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1stbrowser.exe

Installer

SIEN S.A.

This is the SIEN AppScion Installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application 1stbrowser.exe by SIEN S.A has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the SIEN SuperInstall installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from stapibrowser.getinstall.org. While running, it connects to the Internet address www.ibbalance.com on port 443.
Publisher:
SIEN  (signed by SIEN S.A.)

Product:
Installer

Version:
3.48.3.2

MD5:
7b522f2b7c72ef2a2c7676a18164c7ef

SHA-1:
e12f342787ef3ed864083597aeaea114003e7020

SHA-256:
96bc0f4c1982d0322ea267b0f5cfb2a2901465f1661fc1fd9d0fd2cde689d817

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
11/23/2024 2:47:49 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Sien (M)
17.3.15.4

File size:
3.7 MB (3,832,424 bytes)

Product version:
3.48.3.2

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
Installer.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
SIEN SuperInstall

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\1stbrowser.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SIEN S.A.

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
6/15/2015 11:50:10 AM

Valid to:
6/15/2016 11:50:10 AM

Subject:
CN=SIEN S.A., O=SIEN S.A., L=Paris, C=FR

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121D1DF1CB73206967A3311ED8724668997

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/25/2015 12:28:00 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

Entry address:
0x2092F1

Entry point:
E8, 55, 3E, 02, 00, E9, 39, FE, FF, FF, 8B, 4D, F4, 64, 89, 0D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 59, 5F, 5F, 5E, 5B, 8B, E5, 5D, 51, C3, 8B, 4D, F0, 33, CD, E8, EB, AB, FF, FF, E9, DD, FF, FF, FF, 8B, 4D, EC, 33, CD, E8, DC, AB, FF, FF, E9, CE, FF, FF, FF, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 64, 24, 0C, 53, 56, 57, 89, 28, 8B, E8, A1, 90, 24, 72, 00, 33, C5, 50, FF, 75, FC, C7, 45, FC, FF, FF, FF, FF, 8D, 45, F4, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, C3, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 64, 24, 0C, 53...
 
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Code size:
2.5 MB (2,642,432 bytes)

The file 1stbrowser.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://stapibrowser.getinstall.org/1stBrowser/.../setup.exe

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to www.softologic.com  (174.37.181.31:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to www.ibbalance.com  (173.192.190.227:443)

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