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WeatherBug.exe

WeatherBug

WeatherBug

The application WeatherBug.exe by WeatherBug has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘WeatherBug’.
Publisher:
WeatherBug  (signed and verified)

Product:
WeatherBug

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
653e8d49a800c3dbce3c613ae1e79275

SHA-1:
50dc2aaa4ab55fa3d2dfb662f4a93dffbabfcab6

SHA-256:
755f71307061deeeb36cf8548233e621a2acbcf625e73c05f64455b8f401ab1d

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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:
12/23/2024 11:22:47 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
16.9.11.5

File size:
143.3 KB (146,736 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © 2013

Original file name:
WeatherBug.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\earth networks\weatherbug\weatherbug.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
WeatherBug

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/14/2012 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/29/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=WeatherBug, OU=Consumer, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=WeatherBug, L=Gaithersburg, S=Maryland, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
6EC929230A6A4AC487B2FE40F8468FDD

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/23/2014 6:19:30 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:OMP0wEMimrXOI3bsb5xmMRAVO7ekXIZibsb5xmMRAvO7er:Om0wEMJXG7mSJedZYG7mSler

Entry address:
0x19A8E

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
[+]

Entropy:
5.6125

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
95 KB (97,280 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
WeatherBug

Command:
C:\Program Files\earth networks\weatherbug\weatherbug.exe


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