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The application weatherbugsetup.exe, “WeatherBug Installation ” by WeatherBug has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. This is a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. This version of the installer will bundle the Ask.com Toolbar, a potentially unwanted web browser extension.
Publisher:
Earth Networks, Inc.   (signed by WeatherBug)

Product:
WeatherBug®

Description:
WeatherBug Installation

Version:
10.0.5.29

MD5:
2ea920c8ed97ee6a0133ef5aac90fc35

SHA-1:
f5e8c720e5d417d1f14682125082e1b338ab2b77

SHA-256:
d264ec06ef080bc80076b78335991fa070f732801a2ac1c6950186e01b978844

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Bundles that Ask.com toolbar as a third-party offer, a web browser extension that may modify a user's search and home pages.

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 1:31:15 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask (variant)
8.9491

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.WeatherBug.S
14.4.10.22

File size:
3.1 MB (3,224,024 bytes)

Product version:
10.0.5.290

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:
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:
12/10/2012 7:51:25 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
7.10

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:g5dUh/eqcD2hiq+6iR6akFPthv7b7Y5ho4jESAtTuNl/RFUUtfs:g5dUh/ncK4WiRWtP7YLTENu5FUUBs

Entry address:
0x12C10

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:
7.9544

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

Code size:
97 KB (99,328 bytes)

The file weatherbugsetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://s3.amazonaws.com/prod_continuousintegration/MiniDesktop/MiniDesktop_Package/.../WeatherBugSetup.exe

http://replies.earthnetworks.com/c.html?ufl=6&rtr=on&s=jazqt,q6ta,ybg,gw6s,hr4a,9gts,5u0y&MLM_MID=1221886&MLM_UNIQUEID=6bd7042742

http://downloads.earthnetworks.com/DesktopApp10/Installer/.../WeatherBugSetup.exe

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