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stormwatchsetup.exe

StormWatch

The application stormwatchsetup.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from i.vertitechnologygroup.com.
Product:
StormWatch

Version:
1.0.1.36

MD5:
496b9da8110f4ce8068a603e78699bbd

SHA-1:
8a97ace778ad4ec4c62e510c7a490f12684f9cd4

SHA-256:
96d91d86a2849121299dd57226af7172cc4c27d508ed6ed689cd79e02bb0efc5

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/18/2024 1:07:06 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Injekt.StormWatch.Installer.Meta (M)
16.4.22.23

File size:
468.4 KB (479,656 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.1.36

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\stormwatchsetup.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:52:06 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:8vTHW4p+L9IPDme97tHdZSt23boeAQecIhBLRR8T4W:8vTp+JIlp/G2rHaoz

Entry address:
0x323C

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 6F, 44, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 6E, 44, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, 9C, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 2E, 44, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, F0, 46, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.7949

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file stormwatchsetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://i.vertitechnologygroup.com/inst/software/04B7E970-9A4A-45A3-BE77-5E2B401CE1D2/.../StormWatchSetup.exe

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