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40% of PCs block this file from running.
Possible reason:
Performance resource utilization
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weatherbugalert.exe
Weatherbug Alert Control Module by WeatherBug (Signed)
| Version: | 1.3.0.1 |
| MD5: | 5eef47a4155886a6789d468be4e4b761 |
| SHA1: | fae9f8cc02a579e712c9ad1fe24c1828c2ecc17d |
| SHA256: | d2af362d34fa56bde5397ef471cf0dc2d7d37d98fe7528e4f353ef00d6dac4e2 |
Overview
weatherbugalert.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges usually within the context of Windows Explorer. It is set to be run when the PC boots and the user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the current user). It is installed with a couple of know programs including WeatherBug published by Earth Networks, Inc., WeatherBug from AWS Convergence Technologies and WeatherBug by AWS Convergence Technologies. The file is digitally signed by WeatherBug which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | weatherbugalert.exe |
| Publisher: | AWS Convergence Technologies |
| Product name: | Weatherbug Alert Control Module |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\aws\weatherbug alert\weatherbugalert.exe |
| Original name: | WAT.dll |
| File version: | 1.3.0.1 |
| Size: | 435.63 KB (446,080 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | WeatherBug |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Expiration date: | Tuesday, June 30, 2009 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
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AWS Convergence Technologies |
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WeatherBug provides live weather data and maintains a mesoscale network of weather stations and runs in the notification tray and background of Windows. At present, the desktop application of WeatherBug is designated for U.S. ZIP codes only. Non-U.S. users can also receive RSS global weather feeds via email or through their RSS reader instead of using the WeatherBug app.
Many versions of the program have been seen bundling the Ask.co...
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AWS Convergence Technologies |
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“WeatherBug manages and operates its own weather network that pin points weather conditions in your neighborhood like no other weather service can! WeatherBug Tracking Stations provide live weather information. Other weather companies' "live" data is often an hour or more old. Along with the National Weather Service alerts, WeatherBug issues additional more localized alerts.”
Behaviors
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'WeatherBugAlert' → "C:\Program Files\AWS\WeatherBug Alert\WeatherBugAlert.exe" /st
Network connections
[TCP] ec2-107-23-109-253.compute-1.amazonaws.com (107.23.109.253:80)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00714043% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00476029% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00238014% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 62 ms/min | |
| Context switches: | 7/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 3 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 1.61 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 608 KB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 3 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 93.46 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 103.19 MB | |
| Working set: | 948 KB | |
| Working set (peak): | 7.88 MB | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 6 | |
| Handles: | 169 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 22 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 26 | |
| GUI USER count: | 24 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 28 | |
Process properties
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
60.00% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
20.00% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
20.00% |
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Distribution by country
France installs about 40.00% of Weatherbug Alert Control Module.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Toshiba |
50.00% |
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| Acer |
50.00% |
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