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setup-a.exe

Media Viewer alpha 175

Media Viewer

The application setup-a.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 28 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 175

Version:
1.1

MD5:
4ea43e57140d2e8d8d175de5642bee50

SHA-1:
abdefedcb9a02cbfd5d8bb639f40ebb06a5a7bba

SHA-256:
c7a151a03d45b2cae11af0125f80c0749912a259540b5f03fb7d2e8bbfabbd62

Scanner detections:
28 / 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:
4/23/2024 9:28:08 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.BetterSurf.F
928

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.133.196

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-140722

AVG
Skodna.Generic_r
2015.0.3406

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BetterSurf
4.0.3.14722

Bitdefender
Adware.BetterSurf.F
1.0.20.1015

Dr.Web
Adware.BetterSurf.597
9.0.1.0203

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.BetterSurf
8.14.07.22.04

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.BetterSurf (variant)
8.9476

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/BetterSurf
7/22/2014

F-Secure
Adware.BetterSurf.F
11.2014-22-07_3

G Data
Adware.BetterSurf
14.7.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Win32.SuspectCrc
t3scan.2.2.29

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.176.11278

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.BetterSurf
14.0.0.3524

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Amonetize.A
v2014.07.22.04

McAfee
Artemis!4EA43E57140D
5600.7062

Microsoft Security Essentials
Adware:Win32/BetterSurf
1.10302

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.BetterSurf.F
15.0.0.609

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.BetterSurf.csovck
0.28.0.58101

nProtect
Adware.BetterSurf.F
14.02.26.01

Panda Antivirus
Generic Malware
14.07.22.04

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/Malware.QVM06.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.BetterSurf!6.11BF
23.00.65.14720

Sophos
Generic PUA EM
4.98

Trend Micro
TROJ_SPNR.0BBO14
10.465.22

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.BetterSurf
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
26878

File size:
944.8 KB (967,449 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\setup-a.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/6/2009 6:50:52 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:fZoVsG4GfJMRo0dHvZjZLGFSGzBg8EtbQdiYMru0tHQZjZLdYuGzHg89007IaRb:fZmsG4Gxuo0fZLGFNflWu0GZLdYrmIIc

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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