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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 19 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. 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:
2, 1, 0, 5

MD5:
dfbb2572ffd5f3843687671c8a16cc98

SHA-1:
aba45359d8a26f8debf6760021fba06a2c9cd241

SHA-256:
b986cd2aaf05ec1d48570edc9917cf8ef592246dafb6ce117198a77c5f624145

Scanner detections:
19 / 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 2:26:07 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
2015.0.3427

Bkav FE
W32.Clod5f7.Trojan
1.3.0.4261

Boost by Reason
Optional.SweetIM.M
188838

Dr.Web
Trojan.Damaged.1
9.0.1.0181

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Trojan.Generic.9879479
8.14.06.30.01

ESET NOD32
Win32/SweetIM (variant)
8.8329

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/SweetIM
7/3/2014

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SweetIM
v2014.06.30.01

McAfee
Artemis!4D19CF6F8250
5600.7083

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]
10512

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0828
7.2.181

Trend Micro
TROJ_GEN.FCBCBKN
10.465.03

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

VIPRE Antivirus
Sweetpacks/SweetIM
22592

File size:
373.3 KB (382,296 bytes)

Product version:
2, 1, 0, 5

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 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:
5/17/2012 3:32:33 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:5KTIheF+jH3g0Zw66VR3DhS5BCcKLTfe9agPKeTeczc9yR6MgLoSjN53:5KTIhc4H3M6oR3eCcKLze918p9yYMgLR

Entry address:
0xD43C0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, E0, 48, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 30, F7, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, AA, 22, 0D, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, B1, 63, 04, 00, 56, 83, C3, 04, 53, 50, C7, 03, 03, 00, 00, 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:
284 KB (290,816 bytes)

The file sweetimsetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

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

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

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

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