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bundlesweetimsetup.exe

SweetIM 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 bundlesweetimsetup.exe, “SweetIM Installer by SweetPacks” by SweetIM Technologies has been detected as adware by 22 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:
SweetIM by SweetPacks

Description:
SweetIM Installer by SweetPacks

Version:
2, 9, 0, 100

MD5:
e656c2f3a42d096c9aff9b24234164f8

SHA-1:
ef86f5b6663dcf290189d344ba03f8065f547e86

SHA-256:
ea400b11f4faca7211a630914460d441d887bdf53c8f34d70ed9cf71137e9d1b

Scanner detections:
22 / 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:
4/19/2024 11:16:09 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Trojan.Generic.9887550
1137

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.Agent
4.0.3.14214

Bitdefender
Trojan.Generic.9887550
1.0.20.1790

Bkav FE
W32.Cloda7d.Trojan
1.3.0.4562

Boost by Reason
Optional.SweetIM.S
188838

Comodo Security
Heur.Suspicious
17137

Dr.Web
Adware.SweetIM.26
9.0.1.0348

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Trojan.Generic.9887550
8.13.12.24.01

ESET NOD32
Win32/SweetIM (variant)
7.8577

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/Fam.NB
12/24/2013

G Data
Trojan.Generic.9887550
13.12.22

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.SuspectCRC
t3scan.2.2.29

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SweetIM
v2013.12.24.01

McAfee
Artemis!1C2076A11266
5600.7271

MicroWorld eScan
Trojan.Generic.9887550
14.0.0.1074

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Delf.csbaek
0.28.0.57029

nProtect
Trojan.Generic.9887550
14.02.07.03

Panda Antivirus
Suspicious file
13.12.24.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.SweetIM.S
14.8.7.19

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0819
7.2.348

VIPRE Antivirus
Sweetpacks/SweetIM
20940

ViRobot
Adware.Agent.8212752
2011.4.7.4223

File size:
10.2 MB (10,653,456 bytes)

Product version:
2, 9, 0, 100

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}\appdata\local\temp\bundlesweetimsetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SweetIM Technologies Ltd

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:
6/12/2013 5:36:30 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:b/p8nQl7wST5KW36foJI6H4aW5MAN3mjX0FoivDP/:zp8Q9zP6xavk3mLQRvz

Entry address:
0xBB6DB0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, D0, 59, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 40, E6, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, 1F, 46, BB, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, A0, 9D, A1, 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:
7.9992  (probably packed)

Code size:
10.1 MB (10,596,352 bytes)

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

http://d3d6wi7c7pa6m0.cloudfront.net/bundles/.../sweetimsetup_20130620.exe

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