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WCT BHO

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The module browserhelper.dll, “Windows Core Toolbar BHO” by search core systems has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is installed within the context of Internet Explore as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name ‘&Windows Core Toolbar BHO’. This file is typically installed with the program Windows Core Toolbar by Core Systems which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
search core systems  (signed and verified)

Product:
WCT BHO

Description:
Windows Core Toolbar BHO

Version:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
77235f8358cb31f44c052e7a899532d1

SHA-1:
4a4717231e6bcd3523a0f7b285608cad6427fe5e

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 4:02:01 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.searchcoresystems.Toolbar (M)
16.2.10.14

File size:
577 KB (590,896 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\core systems\windows core toolbar\browserhelper.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
search core systems

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
1/13/2012 11:23:55 AM

Valid to:
1/13/2013 11:23:55 AM

Subject:
CN=search core systems, O=search core systems, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
112161BFE8B30B66C06A60ADF51015575814

Registration
CLSID:
{ACC01A56-70E3-472E-9C4F-83B1DA817DD8}

COM registered:
Yes

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/12/2012 9:30:34 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:PM/c566GfYHEZG0053GFULjZnqTXh8Iysub1u09888888888888W88888888888/:8oHEp0538GZnqTVSbEXU

Entry address:
0x749C4

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C0, B8, CC, 33, 47, 00, E8, EC, 32, F9, FF, B8, D8, 32, 47, 00, A3, 24, 9B, 47, 00, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, FF, 15, 24, 9B, 47, 00, E8, 0E, 04, F9, FF, 8B, C0, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 02, 8D, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 32, 13, 8B, C0, 00, 8D, 40, 00, 00, 8D, 40, 00, 00, 8D, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 08, 14, 40, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.5014

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
460.5 KB (471,552 bytes)

Internet Explorer BHO
CLSID:
{ACC01A56-70E3-472E-9C4F-83B1DA817DD8}

CLSID name:
&Windows Core Toolbar BHO


The file browserhelper.dll has been discovered within the following programs.

Windows Core Toolbar  by Core Systems
Windows Core Toolbar installs a toolbar in your Web browser that collects and stores information about your web browsing habits and sends this information to a remote server in order to suggest services or provide ads via the toolbar.
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