Newtonsoft.Json.dll

Json.NET

BadFinger Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited)

This adware is a web browser extension that will inject advertising in the browser in the form of unwanted banners and text-links which may link to malware sites and install unwanted software. Newtonsoft.Json.dll is the assembly provides support for JSON parsing for .NET applications and is recompiled by BadFinger Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited). The library Newtonsoft.Json.dll, “Json.NET .NET 2.0” by BadFinger Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited) has been known to be a potentially unwanted program that has been detected by 1 anti-malware scanner. Note, this is a common distributed file and although it has been detected it might not be a threat is un-coupled from its distribution source. It is distributed as part of the Brightcircle group of browser-extensions.
Publisher:
Newtonsoft  (signed by BadFinger Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited))

Product:
Json.NET

Description:
Json.NET .NET 2.0

Version:
6.0.3.17227

MD5:
15483435f7b9a7ee37c9df3f74fe8e22

SHA-1:
449f323ce298e779319758dfe9e25c28b6b21bd9

SHA-256:
ee30d12653c7d1218a122a2cde2ee47df25ae7a823ccd3a95f44ae6fff48cdb1

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Inconclusive but possibly unwanted  (It is part of a common redistributable library)

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:
4/25/2024 1:29:15 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Common.PUP.BadFingerProjectBrightCircleInvestmentsLimited.O
14.12.21.22

File size:
484 KB (495,584 bytes)

Product version:
6.0.3.17227

Copyright:
Copyright © James Newton-King 2008

Original file name:
Newtonsoft.Json.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\browserappsplus2.1\newtonsoft.json.dll

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
11/16/2014 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/17/2015 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=BadFinger Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited), O=BadFinger Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited), STREET=Athinodorou 3, STREET=Dasoupoli Strovolos, L=Nicosia, S=Cyprus, PostalCode=2025, C=CY

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

Serial number:
6623FAFCAC357577A31D90C1E567E9A7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/26/2014 8:12:58 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:v14RIXwj5Ga4BztxXRKSPJtvKlJ3EQo5WyscPcDm:vK4JzlvEEQo5WyscPB

Entry address:
0x7930E

Entry point:
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Entropy:
5.8780

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
477 KB (488,448 bytes)

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