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
MediaWatchV1home3044.dll
6afa369798746e4c4835ae1ef2e9f9fc
DLL
MediaWatchV1home660.dll
Malware
318306f17e0ad0dd4634c1ff9a227487
DLL
MediaWatchV1home720.dll
Adware
bf557296caed23d571cbeedd4020b1f1
DLL
MediaWatchV1home8039.dll
e31c093add21d705a81e27dc5f6253d2
DLL
MediaWatchV1home372.dll
5510edf9ffcfc0414133f15380590cf4
DLL
MediaWatchV1home3624.dll
a94c02bd2bff8d9d5b20266325f71053
DLL
MediaWatchV1home2316.dll
106d80352ab30713c403ba5ab340f314
DLL
MediaWatchV1home2223.dll
6946210635fe104cfe9ae525e1a0c0d0
DLL
MediaWatchV1home9187.dll
5fcfa84cdfe0c2d20da12432aff996d2
DLL
MediaWatchV1home20.dll
a0c0a25db1fd2bb8d4acc6719e935eb2