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
MediaWatchV1home225.dll
Adware
bb2c227e9250a49db62d181bf5d9d75d
DLL
MediaWatchV1home2241.dll
Malware
0478977607720ed8282649782e14eaf8
DLL
MediaWatchV1home2172.dll
Adware
8a065fbfe3b048f1e77ab0aa92533d44
DLL
MediaWatchV1home215.dll
Malware
bcc3189e4925a8105b5e243695182939
DLL
MediaWatchV1home213.dll
Malware
0c271899349e6a570d93584e261c9368
DLL
MediaWatchV1home2091.dll
Malware
f8d6ceb6f8461003c5c57b18ffc63243
DLL
MediaWatchV1home204.dll
Adware
3be2997638a0e8fd9d8cb93b3c90ef90
DLL
MediaWatchV1home197.dll
Malware
e3e6d630bb03d2c0f4b53f5316f65902
DLL
MediaWatchV1home195.dll
Adware
9ae97451364d2d26233e0afcf935f342
DLL
MediaWatchV1home193.dll
Adware
d40579bc6cdc0a90b03f47d0f6bbab1e