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parentalcontrol.dll

Parental Control Toolbar

Visicom Media Inc.

This is part of the Visicom VMN web browser toolbar and extension that will modify the browser's default search provider, DNS, and home page functions. The module parentalcontrol.dll by Visicom Media 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 context of Internet Explore as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name ‘PARENTALCONTROL’.
Publisher:
Visicom Media Inc.  (signed and verified)

Product:
Parental Control Toolbar

Version:
5.0.0.251

MD5:
5947c0d1aa1fe4cb8db7955d43df2334

SHA-1:
0f9934b5e55a9426c0c60302493a24bc5c5835f6

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:
4/26/2024 11:30:29 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Visicom (M)
16.7.26.17

File size:
3 MB (3,131,632 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\parentalcontrol\parentalcontrol.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Visicom Media Inc.

Authority:
Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd.

Valid from:
6/20/2007 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/23/2008 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Visicom Media Inc., OU=SECURE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT, O=Visicom Media Inc., L=Brossard, S=Quebec, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA, O=Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd., C=ZA

Serial number:
53647B50983ED1EB11C279CB398C2CA4

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/2/2007 12:47:43 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:wfZDRPbrC/EkL6A8QwBOSwL6IVGjrmNhL:wfNBiCBOS30wrmNR

Entry address:
0x1A1234

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, B8, 6C, F4, 59, 00, E8, D0, 67, E6, FF, 83, 3D, FC, 87, 5A, 00, 00, 75, 14, B8, 7C, F3, 59, 00, A3, FC, 87, 5A, 00, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, E8, 1B, E1, FF, FF, E8, E2, 3F, E6, FF, 8B, C0, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
5.6482

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
1.6 MB (1,703,936 bytes)

Internet Explorer BHO
CLSID:
{A057A204-BACC-4D26-908B-27FCD4A32E85}

CLSID name:
PARENTALCONTROL


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