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SweetPacks Toolbar for Internet Explorer 4.6.0.2

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 clearhist.exe, “IE Address Bar Cleaner Application” by SweetIM Technologies has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
SweetIM Technologies Ltd.  (signed by SweetIM Technologies Ltd)

Product:
SweetPacks Toolbar for Internet Explorer 4.6.0.2

Description:
IE Address Bar Cleaner Application

Version:
4, 6, 0, 2

MD5:
8092f06b06adb0465234710f0278f01a

SHA-1:
239fb4453536b45fed9af87d26d7292add7300c4

SHA-256:
d93e0c3723ffdd8efa7b7be2d5b908f905bb5d6e847209a7f7318a4e379915fd

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.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 3:15:04 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Perion.Montera.Toolbar (M)
16.2.13.2

File size:
104.8 KB (107,312 bytes)

Product version:
4.6.0.2

Copyright:
Copyright © 2012 SweetIM Technologies Ltd.

Original file name:
clearhist.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SweetIM Technologies Ltd

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/10/2011 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/5/2014 6:59:59 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:
4/24/2012 6:23:16 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
768:eMlH1yn3wTOAbMbW0mEaFMoHTndHgGMK6mQt52yfGN0lxtGZsNqj1r2LFm4oq:pHQ45XHTndp6h52Vq1Mpr2o4oq

Entry address:
0x2C08

Entry point:
E8, 21, 3A, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 40, C0, 40, 00, E8, C2, 28, 00, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 85, F6, 74, 75, 83, 3D, E0, E7, 40, 00, 03, 75, 43, 6A, 04, E8, 0B, 3C, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, 33, 3C, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, 85, C0, 74, 09, 56, 50, E8, 54, 3C, 00, 00, 59, 59, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 0B, 00, 00, 00, 83, 7D, E4, 00, 75, 37, FF, 75, 08, EB, 0A, 6A, 04, E8, F7, 3A, 00, 00, 59, C3, 56, 6A, 00, FF, 35, 24, E5, 40, 00, FF, 15, 58, A0, 40, 00, 85, C0, 75, 16, E8, 0A, 24, 00...
 
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Entropy:
5.8567

Code size:
35 KB (35,840 bytes)

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