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sweetimsetup.exe

SweetIM 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 sweetimsetup.exe, “SweetIM Installer by SweetPacks” by SweetIM Technologies has been detected as adware by 5 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the SweetPacks Installer installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdn.download.sweetpacks.com.
Publisher:
SweetIM Technologies Ltd.  (signed by SweetIM Technologies Ltd)

Product:
SweetIM by SweetPacks

Description:
SweetIM Installer by SweetPacks

Version:
2, 2, 0, 5

MD5:
ccc0010a91775d7db709d2a16e6ef0b2

SHA-1:
49b037d9ab97bdf89cf63e534186dddcc4a6ae37

SHA-256:
9ab792f2a479bdaf895199d3a68d6771f1361c4bffdf2b46d0a0d8122e63dda9

Scanner detections:
5 / 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:
4/18/2024 6:54:46 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Comodo Security
Heur.Suspicious
15476

Dr.Web
Adware.SweetIM.16
9.0.1.0136

ESET NOD32
Win32/SweetIM (variant)
8.8085

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.SweetIM.P
14.8.7.19

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V1011
7.2.136

File size:
460.8 KB (471,896 bytes)

Product version:
2, 2, 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\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:
9/6/2012 11:58:41 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:ercgSTyKdAzkE85NoBy8Y6nhPaUtxpaxoSI:ehYLEwNooX6nhPLbp/

Entry address:
0x14CDB0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 30, 4F, 00, 8D, BE, 00, E0, F0, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, A9, A4, 14, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, A7, 9D, 05, 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:
364 KB (372,736 bytes)

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

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

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

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to multimedia-redir.interia.pl  (217.74.65.145:80)

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