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iminent.exe

SIEN S.A.

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 iminent.exe by SIEN S.A has been detected as a potentially unwanted program 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 also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. The file has been seen being downloaded from softs.illyx.com.
Publisher:
Iminent  (signed by SIEN S.A.)

Product:
Iminent

Description:
Iminent Setup

Version:
6.8.1.0

MD5:
2c76ba38b43df8e541c7b17d1401cfd4

SHA-1:
302049b3ed7aaa4bab4a5f7d8f44a2fdbc30ca39

SHA-256:
30f7f12930d70fb621ab040b0c25a8ed96d4e656b82bba702a9b42fdb3f518f2

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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:
11/26/2024 10:52:09 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Sien.SIENSA.Bundler (M)
16.6.11.17

File size:
834.8 KB (854,848 bytes)

Product version:
6.8.1.0

Copyright:
(c)Iminent. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
IminentSetup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
SIEN SuperInstall

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\iminent.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SIEN S.A.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/22/2012 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/23/2014 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=SIEN S.A., OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=SIEN S.A., L=Paris, S=France, C=FR

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
514EA00D30C8C244C3E818890BF73967

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/18/2013 2:35:45 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:vEfT6u7KS97s5L9mgvhP68P1i0BKXPSo8:vk7s5hmyZNKW

Entry address:
0x216CA0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 40, 56, 00, 8D, BE, 00, D0, E9, 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:
716 KB (733,184 bytes)

The file iminent.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://softs.illyx.com/.../IminentSetup.exe

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