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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 searchtheweb.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:
c8d12bbc5a680ac3c77962575c3cb723

SHA-1:
be48b8f6da84e13237ea3371b259ca172287a224

SHA-256:
6add3c0fb7d25bfb8f66024b23209f037ff52f9d6e70a10eab61a35a4a3a2423

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 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 8:17:39 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Sien (M)
17.3.2.10

File size:
1.4 MB (1,489,024 bytes)

Copyright:
Iminent All rights reserved

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
SIEN SuperInstall

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\{e6294ab0-086d-4237-b57b-1ba932628c33}\offline\ca95430d\aa2ac949\searchtheweb.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
IMinent

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
1/27/2009 2:27:04 PM

Valid to:
1/27/2010 2:27:04 PM

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:
5/12/2007 3:03:15 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
7.10

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

Code size:
95.5 KB (97,792 bytes)

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