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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 SweetIMSetup.exe by SweetIM Technologies has been detected as adware by 20 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.sweetim.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
SweetIM Technologies Ltd.  (signed by SweetIM Technologies Ltd)

Product:
SweetIM Installer by SweetPacks

Version:
2, 1, 0, 8

MD5:
4d19cf6f82507ba6d1b42916d2c16bbf

SHA-1:
9dc0170bdc5b4ecbfe2096cce04c05e6481cbaa9

SHA-256:
e45176975ff43f5cb222488d827b20c1a2205d6d3eaaf8a44fa23170c645a01f

Scanner detections:
20 / 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:
4/26/2024 5:26:59 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Trash.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-140807

AVG
SweetIM Technologies Ltd
2015.0.3389

Bkav FE
W32.Clod5f7.Trojan
1.3.0.4261

Boost by Reason
Optional.SweetIM.M
188838

Comodo Security
Heur.Suspicious
16447

Dr.Web
Adware.SweetIM.14
9.0.1.0241

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Trojan.Generic.9879479
8.14.02.14.12

ESET NOD32
Win32/SweetIM (variant)
7.8459

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/SweetIM
8/7/2014

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SweetIM
v2013.11.26.03

McAfee
Artemis!4D19CF6F8250
5600.7181

MicroWorld eScan
Win32/SweetIM.C
15.0.0.657

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.SweetIM.bjqnjq
0.28.0.57029

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.SweetIM.M
14.8.7.19

SUPERAntiSpyware
Trojan.Agent/Gen-Nullo[Short]
10435

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0826
7.2.241

Trend Micro
TROJ_GEN.FCBCBKN
10.465.07

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Sweetpacks/SweetIM
20906

File size:
289.8 KB (296,792 bytes)

Product version:
2, 1, 0, 8

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:
1/9/2011 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:
7/12/2012 1:28:57 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:ihpzgrAzi5jFNh19EfxEsZJm9iH4H+IUoSd:OpcV5jF319EftJEJ1UoSd

Entry address:
0xC05B0

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, E2, 0B, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, AB, 95, 03, 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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Entropy:
7.7333  (probably packed)

Code size:
236 KB (241,664 bytes)

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

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

http://cdn.download.sweetpacks.com/simsdm/tests/t0103/.../SweetIMSetup.exe

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