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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. 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:
617e17ee819852e185ac9e997ce42d95

SHA-1:
f453250b3f87930e714bb68cf0df31a8c90be31f

SHA-256:
658d1d3ff244e5b8a5fe6e88fdd1620a68332a3dfb94832feb8f3d59b5eb7b2e

Scanner detections:
12 / 68

Status:
Potentially 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:
4/27/2024 12:01:31 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
4.0.3.16118

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.5824
9.0.1.018

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.Iminent (variant)
10.10112

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Iminent
1/18/2016

G Data
Win32.Application.Iminent
16.1.25

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

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Iminent.A
v2016.01.18.05

McAfee
Artemis!A9DE93266722
5600.6516

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Sien.Iminent.Bundler (M)
16.1.18.17

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0909
7.2.18

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 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

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 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)

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