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weatherupdate.exe

WeatherCast Setup

WHENU.COM INC

The application weatherupdate.exe by WHENU.COM INC has been detected as adware 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.
Publisher:
WhenU.com, Inc.  (signed by WHENU.COM INC)

Product:
WeatherCast Setup

Version:
1, 6, 0, 0

MD5:
ef4f24b8236b9092c209af1a79950a7e

SHA-1:
4c419e6214ab0f643cea26f73a5b54ae6dbf9bf1

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:
4/19/2024 4:13:10 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WHENUCOM.Installer (M)
16.5.25.6

File size:
93.4 KB (95,608 bytes)

Product version:
1, 6, 0, 0

Copyright:
Copyright 2000

Original file name:
WeatherInst.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Digital Signature
Signed by:
WHENU.COM INC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/8/2006 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
4/9/2007 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=WHENU.COM INC, OU=Department, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=WHENU.COM INC, L=New York, S=New York, 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:
3961E82457D32F54A770A098673031F5

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/5/2006 7:27:23 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:Lx+z6pWeUe7TvfwhD77FgoWCcJsfiJOI75rW12GUaEL8cMLPOHBLNFvIaf:LQzoW7w7iDLGWiJR7kcGUaEhMLPgJdR

Entry address:
0x2B61

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 44, 56, FF, 15, 88, 40, 40, 00, 8B, F0, 85, F6, 75, 08, 6A, FF, FF, 15, 84, 40, 40, 00, 8A, 06, 57, 8B, 3D, 20, 41, 40, 00, 3C, 22, 75, 1B, 56, FF, D7, 8B, F0, 8A, 06, 3C, 22, 74, 04, 84, C0, 75, F1, 80, 3E, 22, 75, 15, 56, FF, D7, 8B, F0, EB, 0E, 3C, 20, 7E, 0A, 56, FF, D7, 8B, F0, 80, 3E, 20, 7F, F6, 8A, 06, 84, C0, 74, 04, 3C, 20, 7E, E1, 83, 65, E8, 00, 8D, 45, BC, 50, FF, 15, 80, 40, 40, 00, F6, 45, E8, 01, 5F, 74, 06, 0F, B7, 45, EC, EB, 03, 6A, 0A, 58, 50, 56, 6A, 00, 6A, 00, FF...
 
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Entropy:
7.7801

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
10.5 KB (10,752 bytes)

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