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iminentinstaller.exe

BoostInstall

Iminent Technology SRL

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 iminentinstaller.exe by Iminent Technology SRL 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 installer.iminent.com a web site host known to distribute potentially unwanted software operated by SIEN S.A..
Publisher:
IM  (signed by Iminent Technology SRL)

Product:
BoostInstall

Version:
8.26.4.2

MD5:
6aa25ac3d9fc8995d4d38e886ecca03b

SHA-1:
a4a1460ad114658ae3b23f1b2bf0f2f807f780cd

SHA-256:
64c333eaa4a4d498e5bf407cb8948ebe2bf61ea939287055f96906da978bb44d

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:
11/27/2024 1:33:48 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Sien (M)
16.7.18.13

File size:
3.5 MB (3,674,776 bytes)

Product version:
8.26.4.2

Copyright:
IM

Original file name:
BoostInstall.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\iminentinstaller.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Iminent Technology SRL

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
1/27/2015 11:57:08 AM

Valid to:
1/28/2016 11:57:08 AM

Subject:
CN=Iminent Technology SRL, O=Iminent Technology SRL, L=Bucuresti, C=RO

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121CF423BE77B3AE7537B1BCE9F96A3C3E5

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/25/2015 7:30:11 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:WzF36s+2zuKpcsQCCxhsLB5k0vYcez9la+Hy3oOh+WVofy7ZADi:WzcVcB9Z2a+Hfw+WVoxDi

Entry address:
0xC21A7

Entry point:
E8, D6, AD, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, B0, B8, 76, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, E8, 1E, 00, 00, 57, 56, 8B, 74, 24, 10, 8B, 4C, 24, 14, 8B, 7C, 24, 0C, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, 68, 03, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, A0, 28, 77, 00, 01, 73, 07, F3, A4, E9, 17, 03, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 82, CE, 01, 00, 00, 8B, C7, 33, C6, A9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 75, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, 7C, BA, 76, 00, 01, 0F, 82, DA, 04, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, A0, 28, 77, 00, 00, 0F, 83, A7, 01, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03...
 
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Code size:
956 KB (978,944 bytes)

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

http://installer.iminent.com/iminent/.../setup.exe

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