SweetIM Technologies Ltd - 5% Detection Rate *
Did you just run into a download or a file on your computer that is digitally signed by SweetIM Technologies Ltd? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Sweetpacks/SweetIM (fs) (not malicious) and PUP.Optional.SweetIM. The detection rate for the SweetIM Technologies Ltd files collected here is 5%. Please read on for more details.
You'll typically notice SweetIM Technologies Ltd when clicking to run the file. The publisher name is displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can also view the SweetIM Technologies Ltd certificate with the following procedure:
- Open up Windows Explorer and locate the SweetIM Technologies Ltd file
- Right-click on the file and select Properties
- Click on the Digital Signatures tab
- Click the View Certificate button
Here's a screengrab of a file signed by SweetIM Technologies Ltd:
As you can see in the screenshot above, the Windows OS reports that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by SweetIM Technologies Ltd and that the file has not been tampered with.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above, you can view all the details of the certificate, such as when it was issued, who issued the certificate, how long it is valid, etc. You can also see the address for SweetIM Technologies Ltd, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA and VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA has issued the SweetIM Technologies Ltd certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
SweetIM Technologies Ltd Files
The following are the SweetIM Technologies Ltd files I have gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 6/48 | simboapp.exe |
| 4/47 | SweetPacksUpdateManager.exe |
| 3/41 | simbo.exe |
| 2/47 | mgToolbarIE.dll |
| 4/49 | SweetPacksUpdateManager.exe |
| 1/43 | mgsimcommon.dll |
| 2/47 | mgToolbarIE.dll |
| 2/48 | SweetIM.exe |
| 2/45 | mgToolbarIE.dll |
| 2/48 | SweetIM.exe |
| 4/47 | SweetImSetup.exe |
| 3/48 | mgToolbarIE.dll |
| 2/48 | mgSqlite3.dll |
| 2/47 | mgToolbarIE.dll |
| 1/43 | mgToolbarIE.dll |
| 3/49 | mgToolbarIE.dll |
| 3/49 | SweetIM.exe |
| 3/48 | SweetIM.exe |
| 2/49 | mgAdaptersProxy.dll |
| 1/42 | SweetIM.exe |
| 1/47 | 14aaad.rbf |
| 3/46 | SweetIM.exe |
| 1/47 | MSI72.tmp |
| 1/41 | 4f1209c.rbf |
| 11/47 | FlashPlayerSDM[1].exe |
| 2/46 | mgHelperGC.dll |
| 2/44 | mgToolbarIE.dll |
| 3/46 | SweetIM.exe |
| 3/47 | mgsimcommon.dll |
| 3/51 | SweetIM.exe |
| 3/46 | mgToolbarIE.dll |
| 2/47 | 117cc2.rbf |
| 3/47 | mgcommunication.dll |
| 2/47 | mgHelperGCFB.dll |
| 4/48 | mgHelperGC.dll |
| 3/47 | SweetIM.exe |
| 3/46 | SweetIM.exe |
| 2/46 | 8729d1.rbf |
| 1/46 | mgxml_wrapper.dll |
| 3/48 | 812db8.rbf |
| 1/47 | mgToolbarIE.dll |
| 8/47 | 7zip_mp_pgr.exe |
| 1/47 | VistaCookiesCollector.exe |
| 1/41 | 14aae6.rbf |
| 2/47 | mgconfig.dll |
| 5/48 | WinRARSDM.exe |
| 8/57 | SweetImSetup.exe |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here's the detection names for the SweetIM Technologies Ltd files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| AVG | Sweetim.4FB |
| AVware | Sweetpacks/SweetIM (fs) |
| AhnLab-V3 | ASD.Prevention |
| Antiy-AVL | Trojan/Win32.Stoldt, AdWare/Win32.SweetIM.gen |
| Avast | Win32:Adware-gen [Adw] |
| Bkav | W32.HfsAdware.6144 |
| Comodo | UnclassifiedMalware, Heur.Suspicious |
| DrWeb | Adware.SweetIM.15, Adware.SweetIM.2, Adware.SweetIM.19, Adware.SweetIM.1, Adware.SweetIM.6, Adware.SweetIM.28, Adware.SweetIM.26, Adware.SweetIM.16, Adware.SweetIM.5 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/SweetIM.F, a variant of Win32/SweetIM.B, a variant of Win32/SweetIM.C |
| Emsisoft | Trojan.Win32.StartPage.AMN!A2 |
| Jiangmin | Trojan/StartPage.pxz, Backdoor/Sinowal.pdi, Trojan/JboxGeneric.hhp |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.SweetIM, PUP.Optional.SweetPacks |
| McAfee | Artemis!4881AD041C73, Artemis!079C501CD98F |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis!4881AD041C73, Artemis!079C501CD98F |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Win32/SweetIM.B (ES) |
| NANO-Antivirus | Trojan.Win32.SweetIM.bjnhuf |
| TheHacker | Backdoor/Sinowal.msw |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | TROJ_GEN.F47V0915, TROJ_GEN.F47V0831, TROJ_GEN.F47V0910, TROJ_GEN.F47V0928, TROJ_GEN.F47V0916 |
| VBA32 | Trojan.Stoldt |
| VIPRE | Sweetpacks/SweetIM (fs) (not malicious), Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT, Sweetpacks/SweetIM (fs) |
| eSafe | Win32.Trojan |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I have gathered 2494 scan reports for the SweetIM Technologies Ltd files. 134 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. If you like, you can view the full details of the scan results by examining the files listed above.
Analysis Details
The analysis is based on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 5e3bf2b52da9ea7f1b539a7f018f4ec6
- 55db0da8c4245942769954a0086d7c36