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StormWatchSetup.exe

Weather Protector LLC

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 setup.exe by Weather Protector has been detected as adware by 3 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. The file has been seen being downloaded from s.allfreesoft.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Weather Protector LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
StormWatchSetup.exe

Version:
1.0.0.17

MD5:
f2140ed45308525ff915090cef50eafc

SHA-1:
7532fc7f139ccc540c37a6e9e9a4cecf2f972889

SHA-256:
520c421906b2892dbb2b5f6f2dc3d7d6eee27f0c5a7c6c9ba8be2584e6165266

Scanner detections:
3 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
12/24/2024 2:15:33 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Weather
15.3.27.13

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0324
7.2.86

VIPRE Antivirus
Rocketfuel Installer
38808

File size:
135.1 KB (138,368 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.17

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Weather Protector LLC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
6/12/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/13/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Weather Protector LLC, O=Weather Protector LLC, STREET="101 Colorado St #2309", L=Austin, S=TX, PostalCode=78701, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00833BECDB30CAD96C0E0AC4DF14A0329F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 4:52:06 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:YuxkZuTXJbwf5/T8sKzL8q8o0rKaXG8ctMByorQ:YS5wfNvAAo0ex8y/

Entry address:
0x323C

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 6F, 44, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 6E, 44, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, 9C, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 2E, 44, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, F0, 46, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.8624

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://s.allfreesoft.net/inst/software/656CF8F2-9526-49BE-B351-0F843138E0BD/.../Setup.exe

http://i.versscom.net/inst/software/656CF8F2-9526-49BE-B351-0F843138E0BD/.../Setup.exe

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