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 4 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-52-84-144-92.yto50.r.cloudfront.net on port 443.
Publisher:
Weather Protector LLC  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.1.41

MD5:
2d8a89c8e082e49d3f1531423a7e90e3

SHA-1:
e9bdfeadf053d7c20171373aa483d733603f895e

SHA-256:
5860d6d2b7133baf7bad5ea9da956a98a31877c8fa961dfc7962a688d6a691a9

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 1:49:08 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
7.11.205.220

ESET NOD32
Win32/Verti (variant)
9.11093

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.StormWatch.A
v2015.01.29.05

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Weather
15.1.29.17

File size:
1.4 MB (1,468,952 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.1.41

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
6/13/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/14/2015 12:59:59 AM

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:
1/27/2015 9:09:24 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:+CiRfTV6LqkIgC2l18DAPy0x9HIQd1hlWbJrboDaN8paVfhF8OxaT2sKDzj+kri0:K7VgmJ+1lx9oQFyxBfx4nb0

Entry address:
0x4A383

Entry point:
E8, E0, C6, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A1, E0, 91, 52, 00, 33, C5, 89, 45, FC, 83, 7D, 08, FF, 57, 74, 09, FF, 75, 08, E8, B9, A1, 00, 00, 59, 83, A5, E0, FC, FF, FF, 00, 6A, 4C, 8D, 85, E4, FC, FF, FF, 6A, 00, 50, E8, A9, C3, 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:
5.9291

Code size:
898 KB (919,552 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.
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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-52-85-184-226.fra2.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.184.226:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-54-192-12-159.ams1.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.12.159:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-54-192-185-229.cdg51.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.185.229:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-52-85-142-235.iad12.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.142.235:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-54-230-197-56.lhr50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.197.56:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-54-230-87-239.lax3.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.87.239:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-54-230-79-79.cdg50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.79.79:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-54-230-79-18.cdg50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.79.18:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-54-230-79-169.cdg50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.79.169:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-54-230-197-117.lhr50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.197.117:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-54-230-130-5.ams50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.130.5:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-54-192-147-240.sfo4.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.147.240:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-52-85-107-181.jax1.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.107.181:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-54-230-79-168.cdg50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.79.168:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-54-230-230-114.waw50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.230.114:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-54-230-197-57.lhr50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.197.57:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-54-230-197-189.lhr50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.197.189:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-54-230-130-192.ams50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.130.192:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-54-192-9-218.lhr3.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.9.218:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-54-192-139-133.lax1.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.139.133:443)

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