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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.

File name:

StormAlerts.exe

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:

11/23/2024 7:45:14 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

Signed by:

Weather Warnings LLC

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... 
[+]

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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