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BundleSweetIMSetup.exe

SweetIM Installer by SweetPacks

SweetIM Technologies Ltd

This installer bundles a number of adware programs including the SweetIM Toolbar, PriceGong and other adware utilities with setup of the downloaded software. The application BundleSweetIMSetup.exe by SweetIM Technologies has been detected as adware by 7 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the SweetPacks Installer installer. This will modify the wbe browser's home and search pages and search provider as well as display various advertisements. The file has been seen being downloaded from software.onekit.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
SweetIM Technologies Ltd.  (signed by SweetIM Technologies Ltd)

Product:
SweetIM Installer by SweetPacks

Version:
2, 2, 0, 5

MD5:
bb804b756c631706b31b601b573c5a4c

SHA-1:
fa3adfe493fa176ba7da998da8e3419790c46f40

SHA-256:
ee8cc0b7fe4d146c9fde2387d05463a21a1a1562fc512afb0cf99b6d98ccc8c4

Scanner detections:
7 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
11/23/2024 4:38:49 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Boost by Reason
Optional.SweetIM.S
188838

Comodo Security
Heur.Suspicious
17258

Dr.Web
Adware.SweetIM.16
9.0.1.0240

ESET NOD32
Win32/SweetIM (variant)
7.9037

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SweetIM
v2013.08.28.12

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.SweetIM.S
14.8.7.19

VIPRE Antivirus
Sweetpacks/SweetIM
23290

File size:
6.5 MB (6,828,888 bytes)

Product version:
2, 2, 0, 5

Copyright:
Copyright © 2011 SweetIM Technologies Ltd.

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
SweetPacks Installer

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\bundlesweetimsetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SweetIM Technologies Ltd

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/9/2011 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/4/2014 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=SweetIM Technologies Ltd, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=SweetIM Technologies Ltd, L=Ra'anana, S=Israel, C=IL

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:
5E3BF2B52DA9EA7F1B539A7F018F4EC6

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/6/2012 2:58:41 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:yBxcPBx0qMIQ1zHTF6XiUr3PvX2BHrJZT6GoeCFBj/qUMxb9lzfJrBCMZQ4fR02Z:y7UzM9zzFWX4ZhoYFz1BQ4502+ixfcct

Entry address:
0xC97FE0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 60, A3, 00, 8D, BE, 00, B0, 9C, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, A9, 54, C9, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, D6, 1F, 66, 00, 56, 83, C3, 04, 53, 50, C7, 03, 03, 00, 02, 00, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 55, 57, 56, 53, 83, EC, 7C, 8B, 94, 24, 90, 00, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 74, 00, 00, 00, 00, C6, 44, 24, 73, 00, 8B, AC, 24, 9C, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 42, 04, 89, 44, 24, 78, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 0F, B6, 4A, 02, 89, C3, D3, E3, 89, D9, 49, 89, 4C, 24, 6C, 0F, B6, 4A...
 
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Entropy:
7.9927  (probably packed)

Code size:
6.4 MB (6,696,960 bytes)

The file BundleSweetIMSetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://software.onekit.com/software/ofertas/.../sweetim.exe

http://cdn.download.sweetim.com/download/.../BundleSweetIMSetup.exe

http://cdn.install.oibundles2.com/bundles/.../BundleSweetIMSetup.exe

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