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nthook.dll

Best Social Feed Inc.

The module nthook.dll by Best Social Feed has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This file is typically installed with the program Search Software by Best Social Feed Inc. which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
Best Social Feed Inc.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
7136f06a0314ca129484cc464fcc201a

SHA-1:
9beebd4b06c978d33ed1339050c717c178e2412c

SHA-256:
0de1cef32076f3c735811e9d9954d2fcdfc3716af958b921dc619ed62de8e371

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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 12:56:21 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
16.9.3.0

File size:
46.3 KB (47,384 bytes)

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\search software\nthook.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Best Social Feed Inc.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/22/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/22/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Best Social Feed Inc., OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Best Social Feed Inc., L=Cupertino, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
75C790FD141329AA8211A778C6FD6844

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/13/2013 11:14:34 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
768:lglJF8FuI5uBTu39hKhoIn2pEDcoRWhZh2YhRjd:g8FVdh217RWZbZ

Entry address:
0x1A2C

Entry point:
8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 0C, 01, 75, 05, E8, FD, 23, 00, 00, FF, 75, 08, 8B, 4D, 10, 8B, 55, 0C, E8, EC, FE, FF, FF, 59, 5D, C2, 0C, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, 60, AC, 00, 10, 89, 0D, 5C, AC, 00, 10, 89, 15, 58, AC, 00, 10, 89, 1D, 54, AC, 00, 10, 89, 35, 50, AC, 00, 10, 89, 3D, 4C, AC, 00, 10, 66, 8C, 15, 78, AC, 00, 10, 66, 8C, 0D, 6C, AC, 00, 10, 66, 8C, 1D, 48, AC, 00, 10, 66, 8C, 05, 44, AC, 00, 10, 66, 8C, 25, 40, AC, 00, 10, 66, 8C, 2D, 3C, AC, 00, 10, 9C, 8F, 05, 70, AC...
 
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Entropy:
6.1832

Code size:
20.5 KB (20,992 bytes)

The file nthook.dll has been discovered within the following program.

Search Software  by Best Social Feed Inc.
This is a potentially unwanted (PUP) ad-supported (adware) web browser toolbar that will modify the user's search page and provider in order to redirect web searches.
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