Did you just run into a download or a file on your computer that is digitally signed by Local Weather LLC? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Blinkx/SevereWeatherAlerts (fs) and PUP.Optional.StormWatch.A. The detection rate for the Local Weather LLC files collected here is 8%. Please read on for more details.
You will probably notice Local Weather LLC when running the file. The publisher name shows up as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can view the additional details from the Local Weather LLC digital signature with the following steps:
Here is a screenshot of a file that has been digitally signed by Local Weather LLC:
As you can see in the screencap above, Windows states that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by Local Weather LLC and that the file has not been tampered with.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above, you can see all the details of the certificate, such as when it was issued, who issued the certificate, how long it is valid, and so on. You can also view the address for Local Weather LLC, such as the street name, city and country.
COMODO Code Signing CA 2 has issued the Local Weather LLC certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab above.
The following are the Local Weather LLC files I have collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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3/54 | StormWatchApp.exe |
4/54 | StormWatch.exe |
5/51 | DesktopWeatherAlertsApp.exe |
1/51 | WeatherAlerts.exe |
12/56 | StormWatchApp.exe |
4/55 | stormwatchsetup_dist_1.0.1.10.exe |
Here is the detection names for the Local Weather LLC files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
Scanner | Detection Names |
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AVware | Blinkx/SevereWeatherAlerts (fs) |
Antiy-AVL | Trojan/Win32.SGeneric |
Bkav | W32.HfsAdware.7463 |
Comodo | ApplicUnwnt |
ESET-NOD32 | a variant of MSIL/Adware.StrongVault.A, Win32/Verti.K potentially unwanted |
K7AntiVirus | Trojan ( 004b08841 ) |
K7GW | Trojan ( 004b08841 ) |
Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.StormWatch.A |
McAfee | Artemis!7A552A82A5EC |
Qihoo-360 | Win32/Trojan.Adware.9be |
Sophos | Generic PUA KB |
Symantec | WS.Reputation.1, Adware.WeatherAlerts |
TrendMicro | ADW_WATSTORM |
TrendMicro-HouseCall | Suspicious_GEN.F47V0908, ADW_WATSTORM, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0922 |
VIPRE | Blinkx/SevereWeatherAlerts (fs), SevereWeatherAlerts (fs) |
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I have collected 378 scan reports for the Local Weather LLC files. 29 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. You can review the full details of the scan reports by examining the files listed above.
The analysis is based on certificates with the following serial numbers: