Weather Notifications LLC - 2% Detection Rate *
Did you just find a file that has a digital signature from Weather Notifications LLC? If that's the case, please read on.
You will probably see Weather Notifications LLC when double-clicking to run the file. The publisher name is then displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screencap shows:
You can also view the Weather Notifications LLC certificate with the following procedure:
- Open up Windows Explorer and locate the Weather Notifications LLC file
- Right-click the file and select Properties
- Click on the Digital Signatures tab
- Click the View Certificate button
Here is a screenshot of a file that has been signed by Weather Notifications LLC:
As you can see in the screencap above, Windows reports that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by Weather Notifications LLC 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 Weather Notifications LLC, such as the street name, city and country.
COMODO Code Signing CA 2 has issued the Weather Notifications LLC certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screencap above.
Weather Notifications LLC Files
The following are the Weather Notifications LLC files I have gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 2/48 | SevereWeatherAlertsApp.exe |
| 1/51 | SevereWeatherAlertsBrowser.exe |
| 0/48 | SevereWeatherAlerts.exe |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here is the detection names for the Weather Notifications LLC files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of MSIL/Adware.StrongVault.A |
| Kingsoft | Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud) |
| VIPRE | Pinball Corporation (fs) |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I have gathered 147 scan results for the Weather Notifications LLC files. 3 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. If you like, you can view the full details of the scan results by examining the files listed above.
Analysis Details
The analysis has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 0d57c9460fe0c441b8fdd693f1ac6cd7