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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 6 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:

1.0.2.52

MD5:

aceee1f0c1fb13862302d6bf5096c631

SHA-1:

ad142b41f47f956421bf847a25975ee1bcc1d51b

SHA-256:

74afb9fa4063a606cf4cc55fd1579c83e49e48deedf3280ead297c6c05d1b759

Scanner detections:

6 / 68

Status:

Adware

Analysis date:

12/24/2024 2:17:56 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

9.0.1.099

ESET NOD32

Win32/Verti.K potentially unwanted (variant)

9.11450

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.StormWatch.A

v2015.04.09.11

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Startup.Weather

15.4.9.19

File size:

1.5 MB (1,556,504 bytes)

Product version:

1.0.2.52

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:

4/9/2015 11:58:06 AM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:or3favvSEa9cCtUDtAomHqKwGgyihANVXFR/34SWYL11Rl4cB8EQ4wyyIfjTDzjB:Yf+vXhw6K3g8NVVbzl73DyIwxJ9G

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... 
[+]

Entropy:

5.8943

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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