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StormWatchSetup.exe

Local Weather 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 Local Weather 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 i.wecan-software.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Local Weather LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
StormWatchSetup.exe

Version:
1.0.0.10

MD5:
4766a97eca7e657d3414c107fedc5cc6

SHA-1:
85ebf49abf7aec9304cc3c20de41f5772c70581b

SHA-256:
a1c027f52d081bfa238262fc31fc52fb188fc57a6f4e4edecc9758f160808635

Scanner detections:
3 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
12/24/2024 1:50:17 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.LocalWeather.F
14.9.6.8

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0828
7.2.249

VIPRE Antivirus
Rocketfuel Installer
32842

File size:
136.5 KB (139,808 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.10

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:
Local Weather LLC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
10/13/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/14/2014 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Local Weather LLC, O=Local Weather LLC, STREET="250 Park Ave #504", L=Minneapolis, S=MN, PostalCode=55415, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
1E363E3CA4E0B46A71B002CFAF51DED1

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):
1536:LumhxebkJf+FTXJH+1Jy/o+Watqg/DNG7Al4in13SSk7ZrlPCln2D4CMfxXDgxE:LuxkZuTXJH+JJEtqoVZGZdq2MDJ

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:
6.7005

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 3 URLs.

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

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

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

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