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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. This file is typically installed with the program Parental Control Toolbar by WRAAC.org.
Publisher:
Visicom Media Inc.  (signed and verified)

Product:
Parental Control Toolbar

Version:
4.0.3.344

MD5:
c7349e1d7e15e8594053e3b751aa6908

SHA-1:
66267c539356f2f53ee0b0e55882e13353d7840e

SHA-256:
8a2c31323e84e66cd16c194859b282391bcd662e471ace2409053b7d88d81356

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:
4/25/2024 10:22:08 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Visicom.VisicomMedia.Toolbar (M)
15.10.7.14

File size:
2.9 MB (3,078,336 bytes)

Product version:
4.0

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Visicom Media Inc.

Authority:
Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd.

Valid from:
5/30/2006 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/21/2007 7:59:59 PM

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:
46009F112341EB9E47AD9A71D868DC95

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 6:22:17 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:5e2c80lbuFc7R8SHOxkTVE+a/DSMd957TWHirznuzcOPJ+6m4tq0+tg/brmNBy9j:5ec23ajuCvuzcOU34tN+ajrmNu7

Entry address:
0x196160

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, B8, 90, 49, 59, 00, E8, 9C, 16, E7, FF, 83, 3D, FC, D7, 59, 00, 00, 75, 14, B8, A0, 48, 59, 00, A3, FC, D7, 59, 00, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, E8, 13, E7, FF, FF, E8, BE, EE, 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:
5.6110

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
1.6 MB (1,659,392 bytes)

Internet Explorer Web Browser
Name:
{4E7BD74F-2B8D-469E-9FA5-A33DE8DBE931}


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

Parental Control Toolbar  by WRAAC.org
"When your child attempts to access a website the toolbar first checks if the site is self-labeled, compares this site label to your parental settings and determines whether to block or allow access.
www.parentalcontrolbar.org
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