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shortcut_sweetimsetup.exe

SweetIM Installer 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 shortcut_sweetimsetup.exe by SweetIM Technologies has been detected as adware by 15 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. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdn.download.sweetim.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
SweetIM Technologies Ltd.  (signed by SweetIM Technologies Ltd)

Product:
SweetIM Installer by SweetPacks

Version:
2, 1, 0, 7

MD5:
5ac9c7fbff3043225dfea09ee4fff795

SHA-1:
38d6b466b77412da9a0d769814f264ba0c18902c

SHA-256:
838ba156d3d8d5ec6a01a6e2a7a68652b5d3614590ec542a4d219872152da267

Scanner detections:
15 / 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:
4/16/2024 9:00:27 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-140124

Bkav FE
W32.Clod2c0.Trojan
1.3.0.4261

Comodo Security
Heur.Suspicious
17137

Dr.Web
Adware.SweetIM.5
9.0.1.024

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Trojan.Generic.9879479
8.14.07.03.12

ESET NOD32
Win32/SweetIM (variant)
8.8972

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/SweetIM
7/3/2014

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SweetIM
v2014.01.24.01

McAfee
Artemis!4D19CF6F8250
5600.7081

MicroWorld eScan
Win32/SweetIM.C
15.0.0.72

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.SweetIM.bjqnjq
0.28.0.57380

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.SweetIM.V
14.8.7.19

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V1021
7.2.24

Trend Micro
TROJ_GEN.FCBCBKN
10.465.24

VIPRE Antivirus
Sweetpacks/SweetIM
22776

File size:
343.3 KB (351,576 bytes)

Product version:
2, 1, 0, 7

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\shortcut_sweetimsetup.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:
6/17/2012 2:41:15 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:jxsd9WdckJuioQFsLmqc0w5PdV4KFkwj50c4ipomolNnoSo:jK9ackcmFd15P33ZomUoSo

Entry address:
0xCD830

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 70, 48, 00, 8D, BE, 00, A0, F7, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, AA, B2, 0C, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, 2A, 68, 04, 00, 56, 83, C3, 04, 53, 50, C7, 03, 03, 00, 02, 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:
288 KB (294,912 bytes)

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

http://cdn.download.sweetim.com/download/pgong/.../sweetimsetup.exe

http://cdn.download.sweetim.com/download/.../sweetimsetup.exe

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