bundlesweetimsetup.exe

SweetIM Setup

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 bundlesweetimsetup.exe by SweetIM Technologies has been detected as adware by 8 anti-malware scanners. This is a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. This will modify the wbe browser's home and search pages and search provider as well as display various advertisements. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. The file has been seen being downloaded from app.speedares.com.
Publisher:
SweetIM Technologies Ltd.  (signed by SweetIM Technologies Ltd)

Product:
SweetIM Setup

Version:
1, 3, 0, 4

MD5:
ee387bf39fafecb41f585155ce54078c

SHA-1:
aae60cb1f9fd40fffaf3167f84aa3f08ea5866cc

SHA-256:
a2c8e4a5fea6f7a50cbd1066b9f5459dea5748d8d07734e63447e14ac08abad0

Scanner detections:
8 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
11/4/2025 7:16:07 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Boost by Reason
Optional.SweetIM.S
188838

Comodo Security
Heur.Suspicious
17137

Dr.Web
Adware.SweetIM.2
9.0.1.0360

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SweetIM
v2013.12.26.04

Norman
Suspicious_Gen4.DFVMF
11.20131226

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.SweetIM.S
14.8.7.19

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0304
7.2.360

VIPRE Antivirus
Sweetpacks/SweetIM
22588

File size:
4.5 MB (4,684,080 bytes)

Product version:
1, 3, 0, 4

Copyright:
Copyright © 2011 SweetIM Technologies Ltd.

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\bundlesweetimsetup.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/10/2011 5:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/5/2014 4:59:59 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 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:
1/10/2012 3:28:44 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:5kBm2xEEqmP9GG3AdfOckWlMJbTyurZcRyD:5FEqY+f8WlM9rZFD

Entry address:
0x810C10

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 80, 7A, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 90, C5, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, 2E, E2, 80, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, 04, 8C, 46, 00, 56, 83, C3, 04, 53, 50, C7, 03, 03, 00, 00, 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:
7.9982  (probably packed)

Code size:
4.4 MB (4,628,480 bytes)

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

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