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GetNowUpdater.exe

GetNowUpdater

SIEN Internet Products Ltd

The application GetNowUpdater.exe by SIEN Internet Products has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘GetNowUpdater’. This file is typically installed with the program GetnowUpdater by AppScion which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
Live_Soft_Action S.R.L.  (signed by SIEN Internet Products Ltd)

Product:
GetNowUpdater

Version:
1.0.2.0

MD5:
747d01a34fc5ce922d9c54910e5ebcb4

SHA-1:
6057d552c576c3a8c4427322c5874a6a6dc7d3e9

SHA-256:
70bd629f23c747d5cc3a55b3c0bab1bde42e053c33fa2f56b3157a91b3b855ef

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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.

Analysis date:
12/28/2024 6:46:33 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Sien (M)
17.2.8.21

File size:
7 MB (7,328,368 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.2.0

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013

Original file name:
GetNowUpdater.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\getnowupdater\bin\getnowupdater.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SIEN Internet Products Ltd

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
2/2/2015 6:13:19 PM

Valid to:
2/3/2016 6:13:19 PM

Subject:
CN=SIEN Internet Products Ltd, O=SIEN Internet Products Ltd, L=London, C=GB

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

Serial number:
1121B83795C783CB891BECAAAEEF4B5E1F5B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/10/2015 1:05:10 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x1761AC

Entry point:
E8, DB, 69, 01, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 33, C9, 3B, 04, CD, 08, 3F, AA, 00, 74, 13, 41, 83, F9, 2D, 72, F1, 8D, 48, ED, 83, F9, 11, 77, 0E, 6A, 0D, 58, 5D, C3, 8B, 04, CD, 0C, 3F, AA, 00, 5D, C3, 05, 44, FF, FF, FF, 6A, 0E, 59, 3B, C8, 1B, C0, 23, C1, 83, C0, 08, 5D, C3, E8, FC, 63, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 06, B8, 70, 40, AA, 00, C3, 83, C0, 08, C3, E8, E9, 63, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 06, B8, 74, 40, AA, 00, C3, 83, C0, 0C, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, E8, E2, FF, FF, FF, 8B, 4D, 08...
 
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Entropy:
6.9351

Code size:
3.6 MB (3,749,376 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
GetNowUpdater

Command:
"C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\getnowupdater\bin\getnowupdater.exe" \silent_startup


The file GetNowUpdater.exe has been discovered within the following programs.

GetnowUpdater  by AppScion
Developed and distributed by SIEN group/LiveSoftAction SRL this adware application is designed to download and install additional potentially unwanted software offersings including the Iminent toolbar and others.
www.appscion.com
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