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minibarfirefox.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 minibarfirefox.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. With this installer, users are expecting to download the free Mozilla Firefox web browser but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
SIEN S.A.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d38e2465f1eabc74a57a4ace8882945d

SHA-1:
3383e24d48d965d02971f54c437e2343e408615c

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:
11/30/2024 8:06:21 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Sien.SIENSA.Bundler (M)
16.6.19.11

File size:
1.1 MB (1,144,544 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
SIEN SuperInstall

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\Local settings\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\minibarfirefox.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SIEN S.A.

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
5/12/2014 4:20:39 AM

Valid to:
5/13/2015 4:20:39 AM

Subject:
E=support@sien.com, CN=SIEN S.A., O=SIEN S.A., L=Paris, C=FR

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

Serial number:
1121D12A06D1B366EFC0AF40F74B7D6BFEFE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/9/2012 9:19:49 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:R2O/GlLveNFiR6LrbaAxHGXY4O7cHnb15eVwf5/6DMZPVvOvL//Ln1icfmV:OvvXCT4O7OpEwZ0MZPVmLx5f

Entry address:
0xAC87

Entry point:
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Code size:
73 KB (74,752 bytes)

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

http://vzapp.iminent.com/vz/0EE1B0F1-83F0-4317-B1E8-CF8B2130A3B4/.../MinibarFirefox.exe

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