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GetNowUpdater.exe

GetNowUpdater

SIEN Internet Products Ltd

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 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. The program is a setup application that uses the SIEN SuperInstall installer. 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:
c5f93649532dc41f3f0a89a38ecea7eafdf89902

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.

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:
11/27/2024 1:36:24 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Sien (M)
17.1.29.1

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)

Bundler/Installer:
SIEN SuperInstall

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 2:13:19 PM

Valid to:
2/3/2016 2:13:19 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 10:05:10 AM

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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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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