BetterSurf Plus V1

BetterSurf Plus V1

Known Malware

by Better Surf

What is BetterSurf Plus V1?

BetterSurf Plus V1 is software application developed by Better Surf. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 53.85% of installations running this operating system. BetterSurf Plus V1's installer is typically 498.00 KB in size and installs around 2 files.

BetterSurf Plus V1 is most popular in the United States with 39.06% of installations residing in this country.

About BetterSurf Plus V1?

Better Surf is a web browser plugin available for Internet Explorer, Chrome, and Firefox. It is designed to modify the user's home and search pages, as well as to incorporate contextual advertising into the pages visited by users. BetterSurf displays ads as users browse the Internet, specifically replacing normal ads with custom ones in Google and Bing Search. However, it has been noted that these custom ads can redirect users to potentially harmful sites, a practice known as malvertising. Additionally, Better Surf may occasionally redirect the browser from its intended destination and prompt the user to install software on their PC or complete surveys.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in BetterSurf Plus V1.

BetterSrf.dll (MD5: dab2dc391f349e6f264cdace9e132fc6) has been flagged by 32 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Lavasoft Ad-Aware Application.Generic.582798
Agnitum Outpost Adware.BetterSurf
AhnLab-V3 Adware/Win32.BetterSurf
Avira AntiVir ADWARE/Adware.Gen
Antiy-AVL AdWare/Win32.BetterSurf
avast! Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
AVG Skodna.Generic_r
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.BetterSurf.aPn
Bitdefender Application.Generic.582798
Bkav FE W32.Clodd32.Trojan
CAT-QuickHeal Adware.BetterSurf (Not a Virus)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/AdWare.BetterSurf.C
Fortinet FortiGate Adware/BetterSurf
G Data Application.Generic.582798
IKARUS anti.virus AdWare.Win32.BetterSurf
Jiangmin AdWare/BetterSurf.b
K7 AntiVirus Riskware
K7GW Riskware ( 0040f01a1 )
Kaspersky not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.BetterSurf
Kingsoft AntiVirus Win32.Troj.BetterSurf.b.(kcloud)
Malwarebytes Adware.BetterSurf
McAfee Artemis!DAB2DC391F34
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis!DAB2DC391F34
Microsoft Security Essentials Adware:Win32/BetterSurf
MicroWorld-eScan Application.Generic.582798
Panda Antivirus Adware/BetterSurf
Rising Antivirus PE:Malware.BetterSurf!6.11BF
Sophos Generic PUA JI
Trend Micro TROJ_SPNR.0BLN13
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_SPNR.0BLN13
Vba32 AntiVirus AdWare.BetterSurf
VIPRE Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT

Software Details

URL:
Support:
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\bettersurf\bettersurfplusv1
Uninstaller:
C:\Program Files\BetterSurf\BetterSurfPlusV1\uninstall.exe
Size:
498.00 KB
Language:
English

BetterSurf Plus V1 Executable Details

Primary executable:
BetterSrf.dll
Name:
BetterSurf Plus V1
Path:
C:\Program Files\bettersurf\bettersurfplusv1\BetterSrf.dll
MD5:
dab2dc391f349e6f264cdace9e132fc6
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by BetterSurf Plus V1
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
43e7a153fd6b98fe00c02ce80848b672
DLL
dab2dc391f349e6f264cdace9e132fc6