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weatherbugsetup.exe

WeatherBug

The application weatherbugsetup.exe by WeatherBug has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
WeatherBug  (signed and verified)

MD5:
1e01c6061a41c03e01a1f141b1022498

SHA-1:
1123b4878022cf2e1b4e936033f85c2c7169871b

SHA-256:
daab2814035c3b16f82bd4d55102bf9282d3f36c596ffd3df89d97aa57541807

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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:
4/25/2024 6:32:02 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WeatherBug.Installer (M)
16.2.5.23

File size:
3.2 MB (3,390,776 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\weatherbugsetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
WeatherBug

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/14/2012 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/29/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=WeatherBug, OU=Consumer, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=WeatherBug, L=Gaithersburg, S=Maryland, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
6EC929230A6A4AC487B2FE40F8468FDD

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/10/2012 4:51:25 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
7.10

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:ta2UAOynYzHQ4WXbzQmFjg9sf5xVoT6G68AH9MgMErnNl:ta2UADIHQhk0+JA2gMEn

Entry address:
0x12C10

Entry point:
0D, 83, 3D, C4, 00, 42, 00, 01, 0F, 84, CE, 00, 00, 00, 81, F9, FC, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 84, E7, 00, 00, 00, 68, 04, 01, 00, 00, 8D, 45, 84, 50, 52, 88, 95, 88, 00, 00, 00, FF, 15, 48, A0, 41, 00, 85, C0, 75, 10, 8D, 45, 84, 68, 4C, A7, 41, 00, 50, E8, 66, F2, FF, FF, 59, 59, 8D, 7D, 84, 8B, C7, 50, E8, 09, 1E, 00, 00, 40, 83, F8, 3C, 59, 76, 22, 8B, C7, 50, E8, FA, 1D, 00, 00, 8B, F8, 8D, 45, 84, 83, E8, 3B, 6A, 03, 03, F8, 68, 48, A7, 41, 00, 57, E8, B3, 1C, 00, 00, 83, C4, 10, 57, E8, DA, 1D, 00, 00, FF, B6...
 
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Entropy:
7.9591  (probably packed)

Code size:
97 KB (99,328 bytes)

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