SweetIM.exe

SweetIM

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 SweetIM.exe, “SweetIM Instant Messenger Enhancer” by SweetIM Technologies has been detected as adware by 7 anti-malware scanners. It is set to automatically execute when any user logs into Windows (through the local user run registry setting) with the name ‘SweetIM’. 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

Description:
SweetIM Instant Messenger Enhancer

Version:
3, 7, 0, 5

MD5:
11dfc7ff30b9b44f1477989c8fff478f

SHA-1:
cb8e8cc79bcc050599002537552bbb1ac22fb74f

SHA-256:
a4b0e64c8ee0a64baa9e677fbde869b928853c8e730abae9ba188582dc113281

Scanner detections:
7 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 2:29:10 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Boost by Reason
Adware.Startup.SweetIM.H
2013.8.29.4

Dr.Web
Adware.SweetIM.1
9.0.1.0358

ESET NOD32
Win32/SweetIM.L potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

IKARUS anti.virus
Win32.Sality
t3scan.1.6.1.0

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SweetIM
v2013.08.29.04

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Startup.SweetIM.H
14.8.7.19

VIPRE Antivirus
Sweetpacks/SweetIM
23770

File size:
112.3 KB (115,032 bytes)

Product version:
3.7.0.5

Copyright:
Copyright © 2008 SweetIM Technologies Ltd.

Original file name:
SweetIM.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\sweetim\messenger\sweetim.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/9/2011 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/4/2014 3:59:59 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:
5/29/2012 5:49:23 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
7.10

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:xfRXjWg1g9crILp1sM5Y+eFuyfP+hJASMWTtNRnhYJ+uUJppu8po4i:Xzm1sV+etP8ASMW5NgJ+Fu3

Entry address:
0x7E48

Entry point:
6A, 74, 68, 18, 97, 40, 00, E8, 48, 02, 00, 00, 33, DB, 89, 5D, E0, 53, 8B, 3D, 20, 90, 40, 00, FF, D7, 66, 81, 38, 4D, 5A, 75, 1F, 8B, 48, 3C, 03, C8, 81, 39, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, 12, 0F, B7, 41, 18, 3D, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 74, 1F, 3D, 0B, 02, 00, 00, 74, 05, 89, 5D, E4, EB, 27, 83, B9, 84, 00, 00, 00, 0E, 76, F2, 33, C0, 39, 99, F8, 00, 00, 00, EB, 0E, 83, 79, 74, 0E, 76, E2, 33, C0, 39, 99, E8, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 95, C0, 89, 45, E4, 89, 5D, FC, 6A, 02, FF, 15, 28, 91, 40, 00, 59, 83, 0D, FC, D1, 40, 00, FF, 83...
 
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Entropy:
5.1111

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++ v7.1

Code size:
32 KB (32,768 bytes)

Startup File (All Users Run)
Registry location:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
SweetIM

Command:
C:\Program Files\sweetim\messenger\sweetim.exe


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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-52-208-15-18.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com  (52.208.15.18:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-52-50-71-245.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com  (52.50.71.245:80)

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