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WeatherBug

The application weatherbugsetup.exe, “WeatherBug Installation ” 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. This is a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software.
Publisher:
Earth Networks, Inc.   (signed by WeatherBug)

Description:
WeatherBug Installation

Version:
7.0.4.3

MD5:
20d43ab91440107f34348597267c6a52

SHA-1:
9d3eac07fbfe6006ffec61f36a4226646f4c2f2e

SHA-256:
7cd63adec4bf11ed6af641b2f6a0563eb4179dce9032ce49bb65f760b4ed5b14

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:
12/24/2024 11:14:46 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WeatherB.Installer (M)
16.6.25.12

File size:
4 MB (4,149,280 bytes)

Copyright:
All rights reserved

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\weatherbugsetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
WeatherBug

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/7/2009 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/29/2012 6:59:59 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 2009-2 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)09, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
2903A847102E13E755F4298C9D26C89E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/15/2009 3:43:49 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
7.10

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:jwMLUgQuqWsqMVYvuXU4Oc+PtShfrQgqffoez+4iWBtu48Dbqo:jwMLUgQqsqdv74+Pt87qffzHQ1q

Entry address:
0x12A70

Entry point:
6A, 60, 68, B8, A2, 41, 00, E8, C0, 03, 00, 00, BF, 94, 00, 00, 00, 8B, C7, E8, 28, 18, 00, 00, 89, 65, E8, 8B, F4, 89, 3E, 56, FF, 15, E8, A0, 41, 00, 8B, 4E, 10, 89, 0D, 24, 0D, 42, 00, 8B, 46, 04, A3, 30, 0D, 42, 00, 8B, 56, 08, 89, 15, 34, 0D, 42, 00, 8B, 76, 0C, 81, E6, FF, 7F, 00, 00, 89, 35, 28, 0D, 42, 00, 83, F9, 02, 74, 0C, 81, CE, 00, 80, 00, 00, 89, 35, 28, 0D, 42, 00, C1, E0, 08, 03, C2, A3, 2C, 0D, 42, 00, 33, F6, 56, 8B, 3D, A8, A1, 41, 00, FF, D7, 66, 81, 38, 4D, 5A, 75, 1F, 8B, 48, 3C, 03...
 
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Entropy:
7.9690

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++ v7.0

Code size:
96.5 KB (98,816 bytes)

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