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HelperApp.exe

SweetPacks Updater for Chrome

SweetIM Technologies Ltd

This is part of the Montera web browser toolbar and extension that will modify the browser's default search provider, DNS, and home page functions. The application HelperApp.exe by SweetIM Technologies has been detected as adware by 7 anti-malware scanners. 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 cdn.download.sweetim.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
SweetIM Technologies Ltd.  (signed by SweetIM Technologies Ltd)

Product:
SweetPacks Updater for Chrome

Version:
1, 0, 0, 4

MD5:
6039dbd91b5362843aafd968725afed9

SHA-1:
7b7e4e52765348ced0920a132e59503234d2ff79

SHA-256:
8dae53074efe923351da5ca46eac4df997c183b4bdff1131859e1c558947b3b1

Scanner detections:
7 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
11/6/2024 4:59:00 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Bkav FE
W32.Clod49e.Trojan
1.3.0.4613

Boost by Reason
Adware.SweetIM.J
2013.8.29.0

Dr.Web
Adware.SweetIM.7
9.0.1.0241

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SweetIM
v2013.08.29.12

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SweetIM.J
14.8.7.19

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.R0CBH01HA13
7.2.241

VIPRE Antivirus
Sweetpacks/SweetIM
24644

File size:
184.3 KB (188,760 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.4

Copyright:
Copyright © 2012 SweetIM Technologies Ltd.

Original file name:
HelperApp.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\helperapp.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:
6/18/2012 8:44:22 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:AAn2nubF2HdA10L9dHOOGUd1zwjPsbVq3mH54OiSt:RdbOA10L3HO9wzAPsbV2Or

Entry address:
0xCF1F

Entry point:
E8, 1A, 3B, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 8B, F1, C6, 46, 0C, 00, 85, C0, 75, 63, E8, 6C, 20, 00, 00, 89, 46, 08, 8B, 48, 6C, 89, 0E, 8B, 48, 68, 89, 4E, 04, 8B, 0E, 3B, 0D, 18, BD, 42, 00, 74, 12, 8B, 0D, 34, BC, 42, 00, 85, 48, 70, 75, 07, E8, 71, 45, 00, 00, 89, 06, 8B, 46, 04, 3B, 05, 38, BB, 42, 00, 74, 16, 8B, 46, 08, 8B, 0D, 34, BC, 42, 00, 85, 48, 70, 75, 08, E8, E5, 3D, 00, 00, 89, 46, 04, 8B, 46, 08, F6, 40, 70, 02, 75, 14, 83, 48, 70, 02, C6, 46, 0C, 01, EB, 0A...
 
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Entropy:
6.4587

Code size:
127.5 KB (130,560 bytes)

The file HelperApp.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

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

http://download.sweetpacks.com/simsdm/.../simupdater.exe

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