hp xw4600 workstation user guide provided through pdfretriever.com.exe

Optimized 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 hp xw4600 workstation user guide provided through pdfretriever.com.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.
Publisher:
LIVE_SOFT_ACTION  (signed by SIEN Internet Products Ltd)

Product:
Optimized Installer

Version:
9.6.4.1

MD5:
164af35ad2aa146dc4bc1c5eff4a6dfd

SHA-1:
0def2826eb623890d009f050e5534cbcde32433e

SHA-256:
6cf872ca1be0508fbdd84deb9c80ef208b596b26195a62f1e82b4b61c47c3e46

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 11:04:43 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Sien (M)
17.3.13.19

File size:
728 KB (745,424 bytes)

Product version:
9.6.4.1

Copyright:
(c) LIVE_SOFT_ACTION. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
OptSet.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
SIEN SuperInstall

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\hp xw4600 workstation user guide provided through pdfretriever.com.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
7/2/2014 2:16:26 PM

Valid to:
7/3/2015 2:16:26 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:
1121B65276582BE3F0926659AF0E1E5D895A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/5/2015 1:36:29 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

Entry address:
0x1CF8A0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 20, 53, 00, 8D, BE, 00, F0, EC, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89...
 
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Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
632 KB (647,168 bytes)