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getnowupdateruninstall.exe

GetNowUpdater Installer

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 getnowupdateruninstall.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. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program GetNowUpdater by AppScion.
Publisher:
LiveSoft Action  (signed by SIEN Internet Products Ltd)

Product:
GetNowUpdater Installer

Version:
9.35.1.1

MD5:
924c716918269e0f186da2c36f1946c6

SHA-1:
77a020b6679270ef9d2cbf9c529bf87e29cd224a

SHA-256:
0bf5e875a134afb2037b0c573e9426d95b7c0ddef6d59b0057db35f757008ed5

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 an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 10:21:20 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Sien (M)
16.8.3.0

File size:
1.4 MB (1,428,528 bytes)

Product version:
9.35.1.1

Copyright:
(c) Live Soft Action. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
GNUBootstrapper.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
SIEN SuperInstall

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\getnowupdateruninstall\inst\bootstrapper\getnowupdateruninstall.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SIEN Internet Products Ltd

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
2/2/2015 1:13:19 PM

Valid to:
2/3/2016 1:13:19 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:
8/19/2015 3:27:39 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:kS4hVxNMZhROczCaqWF7FeLq5OTG3wP0u1:8N0zCa90qQTG3Ru1

Entry address:
0x1F14B

Entry point:
E8, 23, F1, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, 7C, E8, 53, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 73, F2, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 0C, 83, EC, 20, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, BC, C5, 50, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 8B, 4D, 08, 5F, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0D, F6, 00, 10, 74, 08, 8B, 01, 8B, 40, FC, 8B, 40, 18, 89, 4D, F8, 89, 45, FC, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, 84, B1, 50, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, 4D, F4, 64, 89, 0D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 59, 5F...
 
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Entropy:
6.8229

Code size:
1 MB (1,088,000 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
GetNowUpdater

Display publisher:
AppScion

Display version:
9.35.1.1

Uninstall string:
"C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\getnowupdateruninstall\inst\bootstrapper\getnowupdateruninstall.exe" \uninstall


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