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Forecaster.exe

Forecaster Weather Prediction Tool

Core Systems

Part of an adware web browser extension that delivers advertisements such as coupons, price-comparisons, display media, affiliate links, banners, popups/popunders and other links. The application Forecaster.exe, “Forecaster Weather Prediction Tool” by Core Systems has been detected as adware by 4 anti-malware scanners. This file is typically installed with the program Local Temperature by Core Systems which is a potentially unwanted software program.

File name:

Forecaster.exe

Publisher:

Local Temperature (signed by Core Systems)

Product:

Forecaster (R) Weather Prediction Tool

Description:

Forecaster Weather Prediction Tool

Version:

1.1.0.11

MD5:

3b55e8cf121844c3197f1524233f55cf

SHA-1:

66c492c61d69185ffc1b8469c40b5ca03a517caf

SHA-256:

abb400572a7ad17e771010f2607b7939f715528f6381367d8dac031dbde6806a

Scanner detections:

4 / 68

Status:

Adware

Analysis date:

12/24/2024 2:10:53 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.LocalTemperature.C

v2015.07.19.08

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Weather.CoreSystems (M)

15.7.19.8

Trend Micro House Call

Suspicious_GEN.F47V0505

7.2.200

VIPRE Antivirus

Bonzuna

40816

File size:

161 KB (164,904 bytes)

Product version:

1.1.0.11

Original file name:

Forecaster.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\Program Files\localtemperature\forecaster.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Core Systems

Authority:

GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:

6/17/2014 10:26:02 AM

Valid to:

6/17/2015 10:26:02 AM

Subject:

CN=Core Systems, O=Core Systems, L=Austin, S=Texas, C=US

Issuer:

CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:

4B1F1B2C0AF57F

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/18/2010 12:47:59 AM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows Console

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

3072:VT96QCrt0BHn9NbopVSmKxiZHF8s7MtlVTR:d8TGHn3UpVSmrNcl5R

Entry address:

0xD4E9

Entry point:

E8, 97, 6A, 00, 00, E9, 95, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 56, E8, CF, 14, 00, 00, 50, E8, 18, 6B, 00, 00, 59, 59, 85, C0, 74, 7C, E8, EB, C3, FF, FF, 83, C0, 20, 3B, F0, 75, 04, 33, C0, EB, 0F, E8, DB, C3, FF, FF, 83, C0, 40, 3B, F0, 75, 60, 33, C0, 40, FF, 05, 20, 6F, 42, 00, F7, 46, 0C, 0C, 01, 00, 00, 75, 4E, 53, 57, 8D, 3C, 85, 30, 6F, 42, 00, 83, 3F, 00, BB, 00, 10, 00, 00, 75, 20, 53, E8, A5, 16, 00, 00, 59, 89, 07, 85, C0, 75, 13, 8D, 46, 14, 6A, 02, 89, 46, 08, 89, 06, 58, 89, 46... 
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Entropy:

6.5643

Code size:

118 KB (120,832 bytes)

The file Forecaster.exe has been discovered within the following program.

Local Temperature by Core Systems

Install advertising in the browser. From the EULA/Terms: "The free version of the Software is supported by advertising. Accordingly, the Site and the free version of the Software may provide third party content, advertising and services, and links thereto (e.g.

localtemperature.net

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