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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:
d9fe03818981b3615c937f22471e5aec

SHA-1:
bfe0a8636cf60a818951d1f4d8384cae0a5748b8

SHA-256:
a460e3eae502a52f7d6ba257f1f7828af091f5b786b0815b4e3ea957fc7def82

Scanner detections:
5 / 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:
4/19/2024 5:13:16 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Adware.Plugin.96
9.0.1.0136

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Iminent.A
v2014.05.16.11

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SIENSA.N
14.5.16.23

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0420
7.2.136

VIPRE Antivirus
Iminent
29284

File size:
1 MB (1,068,800 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:
8/22/2012 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/23/2014 1:59:59 AM

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 3:19:49 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:72O/GlLveNFiGlRYGINtOFh8HzbuimiNsI1ZuupqEkfS/U6NLz6NKuP1:cvkRYZrTbxmTIytfS/U6N/r41

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 2 URLs.

http://113.171.224.243/.../MinibarChrome.exe

http://vzapp.iminent.com/vz/08B41628-E2B5-44C7-970F-6847FDCBD8E1/.../MinibarChrome.exe

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