Newtonsoft.Json.dll

Json.NET

Hike Zone Plus

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 Hike Zone Plus. The library Newtonsoft.Json.dll, “Json.NET .NET 2.0” by Hike Zone Plus 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 Hike Zone Plus)

Product:
Json.NET

Description:
Json.NET .NET 2.0

Version:
6.0.3.17227

MD5:
ad43bd7af4f37ff13925055b2929fbb6

SHA-1:
48568686a97a597d43450a207dd14a6065df1d9a

SHA-256:
76c03fc5aa14e5837332b07daa0bdae78ac40d43f8181f3a1d6443dd281ab9cd

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:
4/18/2024 1:10:06 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Common.PUP.HikeZonePlus.O
14.10.25.17

File size:
483.9 KB (495,512 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\high-d-v11v21.09\newtonsoft.json.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/18/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/19/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Hike Zone Plus, O=Hike Zone Plus, STREET=Athinodorou 3, STREET=Dasoupoli Strovolos, L=Nicosia, S=Nicosia, PostalCode=2025, C=CY

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

Serial number:
7DF4D8EF200BAB292519E3CF5597AD86

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/26/2014 11:12:58 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:j14RIXwj5Ga4BztxXRKSPJtvKlJ3EQo5WyscPcDU:jK4JzlvEEQo5WyscPH

Entry address:
0x7930E

Entry point:
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Entropy:
5.8777

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

Code size:
477 KB (488,448 bytes)

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