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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 7 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, 6, 0, 2

MD5:

15a4d1a8c15cb3c0c13c3f36899475e6

SHA-1:

c7c8f02263509248fe139e07c4b7a1a281eca1c7

SHA-256:

1ef7b897d41608a79adf62a4252e8376a1efc9e5a1ca9055ac577e36664d0919

Scanner detections:

7 / 68

Status:

Adware

Analysis date:

12/25/2024 2:01:15 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Boost by Reason

Adware.Startup.SweetIM.H

2013.8.29.4

Dr.Web

Adware.SweetIM.1

9.0.1.0357

ESET NOD32

Win32/SweetIM.L potentially unwanted application

8.7.0.302.0

IKARUS anti.virus

Win32.Sality

t3scan.1.6.1.0

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.SweetIM

v2013.12.23.11

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Startup.SweetIM.H

14.8.7.19

VIPRE Antivirus

Sweetpacks/SweetIM

23770

File size:

112.3 KB (114,992 bytes)

Product version:

3.6.0.2

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:

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:

8/1/2011 11:31:51 AM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

7.10

CTPH (ssdeep):

1536:nfRXjWg1g9crILp1sM5Y+eFuyfP+7zASkWTtNRnhYJ+uUJppUaWo42:Bzm1sV+etPUASkW5NgJ+FUC

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

TCP (HTTP):

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

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