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SAUpdater.exe

SAUpdater

Weather Warnings 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 SAUpdater.exe by Weather Warnings has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. Additionally, the file is typically installed by a number of programs including StormAlerts by Weather Warnings LLC and Storm Alerts Pro Version by Weather Warnings LLC, both potentially unwanted software.

File name:

SAUpdater.exe

Publisher:

Weather Warnings LLC (signed and verified)

Product:

SAUpdater

Version:

1.4.0.0

MD5:

9a36a842e48868e5743080b6e2378195

SHA-1:

6973591a6d708a419d73905f719657a6d2d71968

SHA-256:

36caa80fe1fbb77d8acd8e60d9b1a29b8ffbe6401a936b5ef51d1a002a63fa49

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:

4/18/2024 4:05:47 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.WeatherWarnings.J

14.8.8.1

File size:

138.2 KB (141,488 bytes)

Product version:

1.4.0.0

Trademarks:

StormAlerts is a trademark of Weather Warnings LLC

Original file name:

SAUpdater.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\stormalerts\saupdater.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Weather Warnings LLC

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

10/15/2013 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:

10/16/2014 4:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Weather Warnings LLC, O=Weather Warnings LLC, STREET="250 Park Ave #504", L=Minneapolis, S=MN, PostalCode=55415, C=US

Issuer:

CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:

00E8DB5153F5DF039D40C9CA815EC69821

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

11/20/2013 5:20:32 PM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

8.0

.NET CLR dependent:

Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):

768:RJA2YSKH9GHTTEitJpomnFHQh37hlWENCmzHNr1+9RBxhQvfZUYg8:RJPdKH9IEa3omnFuhhCmztr1+nhQHZDb

Entry address:

0x421E

Entry point:

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[+]

Entropy:

3.1565

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:

12 KB (12,288 bytes)

The file SAUpdater.exe has been discovered within the following programs.

Storm Alerts Pro Version by Weather Warnings LLC

This is a potentially unwanted program (PUP) that bundles various additional offers during setup, typically ad-supported (adware) in functionality.

86% remove it

StormAlerts by Weather Warnings LLC

StormAlerts is an ad-supported free web browser extension. The program will also randomly popup various advertisements in a window when the user uses their PC regardless if they are using the web browser or not.

www.storm-alerts.net

86% remove it

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to ec2-50-17-241-28.compute-1.amazonaws.com (50.17.241.28:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to ocsp.comodoca.com (178.255.83.1:80)

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