WeatherBuddy
Posted: March 13, 2017
Threat Metric
The following fields listed on the Threat Meter containing a specific value, are explained in detail below:
Threat Level: The threat level scale goes from 1 to 10 where 10 is the highest level of severity and 1 is the lowest level of severity. Each specific level is relative to the threat's consistent assessed behaviors collected from SpyHunter's risk assessment model.
Detection Count: The collective number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular malware threat. The detection count is calculated from infected PCs retrieved from diagnostic and scan log reports generated by SpyHunter.
Volume Count: Similar to the detection count, the Volume Count is specifically based on the number of confirmed and suspected threats infecting systems on a daily basis. High volume counts usually represent a popular threat but may or may not have infected a large number of systems. High detection count threats could lay dormant and have a low volume count. Criteria for Volume Count is relative to a daily detection count.
Trend Path: The Trend Path, utilizing an up arrow, down arrow or equal symbol, represents the level of recent movement of a particular threat. Up arrows represent an increase, down arrows represent a decline and the equal symbol represent no change to a threat's recent movement.
% Impact (Last 7 Days): This demonstrates a 7-day period change in the frequency of a malware threat infecting PCs. The percentage impact correlates directly to the current Trend Path to determine a rise or decline in the percentage.
Ranking: | 7,194 |
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Threat Level: | 1/10 |
Infected PCs: | 22,184 |
First Seen: | March 13, 2017 |
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Last Seen: | October 12, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
WeatherBuddy is an adware application that provides users with a neat weather widget that can be accessed straight from their Windows Desktop. The WeatherBuddy software allows users to set locations, get information about the current weather conditions, as well as a weekly forecast. In addition to the general information about the weather, WeatherBuddy also can provide data regarding the humidity, pressure, cloudiness, and other peculiar facts. However, users who wish to install this software should be warned that it is ad-supported, and by agreeing to install it, they may end up seeing a rather large number of ads on a regular basis.
The WeatherBuddy advertisements may vary in terms of content, but it is likely that their goal is to promote various products, services, and pages that may not be relevant to the user's interests. The advertisements may not promote harmful content so that following them should not be an issue. However, users should keep in mind that software that exposes them to ads on a regular basis may not be something they'd enjoy using, especially when there may be ad-free alternatives of the application in question. It is important to note that WeatherBuddy's authors offer a premium plan that removes the advertisements, but it is questionable whether it is worth paying for an ad-free weather forecast experience, when there are hundreds of programs and services that offer this for free.
WeatherBuddy is identified as a Potentially Unwanted Program with adware capabilities, and users who are not happy with the quality of WeatherBuddy's services should not hesitate to uninstall it from their computers. Since WeatherBuddy is not associated with any suspicious behavior, it can be removed by simply uninstalling it from the Windows Control Panel or running the application's dedicated uninstaller.
Technical Details
File System Modifications
Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.
The following files were created in the system:%LOCALAPPDATA%\WeatherBuddy\WeatherBuddy.exe
File name: WeatherBuddy.exeSize: 4.35 MB (4352512 bytes)
MD5: 239ee4817741693e6ae60632d3291b46
Detection count: 37
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %LOCALAPPDATA%\WeatherBuddy
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 17, 2017
%LOCALAPPDATA%\WeatherBuddy\WeatherBuddy.exe
File name: WeatherBuddy.exeSize: 3.66 MB (3666432 bytes)
MD5: 83ca10c3bf6d97e9c9d83143f9c98f9d
Detection count: 28
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %LOCALAPPDATA%\WeatherBuddy
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 17, 2017
Registry Modifications
File name without pathWeatherBuddy.lnkRegexp file mask%TEMP%\Weather Buddy_[RANDOM CHARACTERS].log%WINDIR%\WeatherBuddy.INIHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\ELLS LLCSoftware\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WeatherBuddyHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}{85752A3C-1F15-40D5-B878-517A25777E0F}{AE415C13-7935-4681-B33B-36C4F47B35B7}
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