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minibarchrome.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 minibarchrome.exe by SIEN S.A has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 5 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the SIEN SuperInstall installer. The installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as Google's Chrome web browser but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.
Publisher:
SIEN S.A.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
24c3182153366b2f43fd1f58fce725ef

SHA-1:
2d6d0cf48ae14befcc4f44d3c3abac7e27a4c093

SHA-256:
e041ec30ecf9ddcf811c129770d3148311bde9c92c7af91a6c692dfa55853d81

Scanner detections:
5 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 3:20:57 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Adware.Plugin.96
9.0.1.0359

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Iminent.A
v2013.12.25.08

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SIENSA.N
14.2.16.7

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V1113
7.2.359

VIPRE Antivirus
Iminent
23916

File size:
1 MB (1,048,904 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}\minibarchrome.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SIEN S.A.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/21/2012 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/22/2014 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=SIEN S.A., OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=SIEN S.A., L=Paris, S=France, C=FR

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
514EA00D30C8C244C3E818890BF73967

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/9/2012 8:19:49 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:q2O/GlLveNFi3H25IOd9WdfRD56XldhBOXnYjG:lvxW5ddUdfRN6V7BOIjG

Entry address:
0xAC87

Entry point:
E8, E3, FE, FF, FF, 33, C0, 50, 50, 50, 50, E8, 9F, 30, 00, 00, C3, 56, 57, 8B, 7C, 24, 0C, 8B, F1, 8B, CF, 89, 3E, E8, 8F, AB, FF, FF, 89, 46, 08, 89, 56, 0C, 8B, 87, 24, 0C, 00, 00, 89, 46, 10, 5F, 8B, C6, 5E, C2, 04, 00, 8B, C1, 8B, 08, 8B, 50, 10, 3B, 91, 24, 0C, 00, 00, 75, 0D, 6A, 00, FF, 70, 0C, FF, 70, 08, E8, 0E, B1, FF, FF, C3, 56, 8B, F1, 8B, 06, 85, C0, 74, 07, 50, FF, 15, C4, 40, 41, 00, 83, 26, 00, 83, 66, 08, 00, 83, 66, 0C, 00, 5E, C3, 56, 8B, F1, 80, 7E, 04, 00, 75, 34, 68, F4, 44, 41, 00...
 
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Code size:
73 KB (74,752 bytes)

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

http://vzapp.iminent.com/vz/08b41628-e2b5-44c7-970f-6847fdcbd8e1/.../MinibarChrome.exe

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