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Weather.EXE

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Zango

The application Weather.EXE by Zango has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘WeatherDPA’.
Publisher:
Zango, Inc.  (signed by Zango)

Product:
Weather

Version:
10.3.75.0

MD5:
3bd3e739669ccb4596abf22bd01cabfa

SHA-1:
b301e48e2ec18e94f1c438f9c7091e9ed422fa14

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:
4/23/2024 11:00:06 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Zango (M)
15.12.22.22

File size:
489.3 KB (501,000 bytes)

Product version:
10.3.75.0

Copyright:
Copyright © 2004-2008 Zango, Inc. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
Weather.EXE

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\zango\bin\10.3.75.0\weather.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Zango

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/13/2008 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/12/2010 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Zango, OU=Zango, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Zango, L=Bellevue, S=Washington, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)04, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
1CA00CAEA054614D44D3119B6DB48AD8

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/4/2008 2:44:15 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:fFobE8fxvOUQtp5mzk6WisiWa1dEqTi4AORDf6s:SBxGUy5+s1qTi43DF

Entry address:
0x36C69

Entry point:
E8, DB, D6, 00, 00, E9, 16, FE, FF, FF, 8B, 44, 24, 04, 33, C9, 3B, 04, CD, 70, 37, 47, 00, 74, 12, 41, 83, F9, 2D, 72, F1, 8D, 48, ED, 83, F9, 11, 77, 0C, 6A, 0D, 58, C3, 8B, 04, CD, 74, 37, 47, 00, C3, 05, 44, FF, FF, FF, 6A, 0E, 59, 3B, C8, 1B, C0, 23, C1, 83, C0, 08, C3, E8, AD, 34, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 06, B8, D8, 38, 47, 00, C3, 83, C0, 08, C3, E8, 9A, 34, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 06, B8, DC, 38, 47, 00, C3, 83, C0, 0C, C3, 56, E8, E7, FF, FF, FF, 8B, 4C, 24, 08, 51, 89, 08, E8, 8D, FF, FF, FF, 59, 8B, F0...
 
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Entropy:
6.6100

Code size:
364 KB (372,736 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
WeatherDPA

Command:
"C:\Program Files\zango\bin\10.3.75.0\weather.exe" -auto


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