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stormwatchapp.exe

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 stormwatchapp.exe by Weather Warnings has been detected as adware by 4 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.
Publisher:
Weather Warnings LLC  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.1.0.21

MD5:
2ef98441d03c9312c2ee02daa19ff446

SHA-1:
a69b0ef3d2b5b54f2653d20b1f41bd8472296329

SHA-256:
f91fb247a268dfbc9b0af402d7f07734114dc9b7339c4ac40777b69693f5746e

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
4/30/2024 2:59:03 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
8.3.1.6

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3040

ESET NOD32
Win32/Verti.K potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11978

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Weather.WeatherWarnings (M)
15.7.22.15

File size:
1.7 MB (1,730,232 bytes)

Product version:
1.1.0.21

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\stormwatch\stormwatchapp.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Weather Warnings LLC

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/24/2015 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/24/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Weather Warnings LLC, O=Weather Warnings LLC, L=Austin, S=Texas, C=US

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
079CB9C1FFEB0CA9C428CBBE65D2EEE9

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/20/2015 3:57:15 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:DT1SmrqWlxv4c7C7uDIN5yqNgn+4fi+zZb:DJSmrqW3E7uy9m+499b

Entry address:
0x57CE3

Entry point:
E8, 86, C2, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A1, 88, 34, 56, 00, 33, C5, 89, 45, FC, 83, 7D, 08, FF, 57, 74, 09, FF, 75, 08, E8, BF, 98, 00, 00, 59, 83, A5, E0, FC, FF, FF, 00, 6A, 4C, 8D, 85, E4, FC, FF, FF, 6A, 00, 50, E8, 49, B3, 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...
 
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Entropy:
5.9298

Code size:
1.1 MB (1,104,384 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.
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The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-52-84-144-247.yto50.r.cloudfront.net  (52.84.144.247:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-52-84-144-66.yto50.r.cloudfront.net  (52.84.144.66:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-52-85-69-231.lhr5.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.69.231:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-52-85-107-196.jax1.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.107.196:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-54-230-78-206.cdg50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.78.206:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-54-192-83-204.mia50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.83.204:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-52-85-142-22.iad12.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.142.22:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-52-85-142-186.iad12.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.142.186:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-52-85-107-27.jax1.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.107.27:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-52-84-144-93.yto50.r.cloudfront.net  (52.84.144.93:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-52-84-144-191.yto50.r.cloudfront.net  (52.84.144.191:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-52-84-13-75.ord54.r.cloudfront.net  (52.84.13.75:443)

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