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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:
1.0.1.9

MD5:
ba6630a88583c5e6a244d2109bc78d72

SHA-1:
ef26b9f936e907fa81cb79fe84a803ad53c7432b

SHA-256:
800a2453c1bedb5cc397eb85934ad27054836996cfe6f6a306f590c0b5608dca

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 is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 10:12:18 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Sien.SIENInte.Bundler (M)
16.4.25.6

File size:
5.3 MB (5,511,280 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.1.9

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013

Original file name:
GetNowUpdater

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 10:13:19 AM

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

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:
6/16/2015 12:18:04 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:TQUCC2F5Uo6rILFDdkvywijtlGHJWHE2sN9+tsGRcEoW7GkcTvGJlubCGK0E:TQNUo6roDOywijeHJB/+TRcEoW7GkQrK

Entry address:
0x1BBBA9

Entry point:
E8, CE, 6A, 01, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 33, C9, 3B, 04, CD, 48, C8, 8E, 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, 4C, C8, 8E, 00, 5D, C3, 05, 44, FF, FF, FF, 6A, 0E, 59, 3B, C8, 1B, C0, 23, C1, 83, C0, 08, 5D, C3, E8, 00, 64, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 06, B8, B0, C9, 8E, 00, C3, 83, C0, 08, C3, E8, ED, 63, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 06, B8, B4, C9, 8E, 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 MB (3,169,792 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 program.

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.
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