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stormwatchapp.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 stormwatchapp.exe by Weather Protector has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is set to automatically execute when any user logs into Windows (through the local user run registry setting) with the name ‘StormWatch’.
Publisher:
Weather Protector LLC  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.2.55

MD5:
e8ae1827bf6a8a616a4cbf7993e7e5d9

SHA-1:
6449d96ab49a3262a58e0445f6c5f6f75ebaa847

SHA-256:
133c6bb174ef615eff9c66731c90819e9e05521e24dbb1f90825f795c4f3ec8d

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
5/17/2024 8:00:30 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Weather.WeatherP (M)
16.7.7.13

File size:
1.5 MB (1,556,504 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.2.55

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\stormwatch\stormwatchapp.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Weather Protector LLC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
6/13/2014 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
6/14/2015 5:29:59 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:
4/10/2015 7:19:42 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Kr3favvSEaN8yLbUD8QomHqKwGgyi46WCrru/34SWYEF1Rl4cB8EQ4wyyIfjTDzj:Sf+vXxAbPK3gxWCvMil73DyIAxJ9Y

Entry address:
0x4CB03

Entry point:
E8, F5, C7, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A1, 00, C2, 53, 00, 33, C5, 89, 45, FC, 83, 7D, 08, FF, 57, 74, 09, FF, 75, 08, E8, 40, A5, 00, 00, 59, 83, A5, E0, FC, FF, FF, 00, 6A, 4C, 8D, 85, E4, FC, FF, FF, 6A, 00, 50, E8, 19, C2, FF, FF, 8D, 85, E0, FC, FF, FF, 89, 85, D8, FC, FF, FF, 8D, 85, 30, FD, FF, FF, 83, C4, 0C, 89, 85, DC, FC, FF, FF, 89, 85, E0, FD, FF, FF, 89, 8D, DC, FD, FF, FF, 89, 95, D8, FD, FF, FF, 89, 9D, D4, FD, FF, FF, 89, B5, D0, FD, FF, FF, 89, BD, CC...
 
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Entropy:
5.8944

Code size:
953 KB (975,872 bytes)

Startup File (All Users Run)
Registry location:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
StormWatch

Command:
"C:\Program Files\stormwatch\stormwatchapp.exe"


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