StormWatch

StormWatch

Known Adware

by Local Weather LLC

What is StormWatch?

StormWatch is software application developed by Local Weather LLC. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 46.65% of installations running this operating system. StormWatch's installer is typically 1.00 MB in size and installs around 18 files. The most common release is 1.0.1.36 with 41.51% of all installations currently using this version.

StormWatch is most popular in the United States with 66.70% of installations residing in this country.

About StormWatch?

StormWatch is a software application that injects advertisements into the user's web browser. It has the ability to insert ads into web pages, display ads over existing web page content, and show advertisements such as banners, coupons, and text links. Additionally, StormWatch communicates with its servers to check for new offers and to monitor and record the domain name of each page the user views, as well as the advertisements that appear on these pages and the ads the user clicks on.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in StormWatch.

StormWatch.exe (MD5: 4a733a67a57aabc854435c8537a62a8a) has been flagged by 5 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
AVware Blinkx/SevereWeatherAlerts (fs)
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.StormWatch.A
Symantec Adware.WeatherAlerts
TrendMicro-HouseCall Suspicious_GEN.F47V0908
VIPRE Antivirus Blinkx/SevereWeatherAlerts (fs)

Software Details

URL:
Support:
Installation path:
C:\users\user\appdata\local\stormwatch
Uninstaller:
C:\users\user\appdata\Local\StormWatch\StormWatchappuninstall.exe
Size:
1.00 MB
Language:
English

StormWatch Executable Details

Primary executable:
StormWatch.exe
Name:
StormWatch
Path:
C:\users\user\appdata\local\stormwatch\StormWatch.exe
MD5:
4a733a67a57aabc854435c8537a62a8a
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by StormWatch
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
ab91a7350a5fddcdf0a7b0c60e8e4e71
DLL
2aaf01acc3166754e8a417d9597d19d5
DLL
ceee10a8b8a466ec019aded5f47a6733
DLL
c56cf1fc117f8c1753c394b678357f97
DLL
473f52375ca7e36bf2cce5bf30dacc2d
DLL
0203e8b7969c182ed757e87b75ccf82c
DLL
01e5820a4dac5220478489321324466b
DLL
4125d57d883df4df29d950e339a3ba92
DLL
1f6a6f28501901dd38e986cb2da71e74
DLL
97514d84b708379787666e7bcc00ecca