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npLink64.dll

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The module npLink64.dll, “Firefox Plug-in [npLink64.dll]” by Link64 GmbH has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is installed within the Mozilla Firefox web browser as an extension/plugin as ‘@startpage24.com/npLin64;Version=4’.
Publisher:
Link64 GmbH  (signed and verified)

Product:
Startpage24 Startpage

Description:
Firefox Plug-in [npLink64.dll]

Version:
2.0.0.878

MD5:
dd7eb70aec4c13d6549971d64f4696d2

SHA-1:
cc7e2cb463828f1801a19cf9d8880dba530ec2c7

SHA-256:
cb2e665254c1b3d720c9380e807dff25a093a22e6572653f5090bdb4ce63ed6a

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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:
4/24/2024 3:03:26 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
17.1.18.13

File size:
481.7 KB (493,288 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.0.878

Copyright:
(c) 2008-10 Link64 GmbH. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
npLink64.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\startpage24\plugin\firefox\plugins\nplink64.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Link64 GmbH

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
2/14/2011 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/13/2013 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Link64 GmbH, OU=Secure Application Development, O=Link64 GmbH, L=Karlsruhe, S=BW, C=DE

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
15F5E6DF4214F9A5312FC2CB4F217D16

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/2/2013 10:35:45 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

Entry address:
0x2F182

Entry point:
83, 7C, 24, 08, 01, 75, 05, E8, 21, B3, 00, 00, FF, 74, 24, 04, 8B, 4C, 24, 10, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, E8, ED, FE, FF, FF, 59, C2, 0C, 00, 51, 53, 55, 56, 57, FF, 35, B8, 36, 07, 10, E8, FD, 34, 00, 00, FF, 35, B4, 36, 07, 10, 8B, F0, 89, 74, 24, 18, E8, EC, 34, 00, 00, 8B, F8, 3B, FE, 59, 59, 0F, 82, 84, 00, 00, 00, 8B, DF, 2B, DE, 8D, 6B, 04, 83, FD, 04, 72, 78, 56, E8, 76, 0B, 00, 00, 8B, F0, 3B, F5, 59, 73, 4A, B8, 00, 08, 00, 00, 3B, F0, 73, 02, 8B, C6, 03, C6, 3B, C6, 72, 10, 50, FF, 74, 24, 14, E8, C6, A7...
 
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Code size:
356 KB (364,544 bytes)

Mozilla Plugin
Name:
@startpage24.com/npLin64;Version=4


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