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

MD5:
87114c28cc884a1488a6835a70d6e240

SHA-1:
b0143067958d55bffbeb9d34aceb6122d4121876

SHA-256:
59a9dfaf68e129b3c8e4236bdd7d9d93cd27ded91d252bacf7e939683cbd5187

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:
4/25/2024 5:27:26 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.8468
9.0.1.0262

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.Iminent
8.10439

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Iminent.A
v2014.09.19.07

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SIENSA.O
14.9.19.19

VIPRE Antivirus
Iminent
33232

File size:
1.1 MB (1,144,416 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:
SIEN S.A.

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
5/12/2014 4:20:39 AM

Valid to:
5/13/2015 4:20:39 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:
6/9/2012 9:19:49 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:02O/GlLveNFiZUjMCyUXx2LutKOHSBu6DtzWmu3Gc//UQ+e5odp:7vAzyOEKtFHSs6dW73/sQ+Qodp

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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Entropy:
7.9005  (probably packed)

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/0EE1B0F1-83F0-4317-B1E8-CF8B2130A3B4/.../MinibarFirefox.exe

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