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_sweetimsetup.exe by SweetIM Technologies has been detected as adware by 15 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the SweetPacks Installer installer. This file is typically installed with the program BankBrowser by DialCom24 Sp. z o.o.. This will modify the wbe browser's home and search pages and search provider as well as display various advertisements.
Publisher:
SweetIM Technologies Ltd.  (signed by SweetIM Technologies Ltd)

Product:
SweetIM Installer by SweetPacks

Version:
2, 1, 0, 5

MD5:
76be1b5722a6052327a07655423b76b2

SHA-1:
bb25f4ca5d384aa82583764d1fdcec680f388f6c

SHA-256:
7c7948da4491e11c9c668b30bc28173ce4a09d7953d0313af5d5ee7391daf4c8

Scanner detections:
15 / 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:
12/25/2024 2:23:17 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-140216

Bkav FE
W32.Clod2c0.Trojan
1.3.0.4261

Comodo Security
Heur.Suspicious
17137

Dr.Web
Adware.SweetIM.5
9.0.1.0360

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Trojan.Generic.9879479
8.14.07.03.12

ESET NOD32
Win32/SweetIM (variant)
7.8943

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/SweetIM
7/3/2014

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SweetIM
v2013.12.26.11

McAfee
Artemis!4D19CF6F8250
5600.7081

MicroWorld eScan
Win32/SweetIM.C
15.0.0.141

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.SweetIM.bjqnjq
0.28.0.57380

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.SweetIM.V
14.8.7.19

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V1021
7.2.47

Trend Micro
TROJ_GEN.FCBCBKN
10.465.16

VIPRE Antivirus
Sweetpacks/SweetIM
22590

File size:
288.3 KB (295,256 bytes)

Product version:
2, 1, 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}\appdata\local\temp\shortcut_sweetimsetup.exe

Digital Signature
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:
5/17/2012 8:32:33 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:lKTIheF+jH3g0Zw66VR3DhS5BCcKHTCy9uhyXeOQpGd0oSu:lKTIhc4H3M6oR3eCcK7uhyD6oSu

Entry address:
0xBFDB0

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, D2, 0B, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, AE, 8D, 03, 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:
7.7237  (probably packed)

Code size:
232 KB (237,568 bytes)

The file shortcut_sweetimsetup.exe has been discovered within the following program.

BankBrowser  by DialCom24 Sp. z o.o.
BankBrowser is part of the Przelewy24 software.
www.bankbrowser.pl
About 3% of users remove it
 
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The file shortcut_sweetimsetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://cdn.download.sweetim.com/download/install/.../sweetimsetup.exe

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a104-103-72-171.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.103.72.171:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a104-103-72-177.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.103.72.177:80)

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