Did you just stumble upon a file that is digitally signed by The Weather Network? If so, please read on.
You'll probably notice The Weather Network when clicking to run the file. The publisher name is then displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can view additional details from the The Weather Network certificate with the following steps:
Here is a screenshot of a file digitally signed by The Weather Network:
As you can see in the screenshot above, Windows states that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by The Weather Network and that the file has not been tampered with.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above, you can examine 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 examine the address for The Weather Network, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA and VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA has issued the The Weather Network certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
These are the The Weather Network files I've gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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0/49 | WeatherEye.exe |
0/43 | WeatherEye.exe |
0/54 | WeatherEye.exe |
The detection percentage is based on that I've gathered 146 scan reports for the The Weather Network files. 0 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. You can view the full details of the scan results by examining the files listed above.
The analysis has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers: