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sweetimsetup.exe

SweetIM 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 sweetimsetup.exe, “SweetIM Installer by SweetPacks” by SweetIM Technologies has been detected as adware by 17 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the SweetPacks Installer installer. 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 by SweetPacks

Description:
SweetIM Installer by SweetPacks

Version:
2, 4, 0, 6

MD5:
d51e9b0a45ed22b9a3d2c87b21970486

SHA-1:
3131325e23694d2ada19c1575e7c0f4a5e94ffb0

SHA-256:
533ceb0cb01ba3e4033871fcc26966d7712cd50963ecde2ad7291bb4d68ab19b

Scanner detections:
17 / 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:
12/26/2024 1:08:46 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Trojan.Generic.9720627
1151

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/SweetIM.AQ
7.11.97.40

Bitdefender
Trojan.Generic.9720627
1.0.20.1650

Bkav FE
W32.Clod768.Trojan
1.3.0.4562

Boost by Reason
Optional.SweetIM.M
188838

Comodo Security
Heur.Suspicious
16790

Dr.Web
Adware.SweetIM.22
9.0.1.0241

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Trojan.Generic.9720627
8.13.11.26.03

ESET NOD32
Win32/SweetIM (variant)
7.8701

G Data
Trojan.Generic.9720627
13.11.22

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.SuspectCRC
t3scan.2.0.127

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SweetIM
v2013.11.26.03

McAfee
Artemis!999FE482443D
5600.7271

MicroWorld eScan
Trojan.Generic.9720627
14.0.0.990

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.SweetIM.M
14.8.7.19

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V1228
7.2.241

VIPRE Antivirus
Sweetpacks/SweetIM
20658

File size:
432.9 KB (443,304 bytes)

Product version:
2, 4, 0, 6

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}\downloads\sweetimsetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SweetIM Technologies Ltd

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/9/2011 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/4/2014 3:59:59 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:
12/19/2012 7:06:02 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:sNI53Stv0UNLYShIhFfXMUQf8iZOWb4OcMs0zZW7j0jIV3s3Z0XfnqWS3tqIWoSr:z88QYh1M5scY7jCu3s3GStq5oSr

Entry address:
0x154A80

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 80, 4F, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 90, F0, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, 62, 24, 15, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, 70, CA, 05, 00, 56, 83, C3, 04, 53, 50, C7, 03, 03, 00, 02, 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:
7.8422  (probably packed)

Code size:
376 KB (385,024 bytes)

The file sweetimsetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 4 URLs.

http://cdn.download.sweetpacks.com/simsdm/dealply/.../sweetimsetup.exe

http://cdn.download.sweetpacks.com/simsdm/.../sweetimsetup.exe

http://cdn.download.sweetpacks.com/.../sweetimsetup.exe

http://cdn.download.sweetpacks.com/simsdm/SEMGRP001/pg/.../sweetimsetup.exe

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