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stormwatch2_0.exe

StormWatch

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 stormwatch2_0.exe by Weather Protector has been detected as adware by 2 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.azzercom.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Weather Protector LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
StormWatch

Description:
Application

Version:
2.0.0.0

MD5:
1e6d338741f00ba5946029253299a3b7

SHA-1:
05f04f7d3174a141f2b897264458fa168693fb15

SHA-256:
0397683f2386b54e2f221755b9bf168032f635814c1fbb0c602bfadb5c7f08a6

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
4/30/2024 2:33:31 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.StormWatch.A
v2014.11.28.08

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WeatherProtector.N
14.12.16.12

File size:
292.4 KB (299,448 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\ie\{random}\stormwatch2_0.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Weather Protector LLC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
6/12/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/13/2015 6:59:59 PM

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:
12/5/2009 4:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:3e34j1qzdfcajg/mCnBxz49CNdbEN7xByhjCNUbmVNbV:Z1qxc8geCnBxz49odEN7vYCie

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:
7.8824

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file stormwatch2_0.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://i.azzercom.net/inst/software/.../stormwatch2_0.exe

http://i.vertitechnologygroup.com/inst/software/.../stormwatch2_0.exe

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