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stormwatchsetup.exe

StormWatch

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 stormwatchsetup.exe by Weather Protector has been detected as adware by 11 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from i.azzercom.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Weather Protector LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
StormWatch

Version:
1.0.2.55

MD5:
8adfda1d7acb603873f0675090fba820

SHA-1:
9cdb5b1e06809563fe7cfed443f7266d9332855d

SHA-256:
1650cbaca24813767469b6b38ab0c9e66b929b351d062c8b5361c146630da0fe

Scanner detections:
11 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
12/24/2024 1:51:24 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.Verti
4.0.3.15412

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Adware.Plugin.981
9.0.1.0102

ESET NOD32
Win32/Verti.L potentially unwanted
9.11460

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Verti
4/12/2015

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.202.15566

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.StormWatch.A
v2015.04.12.02

McAfee
Artemis!8E1D5B57D863
5600.6797

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Weather
15.4.12.10

Sophos
Generic PUA DD
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Blinkx/SevereWeatherAlerts
39258

File size:
548.4 KB (561,576 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.2.55

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\content.ie5\ferr1k9n\stormwatchsetup.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:
12/5/2009 5:52:06 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:X02yDM/SA+qQYOElDkGx5g9qv8/TIXQhNojYKSsUBP/J:XrP/D+JA5gxeQMjYdBJ

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:
7.8384

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file stormwatchsetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://i.azzercom.net/inst/software/04B7E970-9A4A-45A3-BE77-5E2B401CE1D2/.../StormWatchSetup.exe

http://i.vertitechnologygroup.com/inst/software/04B7E970-9A4A-45A3-BE77-5E2B401CE1D2/.../StormWatchSetup.exe

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