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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 18 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:
SweetIM Installer by SweetPacks

Version:
2, 1, 0, 5

MD5:
d694f6ddcb6d8250d58ac4d7987bd066

SHA-1:
a786b3a74b7e301671291420e481e59d97325a3b

SHA-256:
51b90899925a9cadd708f4166885a2ed543d9c8644dd2318aed7f5630c736909

Scanner detections:
18 / 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 7:45:45 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Trash.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-141224

AVG
SweetIM Technologies Ltd
2015.0.3251

Bkav FE
W32.Clod5f7.Trojan
1.3.0.4261

Dr.Web
Adware.SweetIM.5
9.0.1.0358

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Trojan.Generic.9879479
8.14.12.24.02

ESET NOD32
Win32/SweetIM (variant)
8.10472

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/SweetIM
12/24/2014

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SweetIM
v2014.12.24.02

McAfee
Artemis!4D19CF6F8250
5600.6907

MicroWorld eScan
Win32/SweetIM.C
15.0.0.1074

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.SweetIM.bjqnjq
0.28.0.57029

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.SweetIM.M
14.12.24.2

SUPERAntiSpyware
Trojan.Agent/Gen-Nullo[Short]
10159

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0826
7.2.358

Trend Micro
TROJ_GEN.FCBCBKN
10.465.24

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

VIPRE Antivirus
Sweetpacks/SweetIM
33468

File size:
371.8 KB (380,760 bytes)

Product version:
2, 1, 0, 5

Copyright:
Copyright © 2011 SweetIM Technologies Ltd.

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
SweetPacks Installer

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\sweetimsetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SweetIM Technologies Ltd

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/10/2011 9:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/5/2014 8:59:59 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:
5/18/2012 3:32:33 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:IKTIheF+jH3g0Zw66VR3DhS5BCcKLTfeik1Y3JRdVCT28oS4Y:IKTIhc4H3M6oR3eCcKLze+ZfgRoS4Y

Entry address:
0xD4D40

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, F0, 48, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 20, F7, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, AA, 22, 0D, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, 3B, 5D, 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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Entropy:
7.6190

Code size:
284 KB (290,816 bytes)

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

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

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