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sweetimsetup.exe

SweetIM Installer 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 by SweetIM Technologies has been detected as adware by 20 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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.sweetim.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
SweetIM Technologies Ltd.  (signed by SweetIM Technologies Ltd)

Product:
SweetIM Installer by SweetPacks

Version:
1, 5, 0, 6

MD5:
831ffbbd4f25531dde034a6879ffb565

SHA-1:
48c026f6b0f6206fe86949230ad3457b91362685

SHA-256:
70b9346cef1e4c6478b10c13741591a220f967413d150b704cc6eae4e2bc145d

Scanner detections:
20 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 2:20:00 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Trash.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-140703

AVG
SweetIM Technologies Ltd
2015.0.3389

Bkav FE
W32.Clod5f7.Trojan
1.3.0.4261

Boost by Reason
Optional.SweetIM.M
188838

Comodo Security
Heur.Suspicious
16447

Dr.Web
Adware.SweetIM.14
9.0.1.0353

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Trojan.Generic.9879479
8.14.01.03.07

ESET NOD32
Win32/SweetIM (variant)
7.8459

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/SweetIM
7/3/2014

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SweetIM
v2013.12.19.03

McAfee
Artemis!4D19CF6F8250
5600.7276

MicroWorld eScan
Win32/SweetIM.C
15.0.0.552

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.SweetIM.bjqnjq
0.28.0.57380

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.SweetIM.M
14.8.7.19

SUPERAntiSpyware
Trojan.Agent/Gen-Nullo[Short]
10435

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0826
7.2.353

Trend Micro
TROJ_GEN.FCBCBKN
10.465.03

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Sweetpacks/SweetIM
20906

File size:
326.3 KB (334,128 bytes)

Product version:
1, 5, 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}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\sweetimsetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SweetIM Technologies Ltd

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/9/2011 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/4/2014 9:59:59 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:
4/18/2012 6:04:42 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:3gHSgHabX6ZBl60FS9RGJbTRJg9Kdu3nBS1WzYMJ7sjAMoSI:3gHSgHaWZBM0oLG9RJg/s5MJ7KAMoSI

Entry address:
0xBD7E0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, B0, 47, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 60, F8, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, 37, B2, 0B, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, D9, 27, 04, 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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Code size:
272 KB (278,528 bytes)

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

http://download.sweetim.com/download/.../sweetimsetup.exe

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

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