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VistaCookiesCollector.exe

SweetIM VistaCookiesCollector

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 VistaCookiesCollector.exe, “Vista SweetIM Cookies Collector” by SweetIM Technologies has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
SweetIM Technologies Ltd.  (signed by SweetIM Technologies Ltd)

Product:
SweetIM VistaCookiesCollector

Description:
Vista SweetIM Cookies Collector

Version:
3, 3, 0, 7

MD5:
db620eb26aa75f062471e9b7bf5801b8

SHA-1:
8a8a0c5ae83094dfbc1fbf731087736473d9d998

SHA-256:
940490ea2eb2c1dc714a1c25b0ede6bcdff62a3dff5e08fde9600a98083ac481

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 1:58:27 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Perion (M)
16.9.27.9

File size:
61.3 KB (62,776 bytes)

Product version:
3.3.0.7

Copyright:
Copyright © 2008 SweetIM Technologies Ltd.

Original file name:
VistaCookiesCollector.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\vistacookiescollector.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SweetIM Technologies Ltd

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/6/2008 10:30:00 AM

Valid to:
2/6/2011 10:29:59 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:
10/13/2010 7:06:45 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
7.10

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:8MJYg7P9tsUuT4lPpdJEy+ep/7AzME9l55tgoRjxSx:8MJYgLjsXUl6yTE9lvt7ex

Entry address:
0x3690

Entry point:
6A, 60, 68, 90, C1, 40, 00, E8, 94, 14, 00, 00, BF, 94, 00, 00, 00, 8B, C7, E8, 98, 22, 00, 00, 89, 65, E8, 8B, F4, 89, 3E, 56, FF, 15, 30, C0, 40, 00, 8B, 4E, 10, 89, 0D, FC, 00, 41, 00, 8B, 46, 04, A3, 08, 01, 41, 00, 8B, 56, 08, 89, 15, 0C, 01, 41, 00, 8B, 76, 0C, 81, E6, FF, 7F, 00, 00, 89, 35, 00, 01, 41, 00, 83, F9, 02, 74, 0C, 81, CE, 00, 80, 00, 00, 89, 35, 00, 01, 41, 00, C1, E0, 08, 03, C2, A3, 04, 01, 41, 00, 33, F6, 56, 8B, 3D, 24, C0, 40, 00, FF, D7, 66, 81, 38, 4D, 5A, 75, 1F, 8B, 48, 3C, 03...
 
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Entropy:
6.5046

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++ v7.0

Code size:
40.5 KB (41,472 bytes)

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