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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 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.
Publisher:
SweetIM Technologies Ltd.  (signed by SweetIM Technologies Ltd)

Product:
SweetIM by SweetPacks

Description:
SweetIM Installer by SweetPacks

Version:
2, 5, 0, 3

MD5:
67869571066beed3ad99440c358c67e8

SHA-1:
ac5436c561d99663f2563de2830f20b9466f9df2

SHA-256:
7e22a2743ebda40a5fa1ad8b318487cb90f9a8afb376d5c4fa1c9b8d1e0dde44

Scanner detections:
20 / 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:
4/23/2024 7:54:40 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Trojan.Generic.9720627
536

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/SweetIM.AQ
7.11.97.40

avast!
Win32:Adware-CEA [PUP]
2014.9-150817

AVG
Sweetim
2016.0.3014

Bitdefender
Trojan.Generic.9720627
1.0.20.1145

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
Heur.Suspicious
17123

Dr.Web
Adware.SweetIM.26
9.0.1.0229

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Trojan.Generic.9720627
8.15.08.17.08

ESET NOD32
Win32/SweetIM (variant)
9.8932

G Data
Trojan.Generic.9720627
15.8.22

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of shortcut_shortcut_shortcut_sweetimsetup.exe (Adware)
2015.10.2.22

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.SuspectCRC
t3scan.2.0.127

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SweetIM
v2015.08.17.08

McAfee
Artemis!999FE482443D
5600.6670

MicroWorld eScan
Trojan.Generic.9720627
16.0.0.687

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.SweetIM.cykgkw
0.30.24.1636

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Perion.Montera.Bundler (M)
15.8.17.20

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V1228
7.2.229

VIPRE Antivirus
Sweetpacks/SweetIM
22484

File size:
441.8 KB (452,368 bytes)

Product version:
2, 5, 0, 3

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:
1/8/2013 9:08:55 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:APvQ65Q+U5eXo9xZQeSUpkRa7BN+1FMBrNOa5NpxksrfpAKZEnAwissWklTSoS67:yv6+OHkW+1iBroa5nrBZbwissFleoS67

Entry address:
0x15AFF0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, C0, 4F, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 50, F0, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, 62, 84, 15, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, E9, EF, 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:
384 KB (393,216 bytes)

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

http://cdn.download.sweetpacks.com/simsdm/tests/t0120/v8/.../SweetIMSetup.exe

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