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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 12 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the SIEN SuperInstall installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from get.iminent.com. 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:
5c9c2095337ee5507136d3cf170b6efe

SHA-1:
a5903ed99888108a1995df60b51bd6dfcb5ffe7d

SHA-256:
c2c4ebbd2ef80c8cd663538b7c93460d3ccdc8c24b74df1dbbd2e951260a9085

Scanner detections:
12 / 68

Status:
Potentially 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:
4/16/2024 10:20:51 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Toolbar.Iminent
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.214.46

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.Iminent
4.0.3.16111

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.5824
9.0.1.011

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.Iminent (variant)
10.10112

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Iminent
1/11/2016

G Data
Win32.Application.Iminent
16.1.25

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.Toolbar.Iminent
t3scan.1.6.1.0

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Iminent.A
v2016.01.11.03

McAfee
Artemis!A9DE93266722
5600.6524

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Sien.Iminent.Bundler (M)
16.1.11.3

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0909
7.2.11

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:
Iminent

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
2/4/2014 1:29:10 PM

Valid to:
4/2/2015 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:
11216F31C65792A5D372269806F288027171

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/16/2014 10:23:22 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:iSO0ndT++xHdeGLLuTd1ouHI+wcA5wVoNwPpw4gv89N6L9MztNar+DtsuEqvecFp:FqNiwCGBajd+RsvqveiMcRY

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 file iminentsetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://get.iminent.com/iminent/.../setup.exe

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):
Connects to stats-182385724-1591972470.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com  (54.221.252.69:80)

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