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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 4 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 i.versscom.net and multiple other hosts. While running, it connects to the Internet address server-54-230-53-18.jfk6.r.cloudfront.net on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Weather Protector LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
StormWatchSetup.exe

Version:
1.0.0.15

MD5:
f11f625d502c9d5d426d50a9753b3c1c

SHA-1:
8473e750779ef268614d44948b593055c1377354

SHA-256:
8183a5380cd5bde43ad6fe875fb8a4c4d1cf0abf427812dfa3306ea95961a6e4

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
11/23/2024 7:55:45 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.StormWatch.A
v2015.01.14.02

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.WeatherProtector.F
15.1.14.14

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0107
7.2.14

VIPRE Antivirus
Rocketfuel Installer
36634

File size:
148.6 KB (152,160 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.15

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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:
6/13/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/14/2015 1:59:59 AM

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 11:52:06 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:vuxkZuTXJH4tXLZlYbtRGCW87RCCmg5VlUnQ9VA:vSKtXtlYbtfD7RTmSUX

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:
6.8478

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 7 URLs.

http://i.versscom.net/inst/software/1B7DC43F-EB3D-4632-9998-B29D1443A8EA/.../Setup.exe

http://d5vvdifpjh1e4.cloudfront.net/bundles/.../Setup.exe

http://stormwatchfreeversion.com/StormWatchSetup_dist_1.0.1.10.exe

http://i.verrsin.net/inst/software/1B7DC43F-EB3D-4632-9998-B29D1443A8EA/.../Setup.exe

http://s.allfreesoft.net/inst/software/1B7DC43F-EB3D-4632-9998-B29D1443A8EA/.../Setup.exe

http://ogdelivery.com/StormWatch/.../Setup.exe

http://cdn.drop1226.info/Installer/.../StormWatch_281.exe

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-53-18.jfk6.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.53.18:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-52-1-175-151.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (52.1.175.151:80)

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