notifiersetup.exe

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 notifiersetup.exe, “SearchTheWeb Installation ” by IMinent has been detected as adware 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:
Iminent   (signed by IMinent)

Description:
SearchTheWeb Installation

Version:
1.0.3

MD5:
a5ebde98e3608f4433a591bb6f46f8df

SHA-1:
49b50725b4e0786e80e36fe10b80ccd160d10abf

SHA-256:
445de559ab020c548e3713ab242ecba5ba0f83ac4bd13269480cacdcd4b9ec00

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
11/23/2024 8:21:18 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Sien (M)
16.10.10.18

File size:
1.4 MB (1,489,968 bytes)

Copyright:
Iminent All rights reserved

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
SIEN SuperInstall

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\notifiersetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
1/27/2009 7:27:04 AM

Valid to:
1/27/2010 7:27:04 AM

Subject:
E=support@iminent.com, CN=IMinent, O=IMinent, C=FR

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign ObjectSign CA, OU=ObjectSign CA, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
0100000000011F187CC8EC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/11/2007 8:03:15 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
7.10

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:Hg3Hg8/qisEoLl3iPZN59bdH4sCIQkRvqv+tJ2P2cqVJTyZJzikJ4NYscimIIGU:Hg3HgejsJliBf9bdPlBRo+T2cJsJukaT

Entry address:
0x1253D

Entry point:
6A, 60, 68, 88, 92, 41, 00, E8, BF, 03, 00, 00, BF, 94, 00, 00, 00, 8B, C7, E8, 1B, 18, 00, 00, 89, 65, E8, 8B, F4, 89, 3E, 56, FF, 15, 9C, 91, 41, 00, 8B, 4E, 10, 89, 0D, 24, ED, 41, 00, 8B, 46, 04, A3, 30, ED, 41, 00, 8B, 56, 08, 89, 15, 34, ED, 41, 00, 8B, 76, 0C, 81, E6, FF, 7F, 00, 00, 89, 35, 28, ED, 41, 00, 83, F9, 02, 74, 0C, 81, CE, 00, 80, 00, 00, 89, 35, 28, ED, 41, 00, C1, E0, 08, 03, C2, A3, 2C, ED, 41, 00, 33, F6, 56, 8B, 3D, 90, 91, 41, 00, FF, D7, 66, 81, 38, 4D, 5A, 75, 1F, 8B, 48, 3C, 03...
 
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Entropy:
7.8591

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++ v7.0

Code size:
95.5 KB (97,792 bytes)

Startup File (User Run Once)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

Name:
Iminent.Notifier Install

Command:
"C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\s


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