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winkhandler.exe

SIEN S.A.

The application winkhandler.exe by SIEN S.A has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a windows Service named “WinkHandler”. This file is typically installed with the program Iminent by IMinent which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
SIEN S.A.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
04614dc12e77338f55775349eb90c26c

SHA-1:
cbbc54f4ee3af87a84284b5426a511db99cf721e

SHA-256:
92f69480aed5d77753168479d2518419967e06f6340067767aca8d1ebea51f92

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
5/9/2024 7:02:48 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Service.SIENSA.L
14.3.2.14

VIPRE Antivirus
Iminent
25296

File size:
415.8 KB (425,792 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\iminent\winkhandler.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:
12/4/2013 6:33:29 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:y4v9h7v9ti2OGWoB9Z0BvecFMOvecFMBlO:R9hZVO89Z0BveiMOveiMTO

Entry address:
0x11602

Entry point:
E8, C3, 42, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 6A, 0A, 6A, 00, FF, 75, 08, E8, 73, 45, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 5D, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, DF, FF, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 53, 57, 33, DB, 6A, 07, 33, C0, 59, 8D, 7D, E4, 89, 5D, E0, F3, AB, 39, 5D, 0C, 75, 15, E8, 0D, 0F, 00, 00, C7, 00, 16, 00, 00, 00, E8, B0, 0E, 00, 00, 83, C8, FF, EB, 4D, 8B, 45, 08, 3B, C3, 74, E4, 56, 89, 45, E8, 89, 45, E0, 8D, 45, 10, 50, 53, FF, 75, 0C, 8D, 45, E0, 50, C7, 45, E4, FF, FF, FF, 7F, C7...
 
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Entropy:
6.7657

Code size:
128 KB (131,072 bytes)

Service
Display name:
WinkHandler

Type:
Win32OwnProcess, InteractiveProcess


The file winkhandler.exe has been discovered within the following programs.

Iminent  by IMinent
Iminent toolbar is a browser extension for Internet Explorer and Firefox which is used to emoticons while using Facebook and web-based email products. During installation the Iminent toolbar changes your browser's homepage to seach.iminent.
www.iminent.com
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