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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 9 anti-malware scanners. It is set to automatically execute when any user logs into Windows (through the local user run registry setting) with the name ‘StormWatch’. This file is typically installed with the program StormWatch by Local Weather LLC which is a potentially unwanted software program.

File name:

stormwatchapp.exe

Publisher:

Weather Protector LLC (signed and verified)

Version:

1.0.2.50

MD5:

a7fd2e0e469df85cbb6ddf2c0c317bb8

SHA-1:

414d8bdead8ee9b1cbf0a6427423cf600e585aa5

SHA-256:

c87d602df078f298c2ca1f534824806a7bcd0ad93a06a36667df0d960a8588f8

Scanner detections:

9 / 68

Status:

Adware

Analysis date:

5/20/2024 11:07:41 PM UTC (a few moments ago)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Avira AntiVirus

ADWARE/Adware.Gen7

3.6.1.96

Baidu Antivirus

PUA.Win32.Verti

4.0.3.1549

Dr.Web

Adware.Plugin.981

9.0.1.099

ESET NOD32

Win32/Verti.K potentially unwanted (variant)

9.11440

Fortinet FortiGate

Riskware/Verti

4/9/2015

herdProtect (fuzzy)

variant of safeguardapp.exe

2015.7.12.12

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.StormWatch.A

v2015.04.09.04

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Startup.Weather

15.4.9.12

Sophos

Generic PUA EB

4.98

File size:

1.5 MB (1,556,504 bytes)

Product version:

1.0.2.50

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:

6/12/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:

6/13/2015 7:59:59 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:

4/7/2015 10:29:30 AM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:sr3favvSEa9cC2jXcRAomHqKwGgyihANVXFR/34SWYqF1Rl4cB8EQ4wyyIfjTDzG:cf+vXhhjeK3g8NVVb4l73DyIwxJ9F

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... 
[+]

Entropy:

5.8941

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"

The file stormwatchapp.exe has been discovered within the following program.

StormWatch by Local Weather LLC

StormWatch is a potentially unwanted adware program that injects ads into the user's browser. This includes inserting into web pages or displaying ads over parts of existing web page advertisements, banners, coupons or text links that would not otherwise appear.

84% remove it

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

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to ns3594148.ip-151-80-31.eu (151.80.31.80:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to spdc.pbp.vip.ir2.yahoo.com (188.125.66.33:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):

Connects to edge-star-mini-shv-01-cdg2.facebook.com (179.60.192.36:443)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to ec2-52-86-129-236.compute-1.amazonaws.com (52.86.129.236:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to ec2-46-51-205-34.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com (46.51.205.34:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to ec2-35-157-78-112.eu-central-1.compute.amazonaws.com (35.157.78.112:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to ec2-34-251-175-36.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com (34.251.175.36:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):

Connects to 88.94.155.104.bc.googleusercontent.com (104.155.94.88:443)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to 85.242.178.107.bc.googleusercontent.com (107.178.242.85:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):

Connects to dh-in-f94.1e100.net (209.85.203.94:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):

Connects to server-54-230-197-91.lhr50.r.cloudfront.net (54.230.197.91:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):

Connects to server-54-192-44-209.fra6.r.cloudfront.net (54.192.44.209:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):

Connects to server-54-192-44-149.fra6.r.cloudfront.net (54.192.44.149:443)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to ec2-52-4-93-254.compute-1.amazonaws.com (52.4.93.254:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to ec2-52-209-185-253.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com (52.209.185.253:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to w01.ttms.eu (46.105.156.71:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to vip080.ssl.hwcdn.net (205.185.208.80:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):

Connects to server-54-230-87-234.lax3.r.cloudfront.net (54.230.87.234:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):

Connects to server-54-192-44-201.fra6.r.cloudfront.net (54.192.44.201:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):

Connects to server-54-192-139-121.lax1.r.cloudfront.net (54.192.139.121:443)

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