Threat Database Potentially Unwanted Programs PUP.Desktop Weather Alerts

PUP.Desktop Weather Alerts

Threat Scorecard

Ranking: 2,203
Threat Level: 10 % (Normal)
Infected Computers: 193,444
First Seen: February 3, 2014
Last Seen: June 13, 2025
OS(es) Affected: Windows

File System Details

PUP.Desktop Weather Alerts may create the following file(s):
# File Name MD5 Detections
1. WeatherService.exe#57AAE3FC331AE1FB 76f55e311a21060d03346b45599b3f09 19,756
2. WeatherMini.exe 1d440e5823170907aadefb04239a492f 9,637
3. weather_free.exe bdc63594584ae39bec6adbffc3d83316 5,546
4. WeatherService.exe.vir 9beed70943771588f9bf265a5ed1b96a 3,836
5. A0152839.exe 84418d65c02ccd52eb97d7ea14cace16 3,464
6. A0062967.exe 8ee31818f10b36f1403bbec2ea716f6d 1,521
7. A0153377.exe 38c5bc971b01c266d28215c5179716f1 515
8. weather.exe b6822864a849cbd611a78ea35ded2a0a 373
9. A0155403.exe d8f219ce5455bab65238c1ca98b36fd4 258
10. LT_Updater.dll.vir 7c38bebf983f58a543b80bdb9d18be87 30
11. WeatherEntryDll.dll 8f210a9ee34f96363152912fa18ee07a 11
12. WeatherApp.exe 301b22fea5339ad1d218cf761aa419cf 1
More files

Registry Details

PUP.Desktop Weather Alerts may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
CLSID
{353385c3-5be5-7d15-7e24-38a3bbfb4d38}
{5914e3cf-e52f-7a1a-4efa-b790328104d9}
{ac66a361-74fe-74e2-411c-85b3162ae4f5}
File name without path
Weather Widget.lnk
WeatherApp.lnk
Regexp file mask
%WINDIR%\System32\Tasks\HDNINSTSCHD
%WINDIR%\System32\Tasks\IE_ERR4WDR
%WINDIR%\System32\Tasks\UPDTEXE4_WDR
Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION\WeatherApp.exe
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\DesktopWeatherAlertsApp_RASAPI32
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\DesktopWeatherAlertsApp_RASMANCS
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\hdnInstaller_RASAPI32
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\hdnInstaller_RASMANCS
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\WAUpdater_RASAPI32
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\WAUpdater_RASMANCS
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\wdrguid_RASAPI32
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\wdrguid_RASMANCS
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\WeatherAlerts_RASAPI32
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\WeatherAlerts_RASMANCS
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\HDNINSTSCHD
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\IE_ERR4WDR
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\UPDTEXE4_WDR
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\WeatherApp.exe
Software\Portable WeatherApp
Software\WeatherAlerts
Software\WeatherApp
Software\WeatherTool
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\DesktopWeatherAlertsApp_RASAPI32
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\DesktopWeatherAlertsApp_RASMANCS
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\WeatherAlertService_RASAPI32
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\WeatherAlertService_RASMANCS
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Portable WeatherApp
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\WeatherTool
SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\TheDesktopWeatherService
SYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\TheDesktopWeatherService
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\TheDesktopWeatherService
DesktopWeatherAlerts
WeatherAlert
WeatherApp
WeatherTool
{67E7E216-1173-4B30-BA9B-E737E032EFBB}

Directories

PUP.Desktop Weather Alerts may create the following directory or directories:

%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\WeatherAlert
%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Weather Alerts
%APPDATA%\WeatherTool
%HOMEDRIVE%\WeatherAlert
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Local_Weather_LLC
%LOCALAPPDATA%\WeatherAlert
%LOCALAPPDATA%\WeatherAlerts
%LOCALAPPDATA%\WeatherApp
%PROGRAMFILES%\Portable WeatherApp
%PROGRAMFILES%\WeatherTool
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Portable WeatherApp
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\WeatherApp
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\WeatherTool
%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Weather Alerts
%WINDIR%\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Roaming\WeatherTool
%WINDIR%\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Roaming\WeatherTool
%appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\WeatherApp

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