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pacmansdm.exe

Pacman 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 pacmansdm.exe, “Pacman Installer by SweetPacks” by SweetIM Technologies has been detected as adware by 19 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 cdn.download.sweetpacks.com.
Publisher:
SweetIM Technologies Ltd.  (signed by SweetIM Technologies Ltd)

Product:
Pacman by SweetPacks

Description:
Pacman Installer by SweetPacks

Version:
2, 8, 0, 4

MD5:
5a82dbc45883460ca095771cfad7a5da

SHA-1:
4881227f095000f2477fefb7da1ba22ba2559304

SHA-256:
ee2688512d29456adb0e5d36f45001d7a071c9aa8dcfbcaa26f6575ea6238cc7

Scanner detections:
19 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
11/25/2024 1:25:58 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Trojan.Generic.9863716
369

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/SweetIM.AQ
7.11.97.40

Bitdefender
Trojan.Generic.9863716
1.0.20.160

Bkav FE
W32.Cloddeb.Trojan
1.3.0.4562

Boost by Reason
Optional.SweetIM
188838

Dr.Web
Adware.SweetIM.26
9.0.1.032

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Trojan.Generic.9863716
8.16.02.01.09

ESET NOD32
Win32/SweetIM (variant)
10.8666

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Virut.NBP
2/1/2016

G Data
Trojan.Generic.9863716
16.2.22

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.SuspectCRC
t3scan.2.2.29

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SweetIM
v2016.02.01.09

McAfee
Artemis!15AF35D74861
5600.6503

MicroWorld eScan
Trojan.Generic.9863716
17.0.0.96

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.SweetIM.bjnhuf
0.26.0.55532

Norman
W32/SweetIM.P.dropper
11.20160201

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Perion.Montera.Bundler (M)
16.2.1.9

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0521
7.2.32

VIPRE Antivirus
Sweetpacks/SweetIM
20306

File size:
589.8 KB (603,920 bytes)

Product version:
2, 8, 0, 4

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\pacmansdm.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SweetIM Technologies Ltd

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/9/2011 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/4/2014 6:59:59 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:
4/25/2013 4:46:45 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:x9qLlr9LhTFMCHCUAJiixxqFbvtKRcxpox1Sb2FNs2lNoSD:x9qLfLPtibMbvICxQiQ

Entry address:
0x1B57E0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 10, 53, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 00, ED, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, 77, 35, 1B, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, DE, 47, 08, 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:
7.9068  (probably packed)

Code size:
536 KB (548,864 bytes)

The file pacmansdm.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://cdn.download.sweetpacks.com/pacman/.../PacmanSDM.exe

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