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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 bubblehitsetup.exe, “Bubble Hit Installer by SweetPacks” 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 SweetPacks Installer installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdn.download.sweetpacks.com.
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:
1ed67ac0db7ce23eb7f640e304184a86

SHA-1:
46feaa2d21a4a0695b1deb5a0819ebc2e0bdb9ec

SHA-256:
14cfdd7eb4ab351891ca0374d54557cbb9b9c2664aabd3c49ea4680c4a717242

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.

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/23/2024 6:06:54 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Perion.Montera.Bundler (M)
16.1.12.15

File size:
542.3 KB (555,280 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\bubblehitsetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SweetIM Technologies Ltd

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

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

Valid to:
2/4/2014 8:59:59 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 5:46:45 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:d9qLlr9LhTFMCHCUAJiixxqFbvtKRrSE+nslmM96EhUOZoSC:d9qLfLPtibMbvIxSvna9gmUOm

Entry address:
0x1A6950

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, E0, 52, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 30, ED, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, 77, 45, 1A, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, 4A, 89, 07, 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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Code size:
488 KB (499,712 bytes)

The file bubblehitsetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://cdn.download.sweetpacks.com/Bubblehit/.../BubblehitSetup.exe

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