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setup2.exe

Media Player alpha 1974

Media Player

The application setup2.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 35 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 Player

Product:
Media Player alpha 1974

Version:
1.1

MD5:
ba51b98829f863feb79f7e97f698a23c

SHA-1:
1aa46c86c10f6d12ccd8e7aa7c2c87327b78b937

SHA-256:
3722b1a00e510add12c675e0c80637b8d72a3ac54d38b50c306ffa8bd05883c6

Scanner detections:
35 / 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 5:30:49 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.43685
835

AegisLab AV Signature
AdWare.W32.BetterSurf
2.1.4+

AhnLab V3 Security
Adware/Win32.BetterSurf
2014.10.23

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
7.11.180.174

avast!
Adware-gen [Adw]
141003-0

AVG
Adware Skodna.Generic_r.HW
2014.0.4040

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BetterSurf
4.0.3.141022

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.43685
1.0.20.1475

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Bettersurf-5
0.98/21411

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AdWare.BetterSurf.C
19873

Dr.Web
Adware.BetterSurf.698
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.43685
14.10.22

ESET NOD32
multiple threats
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/BetterSurf
10/22/2014

F-Prot
W32/Medfos.AE3.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.43685
11.2014-22-10_4

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.43685
14.10.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Win32.SuspectCrc
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.184.13741

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.BetterSurf
15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.MediaPlayerAlpha.A
v2014.10.22.07

McAfee
Adware-BetterSurf
5600.6969

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.187.228.0

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.43685
15.0.0.885

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.BetterSurf.crmvtp
0.28.2.62841

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.BetterSurf.966014
14.10.22.01

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/Malware.QVM06.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
Adware.BetterSurf.B5
10.14.14.00

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.BetterSurf!6.11BF
23.00.65.141020

Sophos
BetterSurf
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.BetterSurf/Variant
10283

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_SPNR.0BB414
7.2.295

Trend Micro
TROJ_SPNR.0BB414
10.465.22

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.BetterSurf
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4866310
33706

File size:
943.4 KB (966,014 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\setup2.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:gy+1I8G4GHuo0fZLGFNfDoM0sZL3+xTNH:5+K7Oo2VMsMlVKNH

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:
7.9895

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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