Categories: PUA

What is “PUP.Optional.MediaView”?

The PUP.Optional.MediaView is considered dangerous by lots of security experts. When this infection is active, you may notice unwanted processes in Task Manager list. In this case, it is adviced to scan your computer with GridinSoft Anti-Malware.

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What PUP.Optional.MediaView virus can do?

Sample contains Overlay data
Reads data out of its own binary image
Drops a binary and executes it
Authenticode signature is invalid
Creates a copy of itself
Deletes executed files from disk

How to determine PUP.Optional.MediaView?


File Info:
name: D90DB8F8F659E9F22440.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/31a042a8bd5593ce57c5bd2747d906733ffdbdcbd1bb5d45b552fa9e4534a134crc32: 045F446Cmd5: d90db8f8f659e9f22440b012c5c3f1edsha1: bfef946da283e8b31ece9db5a998946e75715f03sha256: 31a042a8bd5593ce57c5bd2747d906733ffdbdcbd1bb5d45b552fa9e4534a134sha512: 014f116513f35796f9aca3f670bd66fc50b2b9b26484f56479aa7d2413bc886a9232b332e3442ff8a740c462be9023ed53b07053f035451d4e87d5097b3168f3ssdeep: 6144:Ee34Qjey7/Zmhg9ud3/9yfDwaEqmjkFxx0rwzxoIdULRw7:lx7AhzNFQDXZXZxoIuLRw7type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T171541207BAC088FBDBCA087116B3777AEF3555E9206A6507AF180F4D7E24D2DF51A062sha3_384: 1c527a634b2aa56406b0477b714eba970e3e0de9e6d12092770d1ccfa49615a080b01e17e00148d85368373de8b20f16ep_bytes: 81ec8001000053555633db57895c2418timestamp: 2009-12-05 22:50:52
Version Info:
CompanyName: Media ViewCompanyWebsite: FileDescription: FileVersion: 1.1LegalCopyright: ProductName: Media View alpha 8406ProductVersion: 1.1Translation: 0x0000 0x04e4

PUP.Optional.MediaView also known as:

Bkav	W32.AIDetectMalware
Lionic	Riskware.Win32.Generic.1!c
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Adware.Nemesis.1
FireEye	Gen:Variant.Adware.Nemesis.1
CAT-QuickHeal	Adware.Bettersurf.PR5
Skyhigh	RDN/Generic PUP.x
McAfee	Artemis!D90DB8F8F659
Cylance	unsafe
Sangfor	Suspicious.Win32.Save.ins
CrowdStrike	win/grayware_confidence_100% (D)
Alibaba	AdWare:Win32/Amonetize.10c055a3
K7GW	Adware ( 004be8fb1 )
K7AntiVirus	Adware ( 004be8fb1 )
VirIT	Adware.Win32.MediaView.C
Symantec	Trojan.Gen.2
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/Amonetize.X potentially unwanted
APEX	Malicious
Kaspersky	not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Amonetize.fqlk
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Adware.Nemesis.1
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.Amonetize.deipam
SUPERAntiSpyware	PUP.MediaView/Variant
Avast	Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Adware.Nemesis.1 (B)
F-Secure	Adware.ADWARE/Amonetize.Gen7
DrWeb	Trojan.Amonetize.347
VIPRE	Gen:Variant.Adware.Nemesis.1
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R03BC0DHA23
Trapmine	malicious.high.ml.score
Sophos	Generic ML PUA (PUA)
GData	Win32.Adware.Amonetize.M
Jiangmin	AdWare.Amonetize.arrb
Webroot	W32.Adware.Gen
Google	Detected
Avira	ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
Varist	W32/Amonetize.CN.gen!Eldorado
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric
Kingsoft	malware.kb.a.883
Xcitium	Application.Win32.Amonetize.B@581td2
Arcabit	Trojan.Adware.Nemesis.1 [many]
ZoneAlarm	not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Amonetize.fqlk
Microsoft	PUA:Win32/Bitrepeyp.B
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
AhnLab-V3	PUP/Win32.Amonetize.R96015
VBA32	Adware.Amonetize
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Adware.Nemesis.1
MAX	malware (ai score=86)
Malwarebytes	PUP.Optional.MediaView
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R03BC0DHA23
Rising	PUF.Amonetize!8.C5 (TFE:5:cqV4nwXZiWC)
Yandex	PUA.Amonetize!5jowuIZyZOc
SentinelOne	Static AI – Suspicious PE
Fortinet	NSIS/Amonetize.F!tr
AVG	Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
DeepInstinct	MALICIOUS