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setup-weather.exe

Brand Thunder LLC

The application setup-weather.exe by Brand Thunder has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. The file has been seen being downloaded from iefiles.blob.core.windows.net.
Publisher:
Brand Thunder LLC  (signed and verified)

Description:
Setup

Version:
9.0.30729.1 built by: SP

MD5:
9a73ea0d92aa540e0ce9248be4d84de3

SHA-1:
ce2983ad500f99a8b0e6d0a398e6f0c872c116b3

SHA-256:
fb76163c561696be68ab5d3e3e5bbe209ecb3efd8b4ca1f8a84fa13d4be71674

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
11/14/2024 9:29:15 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.BrandThunder.N
14.12.16.10

File size:
543.9 KB (556,992 bytes)

Product version:
9.0.30729.1

Copyright:
© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Brand Thunder LLC

Authority:
Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd.

Valid from:
6/25/2009 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/10/2011 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Brand Thunder LLC, OU=SECURE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT, O=Brand Thunder LLC, L=Dublin, S=Ohio, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA, O=Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd., C=ZA

Serial number:
3D6050FCDCBC892927E9C592D3406D3E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/29/2008 9:45:50 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:CXaNjt6LuPHmLyiBvuJiFkJ+2Qw+MMq6FlOUeKJ6qjaxtojDuUlr18:qYYuUx65QwDMq6TOUKeDuUlZ8

Entry address:
0x28EE8

Entry point:
E8, 94, 4B, 00, 00, E9, 73, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, 75, 11, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 14, 57, 33, FF, 3B, F7, 75, 04, 33, C0, EB, 65, 39, 7D, 08, 75, 1B, E8, 3E, 4C, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, 57, 57, 57, 57, 57, E8, 17, 13, 00, 00, 83, C4, 14, 8B, C6, EB, 45, 39, 7D, 10, 74, 16, 39, 75, 0C, 72, 11, 56, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 08, E8, 0F, 1F, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, EB, C1, FF, 75, 0C, 57, FF, 75, 08, E8, CE, 0B, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 39, 7D, 10...
 
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Entropy:
5.8842

Code size:
291 KB (297,984 bytes)

The file setup-weather.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://iefiles.blob.core.windows.net/.../setup-weather.exe

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