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.
Publisher:
Weather Warnings LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
SAUpdater

Version:
1.6.0.0

MD5:
3216ff74df4b83afd07cf336f5946bae

SHA-1:
e81b94a8d9220f4ff60cfb901400e77cd70afc23

SHA-256:
807e58a713ad266f20b8e725fc12456cf1690ced356538d109b22966913a6e35

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:
4/20/2024 2:32:11 PM 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:
1.6.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © 2014 Weather Warnings LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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
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:
12/30/2013 10:03:44 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
768:3UA262ko9GHTTEitJpomnFHQh37hlWENCmzHNr1+9RmxhQvfZUa:3UPfko9IEa3omnFuhhCmztr1+mhQHZH

Entry address:
0x421E

Entry point:
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[+]

Entropy:
3.1567

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

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

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