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stormwatch_9112014_2.exe

StormWatch

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 stormwatch_9112014_2.exe by Local Weather has been detected as adware by 4 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.
Publisher:
Local Weather LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
StormWatch

Version:
1.0.1.18

MD5:
f7693bff0d594ea2e24fa88e512b7de8

SHA-1:
b73b0706b528067c8c2a53fcb7808901a3d2e5df

SHA-256:
fa5be46c4e58a3b6bdd84abcb08c063e7313597a792c4103c3c9082b63350776

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
12/24/2024 2:03:25 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.StormWatch.A
v2014.10.07.11

Reason Heuristics
PUP.LocalWeather.U
14.10.7.23

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0925
7.2.280

VIPRE Antivirus
Blinkx/SevereWeatherAlerts
33602

File size:
399.3 KB (408,920 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.1.18

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\35\stormwatch_9112014_2.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):
12288:6Qvrf00Uji1bZDv0MGeHHwRyfg5GozOCM3aiH/:6ys0ykSZROIGkM3aif

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:
7.7430

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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