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lyricstar.dll

Lyric Star

Castel Communication Ltd.

The module lyricstar.dll by Castel Communication has been detected as adware by 9 anti-malware scanners. It is installed within the context of Internet Explore as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name ‘Lyric Star’. This file is typically installed with the program Lyric Star by Starware which is a potentially unwanted software program. According to Microsoft Security Essentials, this AddLyrics variant installs itself as a Chrome extension, an Internet Explorer add-on, and a Firefox plug-in and displays advertisements in the browser, and also display the lyrics to songs viewed on YouTube.

File name:

lyricstar.dll

Publisher:

Starware (signed by Castel Communication Ltd.)

Product:

Lyric Star

Version:

111

MD5:

0195e60a0574f66d4167be8052da82db

SHA-1:

40312ef2e83695dc45736038f3498053ccff5cb0

SHA-256:

88812ae24d996a7bcc547ca79e6656f9530fa06e3c7607789fa4787bde151c85

Scanner detections:

9 / 68

Status:

Adware

Analysis date:

4/25/2024 7:54:09 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

avast!

Win32:AddLyrics-F [Adw]

2014.9-141201

AVG

Generic5

2015.0.3273

Dr.Web

Adware.Shopper.341

9.0.1.0335

G Data

Win32.Trojan.Agent.D91LP3

14.12.22

Microsoft Security Essentials

Adware:Win32/AddLyrics

1.163.1557.0

Reason Heuristics

PUP.BHO.CastelCommunication.J

14.12.1.14

Sophos

Generic PUA EA

4.91

Trend Micro House Call

TROJ_GEN.F47V0424

7.2.335

VIPRE Antivirus

Adware.Singalng

19480

File size:

130.4 KB (133,528 bytes)

Product version:

111

Original file name:

lyricstar.dll

File type:

Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Common path:

C:\Program Files\lyricstar\lyricstar.dll

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Castel Communication Ltd.

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

2/26/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:

2/27/2014 12:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=Castel Communication Ltd., O=Castel Communication Ltd., STREET=5 Oded st., L=Ramat Gan, S=Israel, PostalCode=52223, C=IL

Issuer:

CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:

4B95965A86A77BF4007748964F3622CC

Registration

CLSID:

{94B541D6-E74E-4436-A601-324694E83C6B}

COM registered:

Yes

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

4/23/2013 5:58:32 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

3072:FIq39lCv8UdgAm2y63qWUI7GaYuD3o3kHAP:y5vFTm2yCqWUI6aPg

Entry address:

0x9CB7

Entry point:

8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 0C, 01, 75, 05, E8, AC, 56, 00, 00, FF, 75, 08, 8B, 4D, 10, 8B, 55, 0C, E8, EC, FE, FF, FF, 59, 5D, C2, 0C, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 18, 53, 8B, 5D, 0C, 56, 8B, 73, 08, 33, 35, 60, C7, 01, 10, 57, 8B, 06, C6, 45, FF, 00, C7, 45, F4, 01, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 7B, 10, 83, F8, FE, 74, 0D, 8B, 4E, 04, 03, CF, 33, 0C, 38, E8, F5, DC, FF, FF, 8B, 4E, 0C, 8B, 46, 08, 03, CF, 33, 0C, 38, E8, E5, DC, FF, FF, 8B, 45, 08, F6, 40, 04, 66, 0F, 85, 19, 01, 00, 00, 8B... 
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Code size:

84 KB (86,016 bytes)

Internet Explorer BHO

Display name:

Lyric Star

CLSID:

{94B541D6-E74E-4436-A601-324694E83C6B}

The file lyricstar.dll has been discovered within the following program.

Lyric Star by Starware

Lyric Star is a web browser extension and toolbar that delivers contextual based advertising as well as modify the user's web browser home and search pages to provide advertising and search.

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