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nex.exe

Setup

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 nex.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.
Publisher:
S.I.E.N  (signed by SIEN S.A.)

Product:
Setup

Version:
14.12.15.0

MD5:
4f5b0a8f3169cd2a9905168cb337b0cd

SHA-1:
39d271c5fd0a8e6b6dd2619d50966ae820092945

SHA-256:
83d3cc2022f6726b02d8939ad0655fc04d105f7bd3543ab20692e06208018f4f

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:
12/24/2024 11:27:18 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Sien (M)
16.10.30.16

File size:
1.8 MB (1,921,296 bytes)

Product version:
14.12.15.0

Copyright:
(c)SIEN S.A. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
Setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
SIEN SuperInstall

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\downloads\nex.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SIEN S.A.

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
5/12/2014 10:20:39 AM

Valid to:
5/13/2015 10:20:39 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:
12/15/2014 12:45:06 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:blFS7RB5uMgzSJ0bXsc0gABLjQqHoCdUJIBLYYxOjO/VbvCSqBd3iV2+qhSGKA7X:ZoXvgplAV7hr4CRz2+eFKRjvMn

Entry address:
0xF432F

Entry point:
E8, 9C, 9B, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, 40, AD, 55, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, C4, 20, 00, 00, 56, 6A, 04, 6A, 20, E8, 9E, A0, 00, 00, 59, 59, 8B, F0, 56, FF, 15, 60, 71, 52, 00, A3, 40, 12, 56, 00, A3, 3C, 12, 56, 00, 85, F6, 75, 05, 6A, 18, 58, 5E, C3, 83, 26, 00, 33, C0, 5E, C3, 6A, 0C, 68, E8, D6, 54, 00, E8, 2D, 7A, 00, 00, E8, CB, 78, 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, 48, 7A, 00, 00, C3, 8B...
 
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Code size:
1.1 MB (1,204,224 bytes)

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