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WeatherBug

The application minibuginstaller.exe, “WeatherBug Download Manager Installer” by WeatherBug has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Wise Installer installer.
Publisher:
AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc.  (signed by WeatherBug)

Description:
WeatherBug Download Manager Installer

Version:
5.0.0.10

MD5:
8a94c7c1bd5b5695963247f60d246606

SHA-1:
68901602f0e1b82d0798d40e5dbbd796d6d9a2df

SHA-256:
f76f60a32f3cdf8f10435d6e3e3e8dd061e909e50bfc3b6be58e1906e23a673d

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
While not adware or malicious, WeatherBug is typically bundled with various 3rd-party download managers as an offer which might be potentailly unwanted.

Analysis date:
12/24/2024 12:03:01 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WeatherBug.Installer (M)
15.6.25.14

Sophos
DataApp Downloader
4.98

File size:
339.1 KB (347,208 bytes)

Copyright:
2000-2007

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Wise Installer

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\minibuginstaller.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
WeatherBug

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/4/2006 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/30/2009 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=WeatherBug, OU=Consumer, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=WeatherBug, L=Gaithersburg, S=Maryland, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)04, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
37BA9A6E807E4CC566D9E69FE45E7EB7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/8/1999 3:24:47 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:24KlmIMLPkuWCgXmyaunKoEfDZPGYkhm9yeoZNf7XF10X4sjZ4X02vss:mlmhLR6OFOYEm9yeoZNfzQjOXz

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 78, 05, 00, 00, 53, 56, BE, 04, 01, 00, 00, 57, 8D, 85, 94, FD, FF, FF, 56, 33, DB, 50, 53, FF, 15, 34, 20, 40, 00, 8D, 85, 94, FD, FF, FF, 56, 50, 8D, 85, 94, FD, FF, FF, 50, FF, 15, 30, 20, 40, 00, 8B, 3D, 2C, 20, 40, 00, 53, 53, 6A, 03, 53, 6A, 01, 8D, 85, 94, FD, FF, FF, 68, 00, 00, 00, 80, 50, FF, D7, 83, F8, FF, 89, 45, FC, 0F, 84, 7B, 01, 00, 00, 8D, 85, 90, FC, FF, FF, 50, 56, FF, 15, 28, 20, 40, 00, 8D, 85, 98, FE, FF, FF, 50, 53, 8D, 85, 90, FC, FF, FF, 68, 10, 30, 40, 00, 50...
 
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Entropy:
7.9543

Packer / compiler:
Wise Installer Stub

Code size:
512 Bytes (512 bytes)

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