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stormalerts.exe

Storm Alerts

Weather Warnings 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 stormalerts.exe by Weather Warnings has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from i.storm-alerts00.storm-alerts.net.
Publisher:
Weather Warnings LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
Storm Alerts

Description:
Application

Version:
1.6.0.0

MD5:
60a9302a7a8b8083f8e9b4bb4f82774d

SHA-1:
2399aa0ef75f14d62aec92dc9fec484138cb90b7

SHA-256:
c738c4c975c6e254ccd81a18670298d56246a2fdc2d51ecab21b883d721705f9

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:
11/5/2024 11:35:27 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WeatherWarnings.L
14.8.8.1

File size:
243.1 KB (248,944 bytes)

Copyright:
Weather Warnings LLC © 2014. All Rights Reserved.

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\stormalerts.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Weather Warnings LLC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
10/15/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/16/2014 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Weather Warnings LLC, O=Weather Warnings 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:
00E8DB5153F5DF039D40C9CA815EC69821

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:Qe34uEwjp47citHGWOITZNdbEN7xByhjCNUOb:5EwjpZYxOIndEN7vYCiOb

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.8423

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file stormalerts.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://i.storm-alerts00.storm-alerts.net/inst/software/.../stormalerts.exe

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