iminentsetup.exe

Installer

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 iminentsetup.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. While running, it connects to the Internet address www.ibbalance.com on port 443.
Publisher:
S.I.E.N.  (signed by Iminent)

Product:
Installer

Description:
IMInstaller

Version:
9.20.4.0

MD5:
05d2e3be3a7927ee5047ef88bcc1e9d0

SHA-1:
30694207149d99489318aaa9bcc62c6b785b9f80

SHA-256:
cf7c079f38b96ef464e8dd4077e14cc9d00d672d6d3c6f234c9d960d39023d02

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:
11/27/2024 12:22:43 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Sien (M)
16.10.31.10

File size:
951.6 KB (974,464 bytes)

Product version:
9.20.4.0

Copyright:
(c)SIEN SA All rights reserved.

Original file name:
Installer.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
SIEN SuperInstall

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\iminentsetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
2/4/2014 10:29:10 AM

Valid to:
4/2/2015 3:55:45 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:
11216F31C65792A5D372269806F288027171

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/16/2014 8:23:22 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:iSO0ndT++xHdeGLLuTd1ouHI+wcA5wVoNwPpw4gv89N6L9MztNar+DtsuEqvecFp:FqNiwCGBajd+RsvqveiMcRY

Entry address:
0x60203

Entry point:
E8, CA, 86, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, 50, CC, 4A, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 8C, 24, 00, 00, 56, 6A, 04, 6A, 20, E8, CC, 8B, 00, 00, 59, 59, 8B, F0, 56, FF, 15, 40, 82, 48, 00, A3, C0, 35, 4B, 00, A3, BC, 35, 4B, 00, 85, F6, 75, 05, 6A, 18, 58, 5E, C3, 83, 26, 00, 33, C0, 5E, C3, 6A, 0C, 68, 98, 26, 4A, 00, E8, F9, 3F, 00, 00, E8, 63, 3E, 00, 00, 83, 65, FC, 00, FF, 75, 08, E8, 23, 00, 00, 00, 59, 8B, F0, 89, 75, E4, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 0B, 00, 00, 00, 8B, C6, E8, 14, 40, 00, 00, C3, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
6.1489

Code size:
537 KB (549,888 bytes)

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to www.softologic.com  (174.37.181.31:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to www.ibbalance.com  (173.192.190.227:443)

TCP (HTTP):

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