MediaPlayerEnhance

MediaPlayerEnhance

Known Malware

by Crossrider Advanced Technologies Ltd. (Platform)

What is MediaPlayerEnhance?

MediaPlayerEnhance is software application developed by Crossrider Advanced Technologies Ltd. (Platform). It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 64.54% of installations running this operating system. MediaPlayerEnhance's installer is typically 9.00 MB in size and installs around 13 files. The most common release is 1.34.2.13 with 79.03% of all installations currently using this version.

MediaPlayerEnhance is most popular in the United States with 55.88% of installations residing in this country.

MediaPlayerEnhance adds 1 scheduled task to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times.

About MediaPlayerEnhance?

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Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in MediaPlayerEnhance.

utils.exe (MD5: 8f1418777092fcf7a34eea552fe809eb) has been flagged by 15 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Bkav FE HW32.CDB
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.CrossRider.A
AVG Generic5.ANDC
Comodo Security ApplicUnwnt
Dr.Web Trojan.Crossrider.950
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.W
Fortinet FortiGate Riskware/Toolbar_CrossRider
McAfee Adware-AddLyrics!7F3BACEB4A58
McAfee-GW-Edition Adware-AddLyrics!7F3BACEB4A58
Sophos Generic PUA DK
Symantec Adware.Crossid
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.F47V0213
VIPRE Antivirus Crossrider (fs)
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Win32.SGeneric
K7GW Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 )
MediaPlayerEnhance-validator.exe (MD5: c33562b08146daed6509b2fb91004fe0) has been flagged by 8 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.S
Fortinet FortiGate Riskware/Toolbar_CrossRider
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.MediaPlayerEnhance.A
McAfee Adware-AddLyrics!C33562B08146
McAfee-GW-Edition Adware-AddLyrics!C33562B08146
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.F47V0212
VIPRE Antivirus Crossrider (fs)
AVG MultiBundle.M
MediaPlayerEnhance-updater.exe (MD5: 7f3baceb4a58a46808434cd3e88b76e8) has been flagged by 14 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
AVG Generic5.ANDC
Comodo Security ApplicUnwnt
Dr.Web Trojan.Crossrider.950
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.W
Fortinet FortiGate Riskware/Toolbar_CrossRider
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.MediaPlayerEnhance.A
McAfee Adware-AddLyrics!7F3BACEB4A58
McAfee-GW-Edition Adware-AddLyrics!7F3BACEB4A58
Sophos Generic PUA DK
Symantec Adware.Crossid
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.F47V0213
VIPRE Antivirus Crossrider (fs)
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Win32.SGeneric
K7GW Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 )
MediaPlayerEnhance-firefoxinstaller.exe (MD5: 3113a7f03804407c533e4cfadc3d59b8) has been flagged by 13 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
AVG Generic5.ANDB
Comodo Security ApplicUnwnt
Dr.Web Trojan.Crossrider.950
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.Y
Fortinet FortiGate Riskware/Toolbar_CrossRider
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.MediaPlayerEnhance.A
McAfee Adware-AddLyrics!3113A7F03804
McAfee-GW-Edition Adware-AddLyrics!3113A7F03804
Symantec Adware.Crossid
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.F47V0212
VIPRE Antivirus Crossrider (fs)
Sophos Generic PUA OP
K7GW Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 )
MediaPlayerEnhance-enabler.exe (MD5: d848c2869604ed770c6d5961f45a0aaf) has been flagged by 14 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Win32.SGeneric
AVG Generic5.ANCJ
Comodo Security ApplicUnwnt
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.X
Fortinet FortiGate Riskware/Toolbar_CrossRider
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.MediaPlayerEnhance.A
McAfee Adware-AddLyrics
McAfee-GW-Edition Adware-AddLyrics
Sophos Generic PUA FI
Symantec Adware.Crossid
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.F47V0227
VIPRE Antivirus Crossrider (fs)
Dr.Web Trojan.Crossrider.950
K7GW Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 )

Software Behaviors

Scheduled tasks:
  • MediaPlayerEnhance-enabler.exe is scheduled as a task named 'temp_MediaPlayerEnhance-enabler'.

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:
  • MediaPlayerEnhance-codedownloader.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named MediaPlayerEnhance-codedownloader.
  • MediaPlayerEnhance-updater.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named MediaPlayerEnhance-updater.
  • MediaPlayerEnhance-firefoxinstaller.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named MediaPlayerEnhance-firefoxinstaller.
  • MediaPlayerEnhance-enabler.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named MediaPlayerEnhance-enabler.
  • MediaPlayerEnhance-chromeinstaller.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named MediaPlayerEnhance-chromeinstaller.
  • MediaPlayerEnhance-validator.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named MediaPlayerEnhance-validator.

Software Details

URL:
https://crossrider.com/pages/privacy
Support:
–
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\mediaplayerenhance
Uninstaller:
C:\Program Files\MediaPlayerEnhance\Uninstall.exe /fromcontrolpanel=1
Size:
9.00 MB
Language:
English

MediaPlayerEnhance Executable Details

Primary executable:
utils.exe
Name:
MediaPlayerEnhance
Path:
C:\Program Files\mediaplayerenhance\utils.exe
MD5:
8f1418777092fcf7a34eea552fe809eb
SHA-1:
–
SHA-256:
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Files installed by MediaPlayerEnhance
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
fd3adff0b8e47a6ac5dc1ea969d21077
EXE
utils.exe
Malware
8f1418777092fcf7a34eea552fe809eb
CRX
86982b266b2add701477e7f53a6a927f
XPI
6ac15b6cbe7ed9320ff3add75cd852b0
EXE
c33562b08146daed6509b2fb91004fe0
EXE
7f3baceb4a58a46808434cd3e88b76e8
EXE
3113a7f03804407c533e4cfadc3d59b8
EXE
d848c2869604ed770c6d5961f45a0aaf
EXE
4f900141cfef712a36551cd39f9adc53
EXE
762ab50f521d3b80cc6d1dbdb9ad27a1