simeeiinstaller.exe

Update Manage

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 simeeiinstaller.exe by SweetIM Technologies has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the InstallShield Setup installer. 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 Lt  (signed by SweetIM Technologies Ltd)

Product:
Update Manage

Description:
This installer

Version:
1.0.0005

MD5:
13b09f6a94a07bfc9a0300d98f158cb2

SHA-1:
e6f4d66cffaa7688cf35bf4a4b1e603977beb1c5

SHA-256:
0301cad4ac73f22e3036c071c9eada923715e6ad9caa2804a13b9ce0a52f7ea3

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 3:54:04 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Perion.Montera.Installer (M)
16.4.30.0

File size:
2.5 MB (2,626,512 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.

Copyright:
SweetIM Technologies Ltd.

Original file name:
Setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
InstallShield Setup

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\simeeiinstaller.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:
4/19/2007 3:03:15 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:N1DtGP+QGt2QhRNmQt+S4TDcLTGsD/dMgK3aZMT3Cy0P:N1BGPCPREil4TDcLTG+6qZc3Cym

Entry address:
0x2996C

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 6A, FF, 68, C8, 70, 43, 00, 68, 58, CB, 42, 00, 64, A1, 00, 00, 00, 00, 50, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 83, EC, 58, 53, 56, 57, 89, 65, E8, FF, 15, 78, 61, 43, 00, 33, D2, 8A, D4, 89, 15, 04, 56, 44, 00, 8B, C8, 81, E1, FF, 00, 00, 00, 89, 0D, 00, 56, 44, 00, C1, E1, 08, 03, CA, 89, 0D, FC, 55, 44, 00, C1, E8, 10, A3, F8, 55, 44, 00, 6A, 01, E8, 15, 1F, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, C3, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8, 30, 10, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 10, E8, B2, 00, 00, 00, 59, 33, F6, 89, 75...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++ v6.0

Code size:
212 KB (217,088 bytes)

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

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