Newtonsoft.Json.dll

Json.NET

Motoko Group

This adware utilizes the Crossrider extension platform and will inject advertisiments in the Internet browser and may modify core browser settings. Ads will be delivered as banners and contextual text-links and may promote other potentially unwanted software. Newtonsoft.Json.dll is the assembly provides support for JSON parsing for .NET applications and is recompiled by Motoko Group. The module Newtonsoft.Json.dll, “Json.NET .NET 2.0” by Motoko Group has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. Although a detection has been made for this resource, it is generally a commonly distributed 3rd-party library and is typically safe by itself. It is part of the Brightcircle group of web-extensions that inject advertisements in the browser.
Publisher:
Newtonsoft  (signed by Motoko Group)

Product:
Json.NET

Description:
Json.NET .NET 2.0

Version:
6.0.3.17227

MD5:
8d332aef91d9fb8396506ee1791c80f4

SHA-1:
dc7afdf3635e875b7ac6f3195d8dcae25d06b89b

SHA-256:
46108c3ac92897be5282fab74c9157715a4068cfeab5398a5fdc465b68851f41

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This is the assembly provides support for JSON parsing for .NET applications. While the file itself is not dangerous, it is part of a program that has been detected.

Analysis date:
4/16/2024 7:10:11 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Brightcircle (M)
17.3.15.23

File size:
483.9 KB (495,464 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)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\hd-qualpurev9.5\newtonsoft.json.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
7/17/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/18/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Motoko Group, O=Motoko Group, 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:
00AAFC4F8011F7FD7C00748C990950D28A

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

Entry address:
0x7930E

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

Code size:
477 KB (488,448 bytes)

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