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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 14 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 cdn.download.sweetpacks.com.
Publisher:
SweetIM Technologies Ltd.  (signed by SweetIM Technologies Ltd)

Product:
SweetIM Installer by SweetPacks

Version:
2, 1, 0, 5

MD5:
cf12d814edf66dce676b730123a29e37

SHA-1:
b9c0068d2478236bab2746a815d1db3e922c15d6

SHA-256:
827ee68ffb8bbbd159f67e2783feb182a7b23fa3097151c84ff47a4cf09d9131

Scanner detections:
14 / 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 12:40:57 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

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

Bkav FE
W32.Clod5f7.Trojan
1.3.0.4261

Dr.Web
Adware.SweetIM.5
9.0.1.0123

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Trojan.Generic.9879479
8.14.07.03.12

ESET NOD32
Win32/SweetIM (variant)
8.8144

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/SweetIM
7/3/2014

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SweetIM
v2014.07.03.12

McAfee
Artemis!4D19CF6F8250
5600.7081

MicroWorld eScan
Win32/SweetIM.C
15.0.0.552

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.SweetIM.bjqnjq
0.28.0.57380

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.SweetIM.P
14.8.7.19

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0828
7.2.184

Trend Micro
TROJ_GEN.FCBCBKN
10.465.03

VIPRE Antivirus
Sweetpacks/SweetIM
22592

File size:
340.3 KB (348,504 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:
1/10/2011 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:
5/17/2012 8:32:33 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:tKTIheF+jH3g0Zw66VR3DhS5BCcKHLfwDrRWqvjBjbzoS4:tKTIhc4H3M6oR3eCcKUfR7vRzoS4

Entry address:
0xCCD00

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 70, 48, 00, 8D, BE, 00, A0, F7, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, AA, A2, 0C, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, FA, 5C, 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 URL.

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

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