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imgupdater.exe

IMGlobalUpdater

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 imgupdater.exe by SIEN S.A 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. It runs as a windows Service named “GlobalUpdater”.
Publisher:
SIEN S.A.  (signed and verified)

Product:
IMGlobalUpdater

Description:
IMGUpdater

Version:
1.0.1.51

MD5:
91d1015685f88c5cb8938f6d1f7a8a11

SHA-1:
02e1e58be25bc656589c5dc5af311b9f2e5ea6e2

SHA-256:
a53b29aac50d01ee25394d7b466d5b3e70a70cd4edb7f1505927ebf7ae1647af

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 is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 10:24:56 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SIENSA.K
14.5.22.13

File size:
369.3 KB (378,152 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.1.51

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

Original file name:
Updater.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
SIEN SuperInstall

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\common files\imgupdater\imgupdater.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SIEN S.A.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/21/2012 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/22/2014 8:59:59 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:
5/21/2014 5:37:51 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:y3uWjrIQGIF0ehf++VWNU8ewVmrrEHoj9m:+rIQGIqeY+EU8FIog9m

Entry address:
0x232FC

Entry point:
E8, 4A, F4, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 10, 68, E0, 9E, 44, 00, E8, AE, 54, 00, 00, 33, F6, 89, 75, E4, 89, 75, FC, 89, 75, E0, 8B, 5D, 0C, 8B, 7D, 08, 3B, 75, 10, 7D, 10, 8B, CF, FF, 55, 14, 03, FB, 89, 7D, 08, 46, 89, 75, E0, EB, EB, 33, C0, 40, 89, 45, E4, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 14, 00, 00, 00, E8, B6, 54, 00, 00, C2, 14, 00, 8B, 5D, 0C, 8B, 7D, 08, 8B, 45, E4, 8B, 75, E0, 85, C0, 75, 0B, FF, 75, 18, 56, 53, 57, E8, CA, D7, FF, FF, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 8D, 45, 10, 50, 6A, 00, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75...
 
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Code size:
249 KB (254,976 bytes)

Service
Display name:
GlobalUpdater

Type:
Win32OwnProcess, InteractiveProcess


The executing file has been seen to make the following network communication in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a95-100-249-91.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com  (95.100.249.91:80)

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