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s4fo..exe

BoostInst

Iminent Technology SRL

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 s4fo..exe by Iminent Technology SRL 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. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler named Sunrise.
Publisher:
IMi  (signed by Iminent Technology SRL)

Product:
BoostInst

Version:
8.30.3.4

MD5:
a6d818bc686a068d59c1fc970b60fad5

SHA-1:
46fe0931b77dcc61928f740fc5734821bfcbc473

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:
11/5/2024 3:33:18 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.IminentTechnologySRL (M)
15.7.25.2

File size:
772.6 KB (791,192 bytes)

Product version:
8.30.3.4

Copyright:
IM

Original file name:
BoostInst.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
SIEN SuperInstall

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\windows\temp\cupdater\s4fo..exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Iminent Technology SRL

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
1/27/2015 11:57:08 AM

Valid to:
1/28/2016 11:57:08 AM

Subject:
CN=Iminent Technology SRL, O=Iminent Technology SRL, L=Bucuresti, C=RO

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

Serial number:
1121CF423BE77B3AE7537B1BCE9F96A3C3E5

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/22/2015 7:16:15 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:grqcB2OLTz+zkF7pGr7fCSI086CMrBsEDdAVHYKwRp4dkjB0+Ks9jsaPXDJ0g:qqc0OzXGr7dI1dMjiaKjdj+bp/V0g

Entry address:
0x5F518

Entry point:
E8, 45, 84, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, F0, 09, 4B, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, D6, 1E, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 57, 56, 8B, 74, 24, 10, 8B, 4C, 24, 14, 8B, 7C, 24, 0C, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, 68, 03, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 00, 66, 4B, 00, 01, 73, 07, F3, A4, E9, 17, 03, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 82, CE, 01, 00, 00, 8B, C7, 33, C6, A9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 75, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, 5C, 0A, 4B, 00, 01, 0F, 82, DA, 04, 00, 00, 0F, BA...
 
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Code size:
533 KB (545,792 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
Sunrise

Path:
C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\Sunrise.job


The file s4fo..exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://vzbucket.clara-labs.com/5b3e19a2-9377-41b6-a764-fdc91a4c0010/build/.../9bafd911-36d2-4703-993a-74e79b2e3c69.exe

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