Media Watch

Media Watch

Known Adware

by Adware.BetterSurf

What is Media Watch?

Media Watch is software application developed by Adware.BetterSurf. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 66.31% of installations running this operating system. Media Watch's installer is typically 550.00 KB in size and installs around 158 files.

Media Watch is most popular in the United States with 38.84% of installations residing in this country.

About Media Watch?

Media Watch is a browser extension that delivers advertisements to users while they browse the web. This software is supported by advertising and utilizes a cross-framework browser extension to display banner and text-link ads.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in Media Watch.

MediaWatchV1home268.dll (MD5: 62eb039f4bdc747cebeea4686792413c) has been flagged by 38 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Lavasoft Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
Agnitum Outpost PUA.BetterSurf!
AhnLab-V3 Adware/Win32.BetterSurf
Avira AntiVir ADWARE/Adware.Gen
Antiy-AVL GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.BetterSurf
AVG Skodna.Generic_r.HW
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.BetterSurf.aFWu
Bitdefender Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
Comodo Security ApplicUnwnt
Dr.Web Adware.BetterSurf.2
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844 (B)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/AdWare.BetterSurf.C
Fortinet FortiGate Adware/BetterSurf
F-Secure Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
G Data Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
Jiangmin AdWare/BetterSurf.b
K7 AntiVirus Adware ( 004918961 )
K7GW Adware ( 004918961 )
Kaspersky not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.BetterSurf.b
Kingsoft AntiVirus Win32.Troj.BetterSurf.b.(kcloud)
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.MediaWatch.A
McAfee Adware-BetterSurf
McAfee-GW-Edition Heuristic.BehavesLike.Win32.Suspicious.H
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
NANO AntiVirus Riskware.Win32.BetterSurf.cvrrct
Panda Antivirus Generic Malware
Qihoo-360 HEUR/Malware.QVM30.Gen
Rising Antivirus PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.169C56AC!379344556
Sophos BetterSurf
Symantec Adware.BL
Trend Micro TROJ_GEN.R0CBC0ECP14
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R0CBC0ECP14
Vba32 AntiVirus AdWare.BetterSurf
VIPRE Antivirus BetterSurf
nProtect Adware.BetterSurf.H
avast! Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
IKARUS anti.virus not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.BetterSurf
ViRobot Adware.BetterSurf.87040.BL
MediaWatchV1home265.dll (MD5: 90c8b78fb3219ebdafa8b493bd30c2ab) has been flagged by 31 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Lavasoft Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
Agnitum Outpost PUA.BetterSurf!
AhnLab-V3 Adware/Win32.BetterSurf
Avira AntiVir ADWARE/Adware.Gen
AVG Skodna.Generic_r.HW
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.BetterSurf.AND
Bitdefender Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
Dr.Web Adware.BetterSurf.2
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844 (B)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/AdWare.BetterSurf.C
F-Secure Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
G Data Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
Jiangmin AdWare/BetterSurf.b
Kaspersky not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.BetterSurf.b
Kingsoft AntiVirus Win32.Troj.BetterSurf.b.(kcloud)
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.MediaWatch.A
McAfee-GW-Edition Heuristic.BehavesLike.Win32.Suspicious.H
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
Panda Antivirus Generic Malware
Rising Antivirus PE:Malware.BetterSurf!6.11BF
Sophos Generic PUA GG
Symantec Adware.BL
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R08NH07CN14
VIPRE Antivirus BetterSurf
Antiy-AVL GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.BetterSurf
Comodo Security Application.Win32.AdWare.BetterSurf.C
McAfee Adware-BetterSurf
NANO AntiVirus Riskware.Win32.BetterSurf.cvtdtw
nProtect Adware.BetterSurf.H
Qihoo-360 HEUR/Malware.QVM30.Gen
Fortinet FortiGate Adware/BetterSurf
MediaWatchV1home2642.dll (MD5: 262a2e8a001b0ecd1a668d2590895f66) has been flagged by 29 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Lavasoft Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
AhnLab-V3 Adware/Win32.BetterSurf
Avira AntiVir ADWARE/Adware.Gen
AVG Skodna.Generic_r.HW
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.BetterSurf.aT
Bitdefender Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
Dr.Web Adware.BetterSurf.2
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844 (B)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/AdWare.BetterSurf.C
F-Secure Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
G Data Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
Jiangmin AdWare/BetterSurf.b
Kaspersky not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.BetterSurf.b
Kingsoft AntiVirus Win32.Troj.BetterSurf.b.(kcloud)
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.MediaWatch.A
McAfee-GW-Edition Heuristic.BehavesLike.Win32.Suspicious.H
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
Panda Antivirus Generic Malware
Qihoo-360 HEUR/Malware.QVM30.Gen
Rising Antivirus PE:Malware.BetterSurf!6.11BF
Sophos Generic PUA CC
Symantec Adware.BL
VIPRE Antivirus BetterSurf
McAfee Adware-BetterSurf
NANO AntiVirus Riskware.Win32.BetterSurf.cvtdtw
Comodo Security ApplicUnwnt
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R08NH07CN14
nProtect Adware.BetterSurf.H
Antiy-AVL GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.BetterSurf
MediaWatchV1home256.dll (MD5: 50287905d153016517eec4c737443291) has been flagged by 37 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Lavasoft Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
Agnitum Outpost PUA.BetterSurf!
AhnLab-V3 Adware/Win32.BetterSurf
Avira AntiVir ADWARE/Adware.Gen
Antiy-AVL GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.BetterSurf
AVG Skodna.Generic_r.HW
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.BetterSurf.Aee
Bitdefender Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
Comodo Security ApplicUnwnt
Dr.Web Adware.BetterSurf.2
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844 (B)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/AdWare.BetterSurf.C
Fortinet FortiGate Adware/BetterSurf
F-Secure Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
G Data Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
Jiangmin AdWare/BetterSurf.b
K7 AntiVirus Unwanted-Program ( 0040f7f51 )
K7GW Unwanted-Program ( 0040f7f51 )
Kingsoft AntiVirus Win32.Troj.BetterSurf.b.(kcloud)
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.MediaWatch.A
McAfee Adware-BetterSurf
McAfee-GW-Edition Heuristic.BehavesLike.Win32.Suspicious.H
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
NANO AntiVirus Riskware.Win32.BetterSurf.cvrrct
Panda Antivirus Generic Malware
Qihoo-360 HEUR/Malware.QVM30.Gen
Rising Antivirus PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.169BDF93!379314067
Sophos BetterSurf
Symantec WS.Reputation.1
Trend Micro TROJ_GEN.R0CBC0PCQ14
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R0CBC0PCQ14
VIPRE Antivirus BetterSurf
Kaspersky not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.BetterSurf.b
nProtect Adware.BetterSurf.H
avast! Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
Vba32 AntiVirus AdWare.BetterSurf
IKARUS anti.virus not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.BetterSurf
MediaWatchV1home254.dll (MD5: 4a61cd9c59c5c13bc58063c124dbb4fd) has been flagged by 24 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Lavasoft Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
AhnLab-V3 Adware/Win32.BetterSurf
Avira AntiVir ADWARE/Adware.Gen
AVG Skodna.Generic_r.HW
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.BetterSurf.aPax
Bitdefender Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
Dr.Web Adware.BetterSurf.2
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844 (B)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/AdWare.BetterSurf.C
F-Secure Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
G Data Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
Jiangmin AdWare/BetterSurf.b
Kaspersky not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.BetterSurf.b
Kingsoft AntiVirus Win32.Troj.BetterSurf.b.(kcloud)
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.125844
Panda Antivirus Generic Malware
Rising Antivirus PE:Malware.BetterSurf!6.11BF
Symantec Adware.BL
VIPRE Antivirus BetterSurf
Qihoo-360 HEUR/Malware.QVM30.Gen
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R0C1H07CM14
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.MediaWatch.A
McAfee-GW-Edition Heuristic.BehavesLike.Win32.Suspicious.H
Sophos Generic PUA AG

Software Details

URL:
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Support:
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Installation path:
C:\Program Files\mediawatchv1\mediawatchv1home135
Uninstaller:
C:\Program Files\MediaWatchV1\MediaWatchV1home135\uninstall.exe
Size:
550.00 KB
Language:
English

Media Watch Executable Details

Primary executable:
MediaWatchV1home279.dll
Name:
Media Watch
Path:
C:\Program Files\mediawatchv1\mediawatchv1home135\MediaWatchV1home279.dll
MD5:
02e308c7aaabc7355d164441dcccf109
SHA-1:
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SHA-256:
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Files installed by Media Watch
File Type Filename MD5
DLL
MediaWatchV1home5113.dll
807f9402707a7276b119749dda492fe5
DLL
MediaWatchV1home8766.dll
3162f3dbfa5bf997dbfd97b641edc59e
DLL
MediaWatchV1home1102.dll
be53252f921a02fbb0687697d2d9ac78
DLL
MediaWatchV1home837.dll
Adware
70814fc096b21ec86816ffda4c0c5558
DLL
MediaWatchV1home5785.dll
facd5775519bcb1273040e8600ec8985
DLL
MediaWatchV1home75.dll
6657b55dfd523726430e0ed6bb667429
DLL
MediaWatchV1home728.dll
Adware
013e420b8eddb55a0901df4446e02c7f
DLL
MediaWatchV1home8805.dll
e611d24845435d571b4f85106e6a90b0
DLL
MediaWatchV1home514.dll
Adware
52c7cd72b7609ac36a9723657420ce41
DLL
MediaWatchV1home2175.dll
99bfcaaa2959743f45d80aec71c9fc68