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shortcut_shortcut_shortcut_shortcut_shortcut_sweetimsetup.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 shortcut_shortcut_shortcut_shortcut_shortcut_sweetimsetup.exe by SweetIM Technologies has been detected as adware by 5 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. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdn.download.sweetim.com.
Publisher:
SweetIM Technologies Ltd.  (signed by SweetIM Technologies Ltd)

Product:
SweetIM Installer by SweetPacks

Version:
2, 1, 0, 7

MD5:
2ee69d8a113835ee145e750fa3c1588e

SHA-1:
05e239cf8bb6bd8489a584c7392c901eed81e3e3

SHA-256:
933e84cd7ac48b079e403498728f1c028b75244c8d17d9ae8730207631b15859

Scanner detections:
5 / 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:
11/30/2024 10:37:49 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Adware.SweetIM.11
9.0.1.0359

ESET NOD32
Win32/SweetIM (variant)
7.8959

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SweetIM
v2013.12.25.12

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.SweetIM.z
14.8.7.19

VIPRE Antivirus
Sweetpacks/SweetIM
22674

File size:
289.8 KB (296,792 bytes)

Product version:
2, 1, 0, 7

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}\appdata\local\temp\shortcut_shortcut_shortcut_shortcut_shortcut_sweetimsetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SweetIM Technologies Ltd

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/10/2011 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/4/2014 11:59:59 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:
6/17/2012 1:41:15 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:Uxsd9WdckJuioQFsLmqc0w5PdV4KORmPBkkQrHoSa:UK9ackcmFd15P3JKToSa

Entry address:
0xC0230

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 70, 48, 00, 8D, BE, 00, A0, F7, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, AA, E2, 0B, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, 25, 92, 03, 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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Code size:
232 KB (237,568 bytes)

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

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

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