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SweetIM.exe

SweetIM

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 SweetIM.exe, “SweetIM Instant Messenger Enhancer” by SweetIM Technologies has been detected as adware by 5 anti-malware scanners. It is set to automatically execute when any user logs into Windows (through the local user run registry setting) with the name ‘SweetIM’. This will modify the wbe browser's home and search pages and search provider as well as display various advertisements.

File name:

SweetIM.exe

Publisher:

SweetIM Technologies Ltd. (signed by SweetIM Technologies Ltd)

Product:

SweetIM

Description:

SweetIM Instant Messenger Enhancer

Version:

3, 2, 0, 4

MD5:

040f51be608bd24751a03ab68fdd8682

SHA-1:

659fb02b232761be2011a3201c30ceb3bf74a013

Scanner detections:

5 / 68

Status:

Adware

Analysis date:

12/25/2024 2:01:26 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Dr.Web

Adware.SweetIM.1

9.0.1.0313

ESET NOD32

Win32/SweetIM (variant)

8.10572

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.SweetIM

v2014.11.09.04

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Startup.SweetIM.H

14.11.9.16

VIPRE Antivirus

Sweetpacks/SweetIM

33970

File size:

109.3 KB (111,928 bytes)

Product version:

3.2.0.4

Original file name:

SweetIM.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\Program Files\sweetim\messenger\sweetim.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

SweetIM Technologies Ltd

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

2/6/2008 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:

2/6/2011 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 2004 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)04, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:

55DB0DA8C4245942769954A0086D7C36

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/7/2010 2:06:57 PM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

7.10

CTPH (ssdeep):

1536:4fRXjWg1g9crILp1sM5Y+eFuyfP+Jc4IPWTtNRnhYJ+uUJpp6w1xSp:Mzm1sV+etPp4IPW5NgJ+F6lp

Entry address:

0x7E48

Entry point:

6A, 74, 68, 18, 97, 40, 00, E8, 48, 02, 00, 00, 33, DB, 89, 5D, E0, 53, 8B, 3D, 20, 90, 40, 00, FF, D7, 66, 81, 38, 4D, 5A, 75, 1F, 8B, 48, 3C, 03, C8, 81, 39, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, 12, 0F, B7, 41, 18, 3D, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 74, 1F, 3D, 0B, 02, 00, 00, 74, 05, 89, 5D, E4, EB, 27, 83, B9, 84, 00, 00, 00, 0E, 76, F2, 33, C0, 39, 99, F8, 00, 00, 00, EB, 0E, 83, 79, 74, 0E, 76, E2, 33, C0, 39, 99, E8, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 95, C0, 89, 45, E4, 89, 5D, FC, 6A, 02, FF, 15, 28, 91, 40, 00, 59, 83, 0D, FC, D1, 40, 00, FF, 83... 
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Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++ v7.1

Code size:

32 KB (32,768 bytes)

Startup File (All Users Run)

Registry location:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:

SweetIM

Command:

C:\Program Files\sweetim\messenger\sweetim.exe

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

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to ec2-52-50-71-245.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com (52.50.71.245:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to ec2-52-208-15-18.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com (52.208.15.18:80)

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