
v2015.09.01.04

McAfee
Artemis!C80281470A73
5600.6655

Microsoft Security Essentials
Adware:Win32/BetterSurf
1.10302

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
16.0.0.732

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.BetterSurf.csovck
0.28.0.58101

Panda Antivirus
Generic Malware
15.09.01.04

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/Malware.QVM06.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Revizor.MediaView.Installer.Meta (M)
15.9.1.16

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.BetterSurf!6.11BF
23.00.65.15830

Sophos
Generic PUA GP
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_SPNR.0BBO14
7.2.244

Trend Micro
TROJ_SPNR.0BBO14
10.465.01

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.BetterSurf
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Adware.Win32.Better.a
26846

File size:
944.8 KB (967,425 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:
12/6/2009 12:50:52 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:KTCr5GG4Gxuo0fZLGFNfom+0CZLnWDKoF:Nrjso2VMZ+HVi

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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