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sweetimsetup.exe

SweetIM Installer

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 sweetimsetup.exe by SweetIM Technologies has been detected as adware by 17 anti-malware scanners. This is a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdn.download.sweetim.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
SweetIM Technologies, Ltd.  (signed by SweetIM Technologies Ltd)

Product:
SweetIM Installer

Version:
1, 0, 0, 4

MD5:
0287f547951997a4c0b9eb0b0efff47d

SHA-1:
0cd5505915b067c5fab387ebda410f7bdf7cf2da

SHA-256:
68988a5282f910323bdfef7fb247787939ca2c863d67b598c58f7801029db4ef

Scanner detections:
17 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 3:37:13 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
2014.9-140807

Boost by Reason
Optional.SweetIM.M
188838

Dr.Web
Adware.SweetIM.1
9.0.1.0138

ESET NOD32
Win32/SweetIM (variant)
8.8944

McAfee
GenericTRA-AC!8F8068189451
5600.7126

MicroWorld eScan
Win32/SweetIM.B
15.0.0.414

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.SweetIM.M
14.8.7.19

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0611
7.2.138

VIPRE Antivirus
Sweetpacks/SweetIM
22592

File size:
446.8 KB (457,520 bytes)

Product version:
3, 4, 0, 5

Copyright:
Copyright © 2010

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\sweetimsetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SweetIM Technologies Ltd

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:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Srpyz2qrIPq3XZkL2CWDZtpeZmpMykwC0r69d/:y62pPIpkKCifGYKwdre/

Entry address:
0x161FE0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 10, 50, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 00, F0, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89...
 
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Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA]

Code size:
392 KB (401,408 bytes)

The file sweetimsetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

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

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

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