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stormwatchapp.exe

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 stormwatchapp.exe by Local Weather has been detected as adware by 2 anti-malware scanners. This file is typically installed with the program StormWatch by Local Weather LLC which is a potentially unwanted software program. While running, it connects to the Internet address server-52-85-47-242.mad50.r.cloudfront.net on port 443.

File name:

stormwatchapp.exe

Publisher:

Local Weather LLC (signed and verified)

Version:

1.0.1.10

MD5:

7825afd3aa30f0feb092a6080435f536

SHA-1:

c3b0658301de753d7a848bdd8a0e0d9a15e0c6fc

SHA-256:

06888a9e9e801d89578f56678fab7135cd3255b6054154acc636fb2ae08d25ee

Scanner detections:

2 / 68

Status:

Adware

Analysis date:

4/27/2024 3:19:38 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.LocalWeather.N

14.9.12.8

VIPRE Antivirus

Blinkx/SevereWeatherAlerts

33024

File size:

1.1 MB (1,140,760 bytes)

Product version:

1.0.1.10

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\stormwatch\stormwatchapp.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:

8/13/2014 2:19:50 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:rE39XWbbmcq7/5Lv6mPY617sW2tllIKcqK3HNpNCgPg66qahRBzchBxhEIYjdyf:Q38/mc8/5LS81iIV1NkPyf

Entry address:

0x2C2A3

Entry point:

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[+]

Entropy:

6.1303

Code size:

734 KB (751,616 bytes)

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 SSL):

Connects to server-52-85-47-183.mad50.r.cloudfront.net (52.85.47.183:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):

Connects to server-54-192-129-5.ams50.r.cloudfront.net (54.192.129.5:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):

Connects to server-54-192-185-232.cdg51.r.cloudfront.net (54.192.185.232:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):

Connects to server-54-192-185-53.cdg51.r.cloudfront.net (54.192.185.53:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):

Connects to server-52-85-47-242.mad50.r.cloudfront.net (52.85.47.242:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):

Connects to server-52-85-47-221.mad50.r.cloudfront.net (52.85.47.221:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):

Connects to server-54-230-82-178.mia50.r.cloudfront.net (54.230.82.178:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):

Connects to server-54-230-78-173.cdg50.r.cloudfront.net (54.230.78.173:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):

Connects to server-54-230-78-157.cdg50.r.cloudfront.net (54.230.78.157:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):

Connects to server-52-85-47-38.mad50.r.cloudfront.net (52.85.47.38:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):

Connects to server-52-84-24-94.sea32.r.cloudfront.net (52.84.24.94:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):

Connects to server-205-251-219-170.arn1.r.cloudfront.net (205.251.219.170:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):

Connects to server-205-251-219-128.arn1.r.cloudfront.net (205.251.219.128:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):

Connects to server-54-230-82-245.mia50.r.cloudfront.net (54.230.82.245:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):

Connects to server-54-230-197-47.lhr50.r.cloudfront.net (54.230.197.47:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):

Connects to server-52-85-47-8.mad50.r.cloudfront.net (52.85.47.8:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):

Connects to server-52-85-35-17.mia50.r.cloudfront.net (52.85.35.17:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):

Connects to server-52-84-86-99.yul62.r.cloudfront.net (52.84.86.99:443)

TCP (HTTP):

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

TCP (HTTP SSL):

Connects to server-54-230-78-95.cdg50.r.cloudfront.net (54.230.78.95:443)

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