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StormAlertsSetup.exe

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 stormalertssetup.exe by Weather Warnings has been detected as adware by 6 anti-malware scanners. 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:
StormAlertsSetup.exe

Version:
1.0.14.0

MD5:
f1c5ee2c41f0d57accb3483ecafb4bb0

SHA-1:
3681bdac19d09a1fc99dfe475894274673684cb8

SHA-256:
c8dbc500408da6aceb3b68787d82b89980dfa5b4251de8a45c9421ccc96beac2

Scanner detections:
6 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
12/24/2024 11:27:36 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.MSIL.StrongVault
4.0.3.14331

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
18021

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Adware.StrongVault (variant)
8.9614

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.StormAlerts.A
v2014.03.31.06

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.WeatherWarnings.Q
14.8.8.1

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0226
7.2.90

File size:
497.9 KB (509,880 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.14.0

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}\stormalertssetup.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):
12288:C18H8FuBG7asI35W50fRhM7Sd4dmt/gcd1cfPreENk:C168FB7zI3I5wAjQTXcfS

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:
7.2408

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

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

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