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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 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:
Iminent   (signed by Iminent)

Description:
SearchTheWeb Installation

Version:
1.0.3

MD5:
2020a29c08f14c74512df92f3fe7ad4d

SHA-1:
c78534470a3334bb6799eccdee8d0f95a5ca1900

SHA-256:
1d328148f8c65daf09f6a683773eb2096dfb5e5b46ea2de8f741880b248b8783

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
12/23/2024 11:24:36 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Sien (M)
17.2.11.5

File size:
1.4 MB (1,474,712 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\{random}.tmp\searchtheweb.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Iminent

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
1/26/2010 1:31:06 PM

Valid to:
1/27/2012 1:31:03 PM

Subject:
CN=Iminent, O=Iminent, L=Paris, S=France, C=FR

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

Serial number:
010000000001266AC7D81A

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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