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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 shortcut_setup_a6d30a2-3e95-48ee-98a9-685fad04158.exe by SweetIM Technologies has been detected as adware by 10 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 app.softimizer.com.
Publisher:
SweetIM Technologies Ltd.  (signed by SweetIM Technologies Ltd)

Product:
SweetIM Installer by SweetPacks

Version:
2, 1, 0, 3

MD5:
bf04155512587f3fe62e221c8a585c5c

SHA-1:
eec847751d1a9cc125abce11f90736f9ddbfe9cb

SHA-256:
dad2a980214d945ef541ae82152c0aadbb12e2c878f00b390ba23d7f0942ca31

Scanner detections:
10 / 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:
12/24/2024 12:37:58 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.Generic.362212
1127

Bitdefender
Adware.Generic.362212
1.0.20.20

Dr.Web
Adware.SweetIM.2
9.0.1.04

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.Generic.362212
8.14.01.04.02

ESET NOD32
Win32/SweetIM (variant)
8.9190

G Data
Adware.Generic.362212
14.1.22

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SweetIM
v2014.01.04.02

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.Generic.362212
15.0.0.12

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.SweetIM.r
14.8.7.19

VIPRE Antivirus
Sweetpacks/SweetIM
24798

File size:
5.8 MB (6,097,200 bytes)

Product version:
2, 1, 0, 3

Copyright:
Copyright © 2011 SweetIM Technologies Ltd.

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
SweetPacks Installer

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\Local settings\temp\shortcut_setup_a6d30a2-3e95-48ee-98a9-685fad04158.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SweetIM Technologies Ltd

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/10/2011 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/5/2014 12:59:59 AM

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:
5/11/2012 12:23:13 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:I823I547/7eZ7WEvhN/JS8Y0PW1aDciwpumSNDE2u6C+fWCkCO/F:u4k7eZ7WgbRSH0+LpuHI2u6jWCkd9

Entry address:
0xAD58F0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 20, 91, 00, 8D, BE, 00, F0, AE, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, AA, 32, AD, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, EC, 38, 5C, 00, 56, 83, C3, 04, 53, 50, C7, 03, 03, 00, 00, 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:
7.9987  (probably packed)

Code size:
5.8 MB (6,049,792 bytes)

The file shortcut_setup_a6d30a2-3e95-48ee-98a9-685fad04158.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://app.softimizer.com/sweetimsetup_download.php

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