Iminent.Messengers.exe

Iminent Messengers

Iminent

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.Messengers.exe by Iminent 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 set to automatically execute when any user logs into Windows (through the local user run registry setting) with the name ‘IminentMessenger’. This file is typically installed with the program Iminent by IMinent which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
Iminent  (signed and verified)

Product:
Iminent Messengers

Description:
Iminent

Version:
6.37.21

MD5:
79e59525db8cbfaa35f66786b62cfb54

SHA-1:
dd094690f3a7e324754155084896253a5760d447

SHA-256:
ab3e4ab5f031c5e7d007660a299ba5434abba0ea587497fc9be5a250e598c2ae

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 '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:
12/23/2024 11:39:26 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Sien (M)
17.2.9.16

File size:
864 KB (884,784 bytes)

Product version:
6.37.21

Copyright:
Iminent 2009-2011

Original file name:
Iminent.Messengers.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
SIEN SuperInstall

Common path:
C:\Program Files\iminent\iminent.messengers.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
1/31/2012 6:55:45 AM

Valid to:
3/2/2014 6:55:45 AM

Subject:
CN=Iminent, O=Iminent, L=Paris, S=France, C=FR

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
11214EA925C07E01E1C06B597DD4B36FAA8B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/10/2013 7:50:11 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0xCBDBE

Entry point:
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
807.5 KB (826,880 bytes)

Startup File (All Users Run)
Registry location:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
IminentMessenger

Command:
C:\Program Files\iminent\iminent.messengers.exe


The file Iminent.Messengers.exe has been discovered within the following program.

Iminent  by IMinent
Iminent toolbar is a browser extension for Internet Explorer and Firefox which is used to emoticons while using Facebook and web-based email products. During installation the Iminent toolbar changes your browser's homepage to seach.iminent.
www.iminent.com
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