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sweetimsetup.exe

SweetIM for M

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 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the InstallShield Setup installer.
Publisher:
SweetIM Technologies Lt  (signed by SweetIM Technologies Ltd)

Product:
SweetIM for M

Description:
This installer

Version:
2.6.0017

MD5:
ee1073abd72d562a78a948a39724bb61

SHA-1:
b0802c1bd199deb64a093e63cf50aefa3b722061

SHA-256:
944992dde35ac3811aeb138a1ffd1853ccc5cd8f4a02269addf7e7e343cf892e

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 1:38:34 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Perion (M)
16.9.20.2

File size:
4.4 MB (4,632,168 bytes)

Product version:
2.6.

Copyright:
SweetIM Technologies Ltd.

Original file name:
Setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
InstallShield Setup

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\im\identities\{db2fcc30-0c24-47a3-9b42-f1d0d850055c}\message store\attachments\sweetimsetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SweetIM Technologies Ltd

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/6/2008 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/6/2011 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 2004 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)04, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
55DB0DA8C4245942769954A0086D7C36

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/19/2007 3:03:15 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:n1BGPuUJoAUZ7dMiD4UezDWuR6AQCwWk9GTZb+8G+AXLNQfLlXudhF:n1BiuUJnUZRMiEUeOuR6AHkMTsZQfBX4

Entry address:
0x2996C

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 6A, FF, 68, C8, 70, 43, 00, 68, 58, CB, 42, 00, 64, A1, 00, 00, 00, 00, 50, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 83, EC, 58, 53, 56, 57, 89, 65, E8, FF, 15, 78, 61, 43, 00, 33, D2, 8A, D4, 89, 15, 04, 56, 44, 00, 8B, C8, 81, E1, FF, 00, 00, 00, 89, 0D, 00, 56, 44, 00, C1, E1, 08, 03, CA, 89, 0D, FC, 55, 44, 00, C1, E8, 10, A3, F8, 55, 44, 00, 6A, 01, E8, 15, 1F, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, C3, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8, 30, 10, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 10, E8, B2, 00, 00, 00, 59, 33, F6, 89, 75...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++ v6.0

Code size:
212 KB (217,088 bytes)

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