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setup2.exe

Media Player alpha 1417

Media Player

The application setup2.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 29 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 1417

Version:
1.1

MD5:
91f7e9cae2807785e6f321bf903a8235

SHA-1:
cad24fa905f6fa3c949d0fcd918a3ecea671392d

SHA-256:
e7c414a80401362dbc6b1aac1f58f5d3d17667754304aea2b5b31a2ef7161b58

Scanner detections:
29 / 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:
4/25/2024 8:40:24 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

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

AhnLab V3 Security
Adware/Win32.BetterSurf
14.04.18

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.144.32

avast!
NSIS:Amonetize-E [PUP]
2014.9-140418

AVG
Skodna.Generic_r
2015.0.3501

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BetterSurf
4.0.3.14418

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
1.0.20.540

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AdWare.BetterSurf.C
18123

Dr.Web
Adware.BetterSurf.805
9.0.1.0108

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
8.14.04.18.12

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.BetterSurf (variant)
8.9692

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/BetterSurf
4/18/2014

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
11.2014-18-04_6

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

IKARUS anti.virus
Win32.SuspectCrc
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.176.11784

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

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.MediaPlayerAlpha.A
v2014.04.18.12

McAfee
Adware-BetterSurf
5600.7157

Microsoft Security Essentials
Adware:Win32/BetterSurf
1.10502

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
15.0.0.324

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.BetterSurf.crmvtp
0.28.0.59288

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/Malware.QVM06.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.BetterSurf!6.11BF
23.00.65.14416

Sophos
BetterSurf
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_SPNR.0BBI14
7.2.108

Trend Micro
TROJ_SPNR.0BBI14
10.465.18

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.BetterSurf
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Adware.Bettersurf
28344

File size:
943.4 KB (966,012 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 3:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:oYn7WdukG4GhJMRo0dHvZjZLGFSGzBg8EtbQdBMMfk0THSZjZLLk4GzFg8VH7:oYn7+ukG4GHuo0fZLGFNfe6k0+ZLLkvd

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:
7.9896

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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