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JewelQuest3 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 jewelquest3sdm.exe, “JewelQuest3 Installer by SweetPacks” by SweetIM Technologies has been detected as adware by 9 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:
JewelQuest3 by SweetPacks

Description:
JewelQuest3 Installer by SweetPacks

Version:
2, 1, 0, 5

MD5:
51d440cb5530f30203b757cf84e657b0

SHA-1:
5cf57843305b2b9db3043126b0fd49d0c34080e2

SHA-256:
0c8e3f9eee11f15fc58f63a5236b9f8cce2b9bf58a3c866725a9f981428325d1

Scanner detections:
9 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
4/25/2024 6:10:09 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-140517

Dr.Web
Adware.SweetIM.6
9.0.1.0137

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Trojan.Win32.SweetIM.AMN
8.14.08.07.07

ESET NOD32
Win32/SweetIM (variant)
8.8943

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SweetIM
v2014.05.17.04

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.SweetIM.bjnhuf
0.26.0.55532

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.SweetIM.O
14.8.7.19

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0523
7.2.219

VIPRE Antivirus
Sweetpacks/SweetIM
22590

File size:
325.8 KB (333,656 bytes)

Product version:
2, 1, 0, 5

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\jewelquest3sdm.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SweetIM Technologies Ltd

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

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

Valid to:
2/5/2014 12:59:59 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:
5/20/2012 2:03:03 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:XT7BS5OxRTn2VsB+FHMQC7YeS4auYht0YWMj0/ex2C2fKp1dHsoSPr:X3EsxN2qB+ZMtN/Yh5jyexPDKoST

Entry address:
0xC04B0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, E0, 47, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 30, F8, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, 2D, E0, 0B, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, A5, 24, 04, 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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Code size:
272 KB (278,528 bytes)

The file jewelquest3sdm.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://cdn.download.sweetpacks.com/.../JewelQuest3SDM.exe

http://cdn.download.sweetim.com/download/sweetpacks/.../JewelQuest3SDM.exe

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communication in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a92-123-180-186.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com  (92.123.180.186:80)

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