StormAlerts.exe

StormAlerts

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. Additionally, the file is typically installed by a number of programs including StormAlerts by Weather Warnings LLC and Storm Alerts Pro Version by Weather Warnings LLC, both potentially unwanted software.
Publisher:
Weather Warnings LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
StormAlerts

Version:
1.6.0.0

MD5:
7dcada47db261ccd331554e12dccfd89

SHA-1:
81ffecb49b55766cbf5019c25987de343124ad59

SHA-256:
f50c95aa5cf060f2cf5c577d77e7b2f8a6c853d183b296c93e7aa7d60e0e0ad9

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:
12/24/2024 11:16:55 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Weather (M)
17.2.26.18

File size:
166.2 KB (170,160 bytes)

Product version:
1.6.0.0

Trademarks:
StormAlerts is a trademark of Weather Warnings LLC

Original file name:
StormAlerts.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\stormalerts\stormalerts.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
10/16/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/17/2014 12:59:59 AM

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:
12/30/2013 6:05:36 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0xB8FE

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
40 KB (40,960 bytes)

The file StormAlerts.exe has been discovered within the following programs.

Storm Alerts Pro Version  by Weather Warnings LLC
This is a potentially unwanted program (PUP) that bundles various additional offers during setup, typically ad-supported (adware) in functionality.
86% remove it
StormAlerts  by Weather Warnings LLC
StormAlerts is an ad-supported free web browser extension. The program will also randomly popup various advertisements in a window when the user uses their PC regardless if they are using the web browser or not.
www.storm-alerts.net
86% remove it
 
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