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sweetimsetup.exe

SweetIM Installer

SweetIM Technologies Ltd

This is part of the Montera web browser toolbar and extension that will modify the browser's default search provider, DNS, and home page functions. The application sweetimsetup.exe by SweetIM Technologies has been detected as adware by 9 anti-malware scanners. This is a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdn.download.sweetim.com.
Publisher:
SweetIM Technologies, Ltd.  (signed by SweetIM Technologies Ltd)

Product:
SweetIM Installer

Version:
1, 0, 0, 4

MD5:
7536d378cc1320bf6cbfdf3c3c0e5c82

SHA-1:
ffd2d31b796d995251f5938f54218c53a31e1a96

SHA-256:
dd1c116589edb581c843d149d701f6efea6640f68caf2a28dd8408f278323db0

Scanner detections:
9 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 4:05:19 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
2014.9-160128

Boost by Reason
Optional.SweetIM
188838

Dr.Web
Adware.SweetIM.1
9.0.1.028

ESET NOD32
Win32/SweetIM (variant)
10.8944

McAfee
GenericTRA-AC!8F8068189451
5600.6507

MicroWorld eScan
Win32/SweetIM.B
17.0.0.84

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Perion.Montera.Installer (M)
16.1.28.4

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0611
7.2.28

VIPRE Antivirus
Sweetpacks/SweetIM
22592

File size:
436.1 KB (446,568 bytes)

Product version:
3, 4, 0, 5

Copyright:
Copyright © 2010

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\sweetimsetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SweetIM Technologies Ltd

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/9/2011 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/4/2014 5:59:59 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:
6/19/1992 5:22:17 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:m0KEdRYWN1cfg9yjmOikoupM9zamoNYjodx9yHC:lvSW/cfgn4oupczhoNYjodxuC

Entry address:
0x158DB0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, A0, 4F, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 70, F0, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89...
 
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Entropy:
7.7161

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
380 KB (389,120 bytes)

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

http://cdn.download.sweetim.com/download/t0075/v1/.../SweetImSetup.exe

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