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weatherbugsetup.exe

WeatherBug

The application weatherbugsetup.exe by WeatherBug has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 4 anti-malware scanners. This version of the file will bundle the Ask.com Toolbar, a potentially unwanted web browser extension. The file has been seen being downloaded from downloads.earthnetworks.com.
Publisher:
WeatherBug  (signed and verified)

MD5:
17613ccf224a772dde46a2303497f91d

SHA-1:
9d29f6d2525022de8dba15b9af51ad1d72290413

SHA-256:
6c142bd941f09d47b9ca01ce08cc7dc7bd344d3b7dd1575b92da3c47adb25da9

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 12:06:07 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask (variant)
8.8944

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.WeatherBug.S
14.4.20.17

Sophos
DataApp Installer
4.93

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0301
7.2.110

File size:
4.5 MB (4,741,424 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\weatherbugsetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
WeatherBug

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/14/2012 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/29/2015 6:59:59 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:
1/12/2009 8:29:20 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:RGQewQD7DjEYKgqGV91YKgqGV9cUdsGu4GhO:RGBZiVKpVKevGfGhO

Entry address:
0x1F54

Entry point:
E8, DF, 2A, 00, 00, E9, 17, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 56, 8B, 75, 0C, 56, E8, E1, 35, 00, 00, 89, 45, 0C, 8B, 46, 0C, A8, 82, 59, 75, 17, E8, 29, 03, 00, 00, C7, 00, 09, 00, 00, 00, 83, 4E, 0C, 20, 83, C8, FF, E9, 2D, 01, 00, 00, A8, 40, 74, 0D, E8, 0E, 03, 00, 00, C7, 00, 22, 00, 00, 00, EB, E3, 53, 33, DB, A8, 01, 74, 16, A8, 10, 89, 5E, 04, 0F, 84, 85, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 4E, 08, 83, E0, FE, 89, 0E, 89, 46, 0C, 8B, 46, 0C, 83, E0, EF, 83, C8, 02, 66, A9, 0C, 01, 89, 46, 0C, 89, 5E, 04, 89, 5D, FC, 75, 2C...
 
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Entropy:
7.0351

Code size:
44 KB (45,056 bytes)

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

http://downloads.earthnetworks.com/7.0.0/Installer/7.0.0.12/.../WeatherBugSetup.exe

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