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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 11 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.

File name:

stormwatchapp.exe

Publisher:

Weather Protector LLC (signed and verified)

Version:

1.0.2.23

MD5:

1fac3117514f735eebce2f2f7a1e0924

SHA-1:

90da769d9532eb23dc738e60eae7b543e0118f92

SHA-256:

2759aa34ce99174f42a7256c4e2b18b8b15d39efdfa4596d89de1dd780e91805

Scanner detections:

11 / 68

Status:

Adware

Analysis date:

12/25/2024 2:07:33 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Agnitum Outpost

Riskware.Agent

7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus

ADWARE/Adware.Gen7

7.11.218.20

Dr.Web

Adware.Plugin.962

9.0.1.092

ESET NOD32

Win32/Verti.K potentially unwanted application

7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate

Riskware/Verti

4/2/2015

F-Secure

Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy

5.13.68

herdProtect (fuzzy)

variant of safeguardapp.exe (Adware)

2015.6.23.13

K7 AntiVirus

Adware

13.202.15417

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.StormWatch.A

v2015.03.17.05

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Startup.Weather

15.3.17.17

Sophos

Generic PUA IJ

4.98

File size:

1.5 MB (1,555,992 bytes)

Product version:

1.0.2.23

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:

3/17/2015 12:17:50 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:Y5o2NboQu8+dC6pjHyONUngnG8lv+ojpwC741O9yJgpeA0Y8L6UI3ZFhmLjTDzjX:F2toNkunnGuv+epwCIOqZ7EZFhewyOO

Entry address:

0x4CAC3

Entry point:

E8, E5, 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, 30, 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... 
[+]

Entropy:

5.8994

Code size:

952.5 KB (975,360 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.

84% remove it

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

TCP (HTTP SSL):

Connects to server-54-192-217-224.mrs50.r.cloudfront.net (54.192.217.224:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):

Connects to server-54-192-217-181.mrs50.r.cloudfront.net (54.192.217.181:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):

Connects to server-54-192-217-168.mrs50.r.cloudfront.net (54.192.217.168:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):

Connects to server-52-84-239-7.sfo5.r.cloudfront.net (52.84.239.7:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):

Connects to server-54-192-217-11.mrs50.r.cloudfront.net (54.192.217.11:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):

Connects to server-54-192-192-152.iad53.r.cloudfront.net (54.192.192.152:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):

Connects to server-54-192-217-237.mrs50.r.cloudfront.net (54.192.217.237:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):

Connects to server-54-192-217-195.mrs50.r.cloudfront.net (54.192.217.195:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):

Connects to server-54-192-217-165.mrs50.r.cloudfront.net (54.192.217.165:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):

Connects to server-54-192-119-117.sfo9.r.cloudfront.net (54.192.119.117:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):

Connects to server-54-192-217-45.mrs50.r.cloudfront.net (54.192.217.45:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):

Connects to server-54-192-217-136.mrs50.r.cloudfront.net (54.192.217.136:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):

Connects to server-54-192-217-104.mrs50.r.cloudfront.net (54.192.217.104:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):

Connects to server-54-192-192-32.iad53.r.cloudfront.net (54.192.192.32:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):

Connects to server-54-192-192-17.iad53.r.cloudfront.net (54.192.192.17:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):

Connects to server-54-192-129-46.ams50.r.cloudfront.net (54.192.129.46:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):

Connects to server-54-192-12-165.ams1.r.cloudfront.net (54.192.12.165:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):

Connects to server-54-192-119-20.sfo9.r.cloudfront.net (54.192.119.20:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):

Connects to server-52-84-239-53.sfo5.r.cloudfront.net (52.84.239.53:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):

Connects to server-52-84-239-112.sfo5.r.cloudfront.net (52.84.239.112:443)

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