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minibarfirefox.exe

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 minibarfirefox.exe by Iminent 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 the free Mozilla Firefox web browser but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.
Publisher:
Iminent  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d3c585e758848d1cfaf87f839f722f1a

SHA-1:
03731260325077e9566e6f8bc490012ceffc7efd

SHA-256:
eddee3dfc6d0a2c560401041bc78bc3934cbef28e057402b4c2a99057d33f907

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:
4/27/2024 2:46:52 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Adware.Plugin.75
9.0.1.04

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Iminent.A
v2014.01.04.09

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Iminent.O
14.8.8.0

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0829
7.2.4

VIPRE Antivirus
Iminent
22592

File size:
1.1 MB (1,117,592 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}\minibarfirefox.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Iminent

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
1/31/2012 10:55:45 AM

Valid to:
3/2/2014 10:55:45 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:
11214EA925C07E01E1C06B597DD4B36FAA8B

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):
24576:62O/GlLveNFiAR302D4l/p4xarzT0XOfKOh4s+2Q1arPkjDpR5:1v8302Rc/T8OUs+varPkP1

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 minibarfirefox.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://vzapp.iminent.com/vz/c2c3ac84-2b90-47a7-8e0b-a48cbcac2cec/.../MinibarFirefox.exe

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