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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 searchtheweb.exe, “SearchTheWeb Installation ” by Iminent has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the SIEN SuperInstall installer. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program SearchTheWeb by Iminent.
Publisher:
Iminent   (signed by Iminent)

Description:
SearchTheWeb Installation

Version:
1.0.3

MD5:
6671c0a22b7f04fc94170dca5c30cc57

SHA-1:
e016b31bd2320a3223abd784e5cd747c78771cae

SHA-256:
d7fb2b5d015046ab943783f5fe2bda2cb1b4f9acec75d4f792414f748993cc26

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is 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:
4/19/2024 1:00:38 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Sien (M)
17.3.15.2

File size:
2.2 MB (2,348,032 bytes)

Copyright:
Iminent All rights reserved

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
SIEN SuperInstall

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\{d4230436-9e36-41ef-b6f7-522a5869c5e7}\searchtheweb.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Iminent

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
1/26/2010 1:31:06 PM

Valid to:
1/27/2012 1:31:03 PM

Subject:
CN=Iminent, O=Iminent, L=Paris, S=France, C=FR

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign ObjectSign CA, OU=ObjectSign CA, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
010000000001266AC7D81A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/2/2007 1:45:59 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0x1C5374

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, B9, 26, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 00, 6A, 00, 49, 75, F9, 51, 53, 56, 57, B8, F0, 15, 5C, 00, E8, AB, 2F, E4, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 68, 6C, 5C, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, E8, A0, 37, E4, FF, BA, 01, 00, 00, 00, E8, 26, B3, EE, FF, A1, B0, 11, 5D, 00, E8, E0, 06, E4, FF, 8D, 55, E4, 33, C0, E8, 26, D8, E4, FF, 8B, 45, E4, 8D, 55, E8, E8, 37, 68, E4, FF, 8B, 45, E8, 8D, 55, EC, E8, A8, BB, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, C8, 87, 5D, 00, E8, 07, 07, E4, FF, 8D, 55, DC, 33, C0, E8, F9, D7, E4, FF, 8B, 45, DC, 8D, 55...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
1.8 MB (1,860,096 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
SearchTheWeb

Display publisher:
Iminent

Uninstall string:
"C:\ProgramData\{D4230436-9E36-41EF-B6F7-522A5869C5E7}\SearchTheWeb.exe" REMOVE=TRUE MODIFY=FALSE


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