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firefoxinstaller.exe

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 firefoxinstaller.exe 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. The installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as the free Mozilla Firefox web browser but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.
Publisher:
Iminent  (signed and verified)

MD5:
77efa9a8c21484b6318ca7d6882b863d

SHA-1:
16646f3e3d27ada3029e991c31d4524b6247fe20

SHA-256:
ec586a8f15fc75f70e9b55ec169c33d15343f16c995a381aae05fcbce7a14a4f

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:
4/16/2024 6:38:52 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Sien (M)
17.2.25.5

File size:
678.6 KB (694,848 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
SIEN SuperInstall

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\binaries\firefoxinstaller.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Iminent

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
1/31/2012 7:55:45 AM

Valid to:
3/2/2014 6:55:45 AM

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

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

Serial number:
11214EA925C07E01E1C06B597DD4B36FAA8B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/26/2013 6:58:30 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x6A6D8

Entry point:
E8, 52, 2E, 00, 00, E9, 95, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, 56, 14, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 90, 90, 48, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, CE, 2E, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 53, 57, 33, DB, 6A, 07, 33, C0, 59, 8D, 7D, E4, 89, 5D, E0, F3, AB, 39, 5D, 0C, 75, 15, E8, 8E, 3F, 00, 00, C7, 00, 16, 00, 00, 00, E8, 31, 3F, 00, 00, 83, C8, FF, EB, 4D, 8B, 45, 08, 3B, C3, 74, E4, 56, 89, 45, E8, 89, 45, E0, 8D, 45, 10, 50, 53, FF, 75, 0C, 8D, 45, E0, 50, C7, 45, E4, FF, FF, FF, 7F, C7, 45, EC, 42, 00, 00, 00, E8...
 
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Code size:
490 KB (501,760 bytes)

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