iminentsetup.exe

Installer

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 iminentsetup.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. While running, it connects to the Internet address www.ibbalance.com on port 443.
Publisher:
S.I.E.N.  (signed by Iminent)

Product:
Installer

Description:
IMInstaller

Version:
9.20.4.0

MD5:
e5d192579dee3b11f2f7bb81811984dd

SHA-1:
350f00dca8e4c1eb5cdef69f4a8c59786d97335c

SHA-256:
d778765c035eb6109f2da76c108dda1859dee0a3244875582c4f04d32e8bcd4c

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 12:02:53 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Sien (M)
17.2.27.3

File size:
951.6 KB (974,464 bytes)

Product version:
9.20.4.0

Copyright:
(c)SIEN SA All rights reserved.

Original file name:
Installer.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
SIEN SuperInstall

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\iminentsetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
2/4/2014 5:29:10 PM

Valid to:
4/2/2015 11:55:45 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:
11216F31C65792A5D372269806F288027171

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/16/2014 3:23:22 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

Entry address:
0x60203

Entry point:
E8, CA, 86, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, 50, CC, 4A, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 8C, 24, 00, 00, 56, 6A, 04, 6A, 20, E8, CC, 8B, 00, 00, 59, 59, 8B, F0, 56, FF, 15, 40, 82, 48, 00, A3, C0, 35, 4B, 00, A3, BC, 35, 4B, 00, 85, F6, 75, 05, 6A, 18, 58, 5E, C3, 83, 26, 00, 33, C0, 5E, C3, 6A, 0C, 68, 98, 26, 4A, 00, E8, F9, 3F, 00, 00, E8, 63, 3E, 00, 00, 83, 65, FC, 00, FF, 75, 08, E8, 23, 00, 00, 00, 59, 8B, F0, 89, 75, E4, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 0B, 00, 00, 00, 8B, C6, E8, 14, 40, 00, 00, C3, 8B...
 
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Code size:
537 KB (549,888 bytes)

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to www.softologic.com  (174.37.181.31:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to www.ibbalance.com  (173.192.190.227:443)

TCP (HTTP):

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