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stormwatchapp.exe

Weather Protector 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 Weather Protector has been detected as adware by 12 anti-malware scanners. It is set to automatically execute when any user logs into Windows (through the local user run registry setting) with the name ‘StormWatch’. This file is typically installed with the program StormWatch by Local Weather LLC which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
Weather Protector LLC  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.2.44

MD5:
acce8e4b01ebb51e1c9eeb4f77fbe5ac

SHA-1:
7fa78c47dde4ff77b73d3d2d6044975cd79c6b3f

SHA-256:
4f9ccc8db1fb4511d4de022277012e5f4896fa34f8e1b0f86bfea1317369c4d9

Scanner detections:
12 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 8:26:20 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
3.6.1.96

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Adware.Plugin.981
9.0.1.0183

ESET NOD32
Win32/Verti.K potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11454

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Verti
7/2/2015

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.202.15552

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.StormWatch.A
v2015.07.02.02

McAfee
Artemis!ACCE8E4B01EB
5600.6717

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Weather.WeatherProtector (M)
15.7.2.2

Sophos
Generic PUA HP
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0402
7.2.183

VIPRE Antivirus
Blinkx/SevereWeatherAlerts
39216

File size:
1.5 MB (1,556,504 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.2.44

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\stormwatch\stormwatchapp.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Weather Protector LLC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
6/12/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/13/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Weather Protector LLC, O=Weather Protector LLC, STREET="101 Colorado St #2309", L=Austin, S=TX, PostalCode=78701, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00833BECDB30CAD96C0E0AC4DF14A0329F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/1/2015 1:54:51 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:cr3favvSEaN8yZZ8GQomHqKwGgyi46Wyrru/34SWYJl1Rl4cB8EQ4wySIfjTDzj8:Mf+vXxYDK3gxWyvMVl73DSIfxJ9O

Entry address:
0x4CB03

Entry point:
E8, F5, C7, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A1, 00, C2, 53, 00, 33, C5, 89, 45, FC, 83, 7D, 08, FF, 57, 74, 09, FF, 75, 08, E8, 40, A5, 00, 00, 59, 83, A5, E0, FC, FF, FF, 00, 6A, 4C, 8D, 85, E4, FC, FF, FF, 6A, 00, 50, E8, 19, C2, 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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Code size:
953 KB (975,872 bytes)

Startup File (All Users Run)
Registry location:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
StormWatch

Command:
"C:\Program Files\stormwatch\stormwatchapp.exe"


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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The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-52-85-142-22.iad12.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.142.22:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-54-230-202-213.fra50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.202.213:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-52-85-142-118.iad12.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.142.118:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-54-230-87-18.lax3.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.87.18:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-54-192-48-61.jfk5.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.48.61:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-54-192-11-128.lhr3.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.11.128:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-54-230-37-78.jfk1.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.37.78:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-54-230-37-149.jfk1.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.37.149:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-54-230-197-84.lhr50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.197.84:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-54-192-48-95.jfk5.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.48.95:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-54-192-185-231.cdg51.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.185.231:443)

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