PUP.SevereWeatherAlerts
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| Ranking: | 8,343 |
| Threat Level: | 10 % (Normal) |
| Infected Computers: | 10,326 |
| First Seen: | October 15, 2013 |
| Last Seen: | September 10, 2023 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
PUP.SevereWeatherAlerts is a potentially unwanted application, which may modify browser settings on the web browser. PUP.SevereWeatherAlerts may replace the default homepage or search engine with a suspicious commercial website, or change the default tab of the web browser any time the PC user attempts to open a blank page, with the tricky advertisement website. PUP.SevereWeatherAlerts may be related to an adware, install browser extensions or have other uncertain purposes. PUP.SevereWeatherAlerts is not a malware infection, but it may carry a variety of destructive traits. PUP.SevereWeatherAlerts may use tricky techniques to possibly raise traffic of the commercial website and generate revenue from click fraud. PUP.SevereWeatherAlerts may access the PC bundled with freeware and shareware applications. PUP.SevereWeatherAlerts may also be bundled within the custom installer on many dubious download websites, so if the computer user has downloaded a certain application from these dubious download websites, he might have also installed PUP.SevereWeatherAlerts throughout the setup process of the certain application.
Table of Contents
Aliases
1 security vendors flagged this file as malicious.
| Anti-Virus Software | Detection |
|---|---|
| Comodo | ApplicUnwnt |
SpyHunter Detects & Remove PUP.SevereWeatherAlerts
File System Details
| # | File Name | MD5 |
Detections
Detections: The number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular threat detected on
infected computers as reported by SpyHunter.
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SevereWeatherAlerts.exe.vir | 74b457db24e9a1677e0d841686f11c95 | 3,872 |
| 2. | SevereWeatherAlertsApp.exe.vir | 5dad6355a4e6272cb3dc132f2618a1d1 | 3,677 |
| 3. | uninstall.exe | ff5b844eeba8c079f1ef03022eb37356 | 88 |
| 4. | SAUpdater.exe | 3216ff74df4b83afd07cf336f5946bae | 69 |
| 5. | SAUpdater.exe | 9a36a842e48868e5743080b6e2378195 | 12 |
| 6. | setup.exe | 490fd98d1ada8805f4841c68186771b0 | 6 |
| 7. | SevereWeatherAlerts.exe | a71439427ee4527d65fabd9f8fd31ca6 | 3 |
Registry Details
Directories
PUP.SevereWeatherAlerts may create the following directory or directories:
| %AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Severe Weather Alerts |
| %LOCALAPPDATA%\SevereWeatherAlerts |
| %LOCALAPPDATA%\Weather_Notifications,_LL |
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