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bubblehitsetup.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 bubblehitsetup.exe, “Bubble Hit Installer by SweetPacks” by SweetIM Technologies has been detected as adware by 8 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:
db275c344a855646c40285667782f437

SHA-1:
8784ffa53c87e0d2b21566e473a667ad19e67427

SHA-256:
4e1d6a354b48da7a73e0709f59c73ed78bd5b919724646ea5f5291515bea7fbd

Scanner detections:
8 / 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 9:54:54 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Boost by Reason
Adware.Installer.SweetIM.O
2013.7.25.16

Comodo Security
Heur.Suspicious
16779

Dr.Web
Adware.SweetIM.26
9.0.1.0329

ESET NOD32
Win32/SweetIM (variant)
7.8943

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SweetIM
v2013.11.25.12

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.SweetIM.O
14.8.7.19

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0601
7.2.329

VIPRE Antivirus
Sweetpacks/SweetIM
22588

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 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/4/2014 3:59:59 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 1:46:45 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:I9qLlr9LhTFMCHCUAJiixxqFbvtKRrSE+n3qR85fiGoSj:I9qLfLPtibMbvIxSvn6R8A2

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, 4B, 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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Entropy:
7.8929  (probably packed)

Code size:
488 KB (499,712 bytes)

The file bubblehitsetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

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

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

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