Local Weather LLC - 8% Detection Rate *

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:

Screenshot where Local Weather LLC appears as the verified publisher in the UAC dialog

You can view the additional details from the Local Weather LLC digital signature with the following steps:

  1. Open up Windows Explorer and locate the Local Weather LLC file
  2. Right-click the file and select Properties
  3. Click on the Digital Signatures tab
  4. Click on the View Certificate button

Here is a screenshot of a file that has been digitally signed by Local Weather LLC:

Screenshot of the Local Weather LLC certificate

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.

Local Weather LLC Files

The following are the Local Weather LLC files I have collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.

Detection RatioFile Name
3/54StormWatchApp.exe
4/54StormWatch.exe
5/51DesktopWeatherAlertsApp.exe
1/51WeatherAlerts.exe
12/56StormWatchApp.exe
4/55stormwatchsetup_dist_1.0.1.10.exe

Scanner and Detection Names

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.

ScannerDetection Names
AVwareBlinkx/SevereWeatherAlerts (fs)
Antiy-AVLTrojan/Win32.SGeneric
BkavW32.HfsAdware.7463
ComodoApplicUnwnt
ESET-NOD32a variant of MSIL/Adware.StrongVault.A, Win32/Verti.K potentially unwanted
K7AntiVirusTrojan ( 004b08841 )
K7GWTrojan ( 004b08841 )
MalwarebytesPUP.Optional.StormWatch.A
McAfeeArtemis!7A552A82A5EC
Qihoo-360Win32/Trojan.Adware.9be
SophosGeneric PUA KB
SymantecWS.Reputation.1, Adware.WeatherAlerts
TrendMicroADW_WATSTORM
TrendMicro-HouseCallSuspicious_GEN.F47V0908, ADW_WATSTORM, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0922
VIPREBlinkx/SevereWeatherAlerts (fs), SevereWeatherAlerts (fs)

* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated

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.

Analysis Details

The analysis is based on certificates with the following serial numbers:

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