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WeatherBug

WeatherBug

The application weatherbugsetup.exe, “WeatherBug Installation ” 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 an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from downloads.earthnetworks.com.s3.amazonaws.com.
Publisher:
Earth Networks, Inc.   (signed by WeatherBug)

Product:
WeatherBug®

Description:
WeatherBug Installation

Version:
10.0.7.4

MD5:
f849d372b71e60c8958ddd3c9ebc9db6

SHA-1:
25a53d36951711ce7ee7e9a0e9417d1013b62c08

SHA-256:
3b595cb60c8f76b89dac40fff6c9a2f94c88de91475ab15d13eaace640951e60

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:
4/30/2024 6:16:14 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WeatherB.Installer (M)
16.7.2.0

File size:
2.8 MB (2,968,520 bytes)

Product version:
10.0.7.4 0

Copyright:
All rights reserved

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
WeatherBug

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
6/16/2015 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/16/2018 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=WeatherBug, O=WeatherBug, L=Germantown, S=Maryland, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
5753B94A4B4F428A574131A68539135D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/11/2012 2:51:25 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
7.10

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:U5dUQUgfTm1AiFGzb4EikKTysEqEPqv3rxfAqPrVFIEvRMLQgzfoI+0iByLb/N/:U5dUQUW0Fi0EPKZNEPc3V3RFZ5MLQgQW

Entry address:
0x12C10

Entry point:
6A, 60, 68, B8, A2, 41, 00, E8, C0, 03, 00, 00, BF, 94, 00, 00, 00, 8B, C7, E8, 28, 18, 00, 00, 89, 65, E8, 8B, F4, 89, 3E, 56, FF, 15, E8, A0, 41, 00, 8B, 4E, 10, 89, 0D, 24, 0D, 42, 00, 8B, 46, 04, A3, 30, 0D, 42, 00, 8B, 56, 08, 89, 15, 34, 0D, 42, 00, 8B, 76, 0C, 81, E6, FF, 7F, 00, 00, 89, 35, 28, 0D, 42, 00, 83, F9, 02, 74, 0C, 81, CE, 00, 80, 00, 00, 89, 35, 28, 0D, 42, 00, C1, E0, 08, 03, C2, A3, 2C, 0D, 42, 00, 33, F6, 56, 8B, 3D, A8, A1, 41, 00, FF, D7, 66, 81, 38, 4D, 5A, 75, 1F, 8B, 48, 3C, 03...
 
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Entropy:
7.9512

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++ v7.0

Code size:
97 KB (99,328 bytes)

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

http://downloads.earthnetworks.com.s3.amazonaws.com/DesktopApp10/Installer/.../WeatherBugSetup.exe

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