bubblehitsdm.exe

Bubble Hit 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 bubblehitsdm.exe, “Bubble Hit Installer by SweetPacks” by SweetIM Technologies has been detected as adware by 16 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.
Publisher:
SweetIM Technologies Ltd.  (signed by SweetIM Technologies Ltd)

Product:
Bubble Hit by SweetPacks

Description:
Bubble Hit Installer by SweetPacks

Version:
2, 8, 0, 4

MD5:
3a1b5830598f77e979a061b02d54410e

SHA-1:
7623ad1875944120b9c1091f6aecec3bc7210305

SHA-256:
b7a79912ea60d7dec971dfd43e03f21a925bb033f7fe40caed5d12627cb21968

Scanner detections:
16 / 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:
4/24/2024 3:58:46 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Trojan.Generic.9720627
1020

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/SweetIM.AQ
7.11.97.40

Bitdefender
Trojan.Generic.9720627
1.0.20.555

Bkav FE
W32.Clod768.Trojan
1.3.0.4562

Comodo Security
Heur.Suspicious
16940

Dr.Web
Adware.SweetIM.26
9.0.1.0108

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Trojan.Generic.9720627
8.14.04.21.09

ESET NOD32
Win32/SweetIM (variant)
8.8801

G Data
Trojan.Generic.9720627
14.4.22

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.SuspectCRC
t3scan.2.0.127

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SweetIM
v2014.04.18.08

McAfee
Artemis!3A1B5830598F
5600.7156

MicroWorld eScan
Trojan.Generic.9720627
15.0.0.333

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.SweetIM.M
14.8.7.19

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0506
7.2.108

VIPRE Antivirus
Sweetpacks/SweetIM
21490

File size:
623.8 KB (638,736 bytes)

Product version:
2, 8, 0, 4

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\bubblehitsdm.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/9/2011 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/4/2014 6:59:59 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:
4/25/2013 4:46:45 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:c9qLlr9LhTFMCHCUAJiixxqFbvtKRe4J2AnZZTuHoMpaJGARsW4FE6Ybu7CoSk8M:c9qLfLPtibMbvIsZAZ4lpaJGvbB9hP

Entry address:
0x1C2C20

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 60, 53, 00, 8D, BE, 00, B0, EC, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, 77, 05, 1C, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, 16, CC, 08, 00, 56, 83, C3, 04, 53, 50, C7, 03, 03, 00, 02, 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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Entropy:
7.9095  (probably packed)

Code size:
568 KB (581,632 bytes)

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