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StormWatchSetup.exe

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 setup.exe by Weather Protector has been detected as adware by 5 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. The file has been seen being downloaded from i.vertitechnologygroup.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Weather Protector LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
StormWatchSetup.exe

Version:
1.0.0.18

MD5:
99f06ba81d03ecef6571e65fc5aa153f

SHA-1:
bf211e7ba65f53add5874dfb60e439e420845c0a

SHA-256:
d77a624c1fe4520e66833ec34e7974c12cfb5739eff02a609428ea3b46d1b12f

Scanner detections:
5 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
5/17/2024 9:00:56 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.StormWatch.A
v2015.05.22.11

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Weather.Installer
15.5.22.19

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0514
7.2.142

VIPRE Antivirus
Rocketfuel Installer
40408

File size:
148.7 KB (152,312 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.18

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Weather Protector LLC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
6/13/2014 10:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/14/2015 9:59:59 AM

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:
12/6/2009 9:52:06 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:w+uxkZuTXJHeTfGOR3bU85BVzIcNnjxfhKfPllVJZ:7SUrGk3tBaSjc7VT

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:
6.8478

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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

http://i.vertitechnologygroup.com/osm/StormWatch/.../Setup.exe

http://i.azzercom.net/osm/StormWatch/.../Setup.exe

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