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pacmansdm.exe

Pacman 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 pacmansdm.exe, “Pacman Installer by SweetPacks” by SweetIM Technologies has been detected as adware by 19 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdn.download.sweetpacks.com.
Publisher:
SweetIM Technologies Ltd.  (signed by SweetIM Technologies Ltd)

Product:
Pacman by SweetPacks

Description:
Pacman Installer by SweetPacks

Version:
2, 1, 0, 5

MD5:
b6d7c5f7ec0f14af42435ad89dae8554

SHA-1:
de9b1aec19a545c00b2554f509ec22fe55eacc66

SHA-256:
ea67b729fbddd94c036a7706f36a51dea03e8959235e168a3097c70dc9a04a8a

Scanner detections:
19 / 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:
4/20/2024 2:50:37 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Trojan.Generic.9863716
892

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/SweetIM.AQ
7.11.97.40

Bitdefender
Trojan.Generic.9863716
1.0.20.1190

Bkav FE
W32.Cloddeb.Trojan
1.3.0.4562

Comodo Security
Heur.Suspicious
13118

Dr.Web
Adware.SweetIM.6
9.0.1.0238

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Trojan.Generic.9863716
8.14.08.26.12

ESET NOD32
Win32/SweetIM (variant)
8.8666

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Virut.NBP
8/26/2014

G Data
Trojan.Generic.9863716
14.8.22

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.SuspectCRC
t3scan.2.2.29

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SweetIM
v2014.08.26.12

McAfee
Artemis!15AF35D74861
5600.7026

MicroWorld eScan
Trojan.Generic.9863716
15.0.0.714

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.SweetIM.bjnhuf
0.26.0.55532

Norman
W32/SweetIM.P.dropper
11.20140826

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.SweetIM.J
14.8.26.12

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0521
7.2.238

VIPRE Antivirus
Sweetpacks/SweetIM
20306

File size:
351.3 KB (359,768 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\pacmansdm.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:BT7BS5OxRTn2VsB+FHMQC7YeS4auYFfcOOW4Z5EbZqZoSg:B3EsxN2qB+ZMtN/YRGW4fEVqZoSg

Entry address:
0xD2B70

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, A0, 48, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 70, F7, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, 2D, 00, 0D, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, 61, 8B, 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:
296 KB (303,104 bytes)

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

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

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