IMINENT TECHNOLOGY SRL - 21% Detection Rate *

Did you just run into a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from IMINENT TECHNOLOGY SRL? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Iminent (fs) and Adware.Iminent.48. The detection rate for the IMINENT TECHNOLOGY SRL files collected here is 21%. Please read on for more details.

You'll probably notice IMINENT TECHNOLOGY SRL when running the file. The publisher name is then displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:

Screenshot where IMINENT TECHNOLOGY SRL appears as the verified publisher in the UAC dialog

You can view additional details from the IMINENT TECHNOLOGY SRL certificate with the following steps:

  1. Open up Windows Explorer and locate the IMINENT TECHNOLOGY SRL file
  2. Right-click the file and select Properties
  3. Click the Digital Signatures tab
  4. Click on the View Certificate button

Here's a screengrab of a file signed by IMINENT TECHNOLOGY SRL:

Screenshot of the IMINENT TECHNOLOGY SRL certificate

As you can see in the screenshot above, the Windows OS reports that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by IMINENT TECHNOLOGY SRL and that the file has not been tampered with.

If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above, you can examine all the details of the certificate, such as when it was issued, who issued the certificate, how long it is valid, and so on. You can also examine the address for IMINENT TECHNOLOGY SRL, such as the street name, city and country.

GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2 has issued the IMINENT TECHNOLOGY SRL certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.

IMINENT TECHNOLOGY SRL Files

These are the IMINENT TECHNOLOGY SRL files I've gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.

Detection RatioFile Name
8/54provided through Diplodocs.exe
8/57Minibar.InternetExplorer.BHOx64.dll
9/56Minibar.InternetExplorer.BHOx86.dll
16/579bafd911-36d2-4703-993a-74e79b2e3c69[1].exe
17/55provided through Diplodocs.exe

Scanner and Detection Names

Here is the detection names for the IMINENT TECHNOLOGY SRL files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.

ScannerDetection Names
AVGGeneric.653, Generic.4F8
AVwareTrojan.Win32.Generic!BT, Iminent (fs), Appscion (fs)
AgnitumRiskware.Agent!
Antiy-AVLTrojan/Win32.TSGeneric
AvastWin64:Adware-gen [Adw], Win32:Adware-BYE [PUP]
AviraADWARE/Iminent.Gen
Baidu-InternationalPUA.Win32.Iminent.ImTe, PUA.Win32.GetNow.bC
BkavW64.HfsAdware.6B2D, W32.HfsAdware.6B2D
ComodoApplication.Win32.GetNow.D
DrWebAdware.Iminent.48
ESET-NOD32a variant of Win32/GetNow.B, a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Iminent.K potentially unwanted, a variant of Win32/GetNow.C
FortinetRiskware/Iminent, Riskware/GetNow
GDataWin32.Application.Getnow.A
IkarusPUA.Getnow
K7AntiVirusAdware ( 004b90451 ), Unwanted-Program ( 0040f91c1 )
K7GWAdware ( 004b90451 ), Unwanted-Program ( 0040f91c1 )
MalwarebytesPUP.Optional.LiveSoftAction, PUP.Optional.Iminent.A
McAfeeArtemis!2148DBD420D3, Artemis!A6D818BC686A, LiveSoftAction
McAfee-GW-EditionArtemis!PUP, Artemis, BehavesLike.Win32.LiveSoftAction.jc
PandaPUP/IminentToolbar
SophosGeneric PUA EG (PUA), Generic PUA CL
SymantecWS.Reputation.1
TrendMicro-HouseCallSuspicious_GEN.F47V0801
VIPRETrojan.Win32.Generic!BT, Iminent (fs), Appscion (fs)

* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated

The detection percentage is based on the fact that I have gathered 279 scan results for the IMINENT TECHNOLOGY SRL files. 58 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. You can view the full details of the scan results by examining the files listed above.

Analysis Details

In the analysis on this page I grouped all certificates where the signer name is set to upper and lower case variants of IMINENT TECHNOLOGY SRL. These are the signer names:

The analysis has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers:

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