Desktop Weather

Desktop Weather is a potentially unwanted program that may track your online activities. It can install though without identifying you personally.

General information:

Malware Name:	Desktop Weather
Malware Type:	Potentially Unwanted Program
Company Name:	The Weather Channel Interactive, Inc
Company URL:	http://www.weather.com/
Threat Level:	Low Risk
Operating System:	WIN XP
Installation Type:	Installed through EXE
Operation:	Time of After Installation

Company Description:

The Weather Channel Interactive, Inc provides you the software Desktop Weather that can provides you with the local weather information and alerts. It also shows you current local weather always on your desktop. It also provides you instant severe weather alerts and you can also get live local traffic reports.

Spyware Description:

Desktop Weather is a potentially unwanted program that may track your online activities. It can install though without identifying you personally.

Characteristics/Symptoms:

    -> It may track your online activities. -> It can install though without identifying you personally.

Additional information might be found here:

	Search at Google for Desktop Weather
	Search at Bing for Desktop Weather
	Search at Yahoo for Desktop Weather

Processes Running:

DesktopWeather.exe

File information Created after Installation:

File Location	Size (Bytes)	Type
C:\Program Files\The Weather Channel FW\Framework\TheWeatherChannelqx.exe	204800	Application
C:\Program Files\The Weather Channel FW\Framework\wxfw.cpl	1174640	Control Panel extension
C:\Program Files\The Weather Channel FW\Framework\wxfw.dll	823296	Application Extension

Folder information Created after Installation:

Folder Location
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\The Weather Channel\Desktop Weathe
C:\Program Files\The Weather Channel F

Registry information Created after Installation: