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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:
76f8dacf41bae0b258082270a89e7408

SHA-1:
44420fe7b809ed5e04480dfcaf08ae09f7dd5b24

SHA-256:
1a2afc546d434a3976b27a9a3d8e84abba7d1334b7b0afa82188417cfc63bde1

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 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:
11/23/2024 7:26:32 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Sien (M)
16.11.11.7

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:
Iminent

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
2/4/2014 1:29:10 PM

Valid to:
4/2/2015 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:
11216F31C65792A5D372269806F288027171

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/16/2014 10:23:22 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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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)

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