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setup2.exe

Media Player alpha 696

Media Player

The application setup2.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 Player

Product:
Media Player alpha 696

Version:
1.1

MD5:
d1fa634e925e9054751bec7d5278c72c

SHA-1:
923a584f902577b2806323178751bb21cb4476da

SHA-256:
73ebb6821d8325b0dc6b60eafadd5b9e261d967ce0b356c84c5ca1b7649534cb

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 7:29:38 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
680

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.BetterSurf
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Adware/Win32.BetterSurf
2014.02.07

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.129.216

avast!
NSIS:Amonetize-E [PUP]
2014.9-150327

AVG
Skodna.Generic_r
2016.0.3158

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BetterSurf
4.0.3.15327

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
1.0.20.430

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
17740

Dr.Web
Adware.BetterSurf.300
9.0.1.086

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
8.15.03.27.07

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.BetterSurf (variant)
9.9389

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/BetterSurf
3/27/2015

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
11.2015-27-03_6

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
15.3.24

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.BetterSurf
t3scan.2.2.29

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.BetterSurf
14.0.0.2283

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.MediaPlayerAlpha.A
v2015.03.27.07

McAfee
Artemis!D1FA634E925E
5600.6814

Microsoft Security Essentials
Adware:Win32/BetterSurf
1.165.247.01

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
16.0.0.258

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.BetterSurf.csovck
0.28.0.57630

Panda Antivirus
Generic Malware
15.03.27.07

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/Malware.QVM06.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.BetterSurf!6.11BF
23.00.65.15325

Sophos
BetterSurf
4.97

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_SPNR.0BB414
7.2.86

Trend Micro
TROJ_SPNR.0BB414
10.465.27

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.BetterSurf
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
BetterSurf
26196

File size:
943.4 KB (966,009 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 2:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:hOYkr7G4GHuo0fZLGFNfrGo0SZLNYPBhPs7:M2Oo2VMio/V6hPs7

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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