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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:
df249ff9aa112c1e964d8f948328b7bf

SHA-1:
dfabdff55062d2979dc15abed681bc7f454ac2a1

SHA-256:
0291ab3328d6a35aceb1a0d567d0ca657934899369831ff3a7170a58c271d8f0

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:
11/23/2024 5:10:10 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Sien (M)
17.3.14.19

File size:
1.4 MB (1,474,368 bytes)

Copyright:
Iminent All rights reserved

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
SIEN SuperInstall

Language:
English (United States)

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Iminent

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
1/26/2010 6:31:06 AM

Valid to:
1/27/2012 6:31:03 AM

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:
5/11/2007 8:03:15 PM

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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Entropy:
7.8574

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

Code size:
95.5 KB (97,792 bytes)

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