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chrome_frame_helper.exe

Google Chrome Frame

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 chrome_frame_helper.exe, “Chrome Frame renders the Web of the future in the browsers of the past. It's like strapping a rocket engine to a minivan.” 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 installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as Google's Chrome web browser but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.
Publisher:
The Chromium Authors  (signed by SIEN S.A.)

Product:
Google Chrome Frame

Description:
Chrome Frame renders the Web of the future in the browsers of the past. It's like strapping a rocket engine to a minivan.

Version:
32.1.1700.77

MD5:
f5feb909371731111ba7c4564fa753e1

SHA-1:
b4d487bd9e13e9f77ba61af2e2fa342ed6502c0d

SHA-256:
264014d133ab264f8247a98d9134c050bc3105997f54ba61cdc7de347a0a076a

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 4:33:23 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Sien (M)
17.3.1.13

File size:
82.8 KB (84,792 bytes)

Product version:
32.1.1700.77

Copyright:
Copyright 2013 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
chrome_frame_helper.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
SIEN SuperInstall

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\1stbrowser\application\32.1.1700.77\chrome_frame_helper.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SIEN S.A.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/21/2012 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/22/2014 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=SIEN S.A., OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=SIEN S.A., L=Paris, S=France, C=FR

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
514EA00D30C8C244C3E818890BF73967

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/4/2014 10:58:29 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x3F9B

Entry point:
E8, 4F, 32, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, A3, EC, 26, 41, 00, 5D, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A1, AC, 10, 41, 00, 33, C5, 89, 45, FC, 53, 8B, 5D, 08, 57, 83, FB, FF, 74, 07, 53, E8, B1, 32, 00, 00, 59, 83, A5, E0, FC, FF, FF, 00, 6A, 4C, 8D, 85, E4, FC, FF, FF, 6A, 00, 50, E8, 3F, 0F, 00, 00, 8D, 85, E0, FC, FF, FF, 89, 85, D8, FC, FF, FF, 8D, 85, 30, FD, FF, FF, 83, C4, 0C, 89, 85, DC, FC, FF, FF, 89, 85, E0, FD, FF, FF, 89, 8D, DC, FD, FF, FF, 89, 95, D8...
 
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Code size:
48 KB (49,152 bytes)

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