home

stormwatchsetup.exe

StormWatch

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 stormwatchsetup.exe by Local Weather has been detected as adware 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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from i.vertitechnologygroup.com.
Publisher:
Local Weather LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
StormWatch

Version:
1.0.1.27

MD5:
c6c28afebcf4af35e040483eaf247c06

SHA-1:
d47586a3dbc9a73abd80309de0c5921852a911e8

SHA-256:
9dc26f091b373a958a44dc50bc7061798704584f2a0f62b818fa5149999bd85c

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 7:10:28 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Weather.LocalWeather.Installer (M)
16.2.26.20

File size:
397 KB (406,504 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.1.27

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Local Weather LLC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
10/14/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/15/2014 1:59:59 AM

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:
12/5/2009 11:52:06 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:uSoBjwW1mGGX8rj5ISS7oVJp9tztPEWrP2+XMZqQs3TDZgfIdy2W14vp:caWgGO8BxUorptEa2+XFTGky5G

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...
 
[+]

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/.../StormWatchSetup.exe

Remove stormwatchsetup.exe - Powered by Reason Core Security
herdProtect is a second line of defense malware removal platform powered by 68 anti-malware engines in the cloud. Since no single anti-malware program is perfect 100% of the time, herdProtect utilizes a 'herd' of multiple engines to guarantee the widest coverage and the earliest possible detection.