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metro.exe

SIEN S.A.

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 metro.exe by SIEN S.A has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 7 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the SIEN SuperInstall installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from vzapp.iminent.com.
Publisher:
SIEN S.A.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
fc50e46637e8261f68326964926ada56

SHA-1:
b3b7a9d6efbfa15af5656b2164c75ca27f270e3a

SHA-256:
b287606fc6a0c78096107ed3b2293d2c7295133e6b788f7b3d93d1e06f92574c

Scanner detections:
7 / 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:
4/26/2024 12:36:30 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.Iminent
8.10532

G Data
Win32.Application.Iminent
14.10.24

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Iminent
v2014.10.13.10

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SIENSA.F
14.10.13.10

Trend Micro House Call
Suspici.E3C3831D
7.2.286

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Trojan-Dropper.Injector
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Iminent
33754

File size:
2.9 MB (3,063,136 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
SIEN SuperInstall

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\metro.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SIEN S.A.

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
5/12/2014 9:20:39 AM

Valid to:
5/13/2015 9:20:39 AM

Subject:
E=support@sien.com, CN=SIEN S.A., O=SIEN S.A., L=Paris, C=FR

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121D12A06D1B366EFC0AF40F74B7D6BFEFE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/1/2013 8:08:23 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:kUtjMS3xiJXT/bTahV859gdxQg7XZSAjrsJdKOsIZYvxrGDXe9cFFd1:kqkJXTzgU9YrX8Ajr+d0Yur0t1

Entry address:
0x1D728

Entry point:
E8, F0, 57, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8D, 45, 08, 50, 8B, F1, E8, 05, FD, FF, FF, C7, 06, E4, 81, 42, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, C7, 01, E4, 81, 42, 00, E9, BA, FD, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, F1, C7, 06, E4, 81, 42, 00, E8, A7, FD, FF, FF, F6, 45, 08, 01, 74, 07, 56, E8, D1, C9, FF, FF, 59, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 57, 8B, 7D, 08, 8B, 47, 04, 85, C0, 74, 47, 8D, 50, 08, 80, 3A, 00, 74, 3F, 8B, 75, 0C, 8B, 4E, 04, 3B, C1, 74, 14, 83, C1, 08...
 
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Entropy:
7.9006  (probably packed)

Code size:
149.5 KB (153,088 bytes)

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

http://vzapp.iminent.com/vz/2057c8c8-10b9-49bf-a3ec-2cb50aaafd26/.../metro.exe

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