Iminent.Messengers.exe

Iminent Messengers

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 Iminent.Messengers.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. It is set to automatically execute when any user logs into Windows (through the local user run registry setting) with the name ‘IminentMessenger’. This file is typically installed with the program Iminent by IMinent which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
Iminent  (signed and verified)

Product:
Iminent Messengers

Description:
Iminent

Version:
4.52.52

MD5:
cf4b4f8c35c80bd618cc8c05128f891c

SHA-1:
2977aaa9d135d59f341f0518cdd6cd3578ef7f42

SHA-256:
b6d85d14998ffecb15c2e65c0bc4dc6d08995dbb0b127f85e34ed21cdfec8833

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:
4/26/2024 3:49:40 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Sien (M)
17.2.7.14

File size:
860.5 KB (881,144 bytes)

Product version:
4.52.52

Copyright:
Iminent 2009-2011

Original file name:
Iminent.Messengers.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
SIEN SuperInstall

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\iminent\iminent.messengers.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

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:
12/23/2011 2:04:50 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0xCAC8E

Entry point:
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
803.5 KB (822,784 bytes)

Startup File (All Users Run)
Registry location:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
IminentMessenger

Command:
C:\Program Files\iminent\iminent.messengers.exe \startup


The file Iminent.Messengers.exe has been discovered within the following programs.

Iminent  by IMinent
Iminent toolbar is a browser extension for Internet Explorer and Firefox which is used to emoticons while using Facebook and web-based email products. During installation the Iminent toolbar changes your browser's homepage to seach.iminent.
www.iminent.com
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