Weather Protector LLC - 6% Detection Rate *
Did you just run into a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from Weather Protector LLC? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as PUP.Optional.StormWatch.A and Rocketfuel Installer (fs). The detection rate for the Weather Protector LLC files collected here is 6%. Please read on for more details.
You will probably see Weather Protector LLC when clicking to run 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 Weather Protector LLC digital signature with the following steps:
- Open up Windows Explorer and locate the Weather Protector LLC file
- Right-click the file and select Properties
- Click the Digital Signatures tab
- Click on the View Certificate button
Here's a screencap of a file signed by Weather Protector LLC:
As you can see in the screengrab above, Windows reports that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by Weather Protector LLC and that the file has not been tampered with.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab 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 Weather Protector LLC, such as the street name, city and country.
COMODO Code Signing CA 2 and COMODO RSA Code Signing CA has issued the Weather Protector LLC certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
Weather Protector LLC Files
These are the Weather Protector LLC files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 1/56 | SWUpdaterSvc.exe |
| 1/56 | StormWatch.exe |
| 3/56 | StormWatchApp.exe |
| 1/57 | StormWatchBrowser.exe |
| 10/57 | StormWatchApp.exe |
| 9/57 | setup.exe |
| 1/57 | StormWatchSrv.exe |
| 0/57 | StormWatchSrv.exe |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here's the detection names for the Weather Protector LLC files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| AVware | Rocketfuel Installer (fs) |
| Agnitum | Riskware.Agent! |
| Avira | ADWARE/Adware.Gen7 |
| Bkav | W32.HfsAdware.E54C |
| DrWeb | Adware.Plugin.962, Adware.Plugin.1052 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/Verti.K, a variant of Win32/Verti.K potentially unwanted, Win32/Verti.O potentially unwanted |
| Fortinet | Riskware/Verti |
| GData | NSIS.Adware.Verti.C |
| K7AntiVirus | Adware ( 004b8e931 ) |
| K7GW | Adware ( 004b8e931 ) |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.StormWatch.A |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | BehavesLike.Win32.Suspicious.ch |
| Sophos | Generic PUA HL |
| Symantec | WS.Reputation.1 |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | Suspicious_GEN.F47V1127, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0319, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0514 |
| VIPRE | Rocketfuel Installer (fs) |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I have gathered 453 scan reports for the Weather Protector LLC files. 26 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. You can view the full details of the scan reports by examining the files listed above.
Analysis Details
The analysis has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 0f678993fb0eafd79536eea5a8b5a02e
- 00833becdb30cad96c0e0ac4df14a0329f