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stormwatch1_5.exe

StormWatch

Local Weather 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 stormwatch1_5.exe by Local Weather has been detected as adware by 4 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from i.vertitechnologygroup.com.
Publisher:
Weather Protector LLC  (signed by Local Weather LLC)

Product:
StormWatch

Description:
Application

Version:
1.5.0.0

MD5:
b0ce381cdee71af8723cc98aa56d903c

SHA-1:
5410a563aafb998ca28cb2ba66fa2f0b04d3792f

SHA-256:
d9baa4cae2f6c35501dab6c7c29297ec0607dce52e03bf8c0a8081b712f7828d

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
4/20/2024 3:01:35 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.StormWatch.A
v2014.10.06.11

Reason Heuristics
PUP.LocalWeather.N
14.10.6.23

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0904
7.2.279

VIPRE Antivirus
Blinkx/SevereWeatherAlerts
33710

File size:
215.4 KB (220,544 bytes)

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

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\content.ie5\z9tc2w3l\stormwatch1_5.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Local Weather LLC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
10/13/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/14/2014 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Local Weather LLC, O=Local Weather 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:
1E363E3CA4E0B46A71B002CFAF51DED1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:8e34ujDb5TJ45sAOipnZUJNdbEN7xByhjCNUOh:9jD1TJgke6DdEN7vYCiOh

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.8116

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file stormwatch1_5.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://i.vertitechnologygroup.com/inst/software/.../stormwatch1_5.exe

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