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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:
2, 9, 0, 3

MD5:
d42936c070cbe48dc5b93e39b426358d

SHA-1:
a76a079d4be28efdd39307954657e833dd1ef033

SHA-256:
4939772d0a0ce3d6b3637e482e6b7d5e8a895d1e56bb7ef62ff471d37c02c1a6

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 1:35:15 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Perion (M)
16.10.18.10

File size:
61.3 KB (62,776 bytes)

Product version:
2.9.0.3

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 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:
2/1/2010 3:46:15 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
7.10

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:hMJYg7P9tsUuT4lPpdJEy+ep/7AzME9l55tg9g4xSc:hMJYgLjsXUl6yTE9lvt6Ec

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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