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setup_un.exe

Theta Installer

LiveSoftAction 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 setup_un.exe by LiveSoftAction SRL 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. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program GetNowUpdater by AppScion.
Publisher:
LiveSoft Action  (signed by LiveSoftAction SRL)

Product:
Theta Installer

Version:
9.23.3.1

MD5:
bed6ee04cd99b02603181a142b96f572

SHA-1:
4e1f1a294c6a610dfc7a35f2ce98ba609e2b8239

SHA-256:
605c5a898cc23c7e3ed4d9f094b8717c55af17ecc8a375f0729eb5e612638d22

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:
11/24/2024 2:03:41 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Sien (M)
17.3.14.22

File size:
1.2 MB (1,244,680 bytes)

Product version:
9.23.3.1

Copyright:
(c) Live Soft Action. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
Setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
SIEN SuperInstall

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\getnowupdater\html_res\setup_un.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
LiveSoftAction SRL

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
3/3/2015 12:24:08 PM

Valid to:
3/3/2016 12:24:08 PM

Subject:
CN=LiveSoftAction SRL, O=LiveSoftAction SRL, L=Bucuresti, C=RO

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

Serial number:
112115C730891244FB88071FE814148E0E53

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/3/2015 9:57:09 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

Entry address:
0x2F86F0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 10, 5E, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 00, E2, FF, 57, EB, 0B, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89, C5, EB, 0B, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B...
 
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Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:
1.1 MB (1,146,880 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
GetNowUpdater

Display publisher:
AppScion

Display version:
9.25.1.1

Uninstall string:
"C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\getnowupdater\html_res\setup_un.exe" \productname="getnowupdater" \producturl="url" \productkey="getnowupdater" \productversion="9.25.1.1" \productlogo="C:\users\le\appdat


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