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weatherbugsetup.exe

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.
Publisher:
Earth Networks, Inc.   (signed by WeatherBug)

Description:
WeatherBug Installation

Version:
7.0.5.21

MD5:
abf3eb0763c7df11f9c487220c1ab4bd

SHA-1:
df7a5c052c47b60cfff7c568a4cb06ee7937c9fa

SHA-256:
2a068884061ebbb649f313ab422d04baa759c516b92fe6a30ec3a1ae59befabd

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 1:15:14 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WeatherBug.Installer (M)
15.10.12.23

File size:
4 MB (4,179,072 bytes)

Copyright:
All rights reserved

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\{a301aaf0-518f-49c1-ad2c-69cc490a5194}\weatherbugsetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
WeatherBug

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/7/2009 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/29/2012 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 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:
9/26/2011 1:21:21 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:wAc8U3FGeiFWQZ/8QXjBkl0H2pnt/0Z069e75sNTUOJr:wAcr3FGerQiWH+/Y0gFr

Entry address:
0x21AEF8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, B9, 27, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 00, 6A, 00, 49, 75, F9, 51, 53, 56, 57, B8, 8C, 59, 61, 00, E8, C3, D5, DE, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 63, CA, 61, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, C0, 55, 68, 28, B0, 61, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, C7, 05, C0, 29, 63, 00, 94, 00, 00, 00, 68, C0, 29, 63, 00, E8, 2B, DF, DE, FF, E8, EA, 2A, FE, FF, 84, C0, 74, 6B, B2, 01, A1, 54, F4, 42, 00, E8, 66, 46, E1, FF, 8B, D8, BA, 00, 00, 00, 80, 8B, C3, E8, 34, 47, E1, FF, 8D, 55, E4, 33, C0, E8, D2, 85, DE, FF, 8B, 45, E4, 8D, 55, E8...
 
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Entropy:
6.6719

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
2.1 MB (2,208,768 bytes)

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