Newtonsoft.Json.dll

Json.NET

Gogo Network Club

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 Gogo Network Club. The library Newtonsoft.Json.dll, “Json.NET .NET 2.0” by Gogo Network Club 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 Gogo Network Club)

Product:
Json.NET

Description:
Json.NET .NET 2.0

Version:
6.0.3.17227

MD5:
a451771cbe243a3d27f9eb0d46339c1f

SHA-1:
8ad60b032b8be579f9e0715e77970b237cebfe17

SHA-256:
44c6ba2d018ec93370de4a1494b69e7c0a773efb849775c2be0b09980fccfa24

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 7:32:23 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Common.PUP.GogoNetworkClub.O
14.10.19.16

File size:
483.9 KB (495,520 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\browser+ apps+\newtonsoft.json.dll

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/18/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/19/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Gogo Network Club, O=Gogo Network Club, 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:
75BF783471861CAD78DE03A20768BF56

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/26/2014 10:12:58 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:c14RIXwj5Ga4BztxXRKSPJtvKlJ3EQo5WyscPcDE:cK4JzlvEEQo5WyscPv

Entry address:
0x7930E

Entry point:
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Entropy:
5.8779

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

Code size:
477 KB (488,448 bytes)

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