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stormwatchapp.exe

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 stormwatchapp.exe by Local Weather has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This file is typically installed with the program StormWatch by Local Weather LLC which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
Local Weather LLC  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.1.27

MD5:
7a552a82a5ec6d2b53a7930ee9764ca8

SHA-1:
720780b0b01d933a2cc8eb219cb0508a9b4b8852

SHA-256:
fa4339530c8fbb1ffad7eb11b6e3496a305f51fe188e7a023c17fe1503453554

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 8:17:42 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Weather (M)
17.3.11.0

File size:
1.1 MB (1,147,416 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.1.27

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Local Weather LLC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
10/13/2013 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/14/2014 4:59:59 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:
9/29/2014 7:38:21 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

Entry address:
0x2C5F3

Entry point:
E8, CA, B7, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A1, E0, 81, 4F, 00, 33, C5, 89, 45, FC, 83, 7D, 08, FF, 57, 74, 09, FF, 75, 08, E8, 04, 93, 00, 00, 59, 83, A5, E0, FC, FF, FF, 00, 6A, 4C, 8D, 85, E4, FC, FF, FF, 6A, 00, 50, E8, E9, C5, FF, FF, 8D, 85, E0, FC, FF, FF, 89, 85, D8, FC, FF, FF, 8D, 85, 30, FD, FF, FF, 83, C4, 0C, 89, 85, DC, FC, FF, FF, 89, 85, E0, FD, FF, FF, 89, 8D, DC, FD, FF, FF, 89, 95, D8, FD, FF, FF, 89, 9D, D4, FD, FF, FF, 89, B5, D0, FD, FF, FF, 89, BD, CC...
 
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Entropy:
6.1327

Code size:
738.5 KB (756,224 bytes)

The file stormwatchapp.exe has been discovered within the following program.

StormWatch  by Local Weather LLC
StormWatch is a potentially unwanted adware program that injects ads into the user's browser. This includes inserting into web pages or displaying ads over parts of existing web page advertisements, banners, coupons or text links that would not otherwise appear.
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