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

Product:
SweetIM by SweetPacks

Description:
SweetIM Installer by SweetPacks

Version:
2, 5, 0, 3

MD5:
6d28d7a0babd67539dfac703563e3f15

SHA-1:
d63e633151e90555e42cf3e58ce8660c376ed603

SHA-256:
4c86a7ca7604062c02aa968cf93c02e4be1b772a7114e09ad9efa3e7c4753aaf

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:
4/18/2024 3:59:10 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Trojan.Generic.9720627
355

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/SweetIM.AQ
7.11.97.40

avast!
Win32:Adware-CEA [PUP]
2014.9-160215

AVG
Sweetim
2017.0.2833

Bitdefender
Trojan.Generic.9720627
1.0.20.230

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Adware.SweetIM.26
9.0.1.046

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Trojan.Generic.9720627
8.16.02.15.08

ESET NOD32
Win32/SweetIM (variant)
10.8932

G Data
Trojan.Generic.9720627
16.2.22

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.SuspectCRC
t3scan.2.0.127

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SweetIM
v2016.02.15.08

McAfee
Artemis!999FE482443D
5600.6489

MicroWorld eScan
Trojan.Generic.9720627
17.0.0.138

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.SweetIM.cykgkw
0.30.24.1636

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Perion.Montera.Bundler (M)
16.2.15.8

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V1228
7.2.46

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\programs\sweetimsetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SweetIM Technologies Ltd

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/10/2011 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/5/2014 6:59:59 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 3:08:55 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:jv6+OHkW+1iBroa5nrBZbwissFlKT99oS6J:jv6Sv1y7DZbbs0cxKJ

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, E7, 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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Entropy:
7.8517  (probably packed)

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/v6/.../SweetIMSetup.exe

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