Newtonsoft.Json.dll

Json.NET

Berta Dress Apps (Bright Circle Investments Ltd)

This adware is a web browser extension that will inject advertising in the browser in the form of unwanted banners and text-links which may link to malware sites and install unwanted software. Newtonsoft.Json.dll is the assembly provides support for JSON parsing for .NET applications and is recompiled by Berta Dress Apps (Bright Circle Investments Ltd). The module Newtonsoft.Json.dll, “Json.NET .NET 2.0” by Berta Dress Apps (Bright Circle Investments) 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 Berta Dress Apps (Bright Circle Investments Ltd))

Product:
Json.NET

Description:
Json.NET .NET 2.0

Version:
6.0.3.17227

MD5:
92522e4c36bc5f1721d25313ee7da2e8

SHA-1:
34a1b53074c2b8e428ea6f1d5976daeb6546e980

SHA-256:
74345adb23105dd4deb270d5448f8de36730d7eb2c6782c4b82d0de6ae8bbf30

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:
11/4/2024 4:58:53 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Brightcircle (M)
17.3.13.6

File size:
484 KB (495,584 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)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\mplayerplusvideo4\newtonsoft.json.dll

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/16/2014 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
12/17/2015 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Berta Dress Apps (Bright Circle Investments Ltd), O=Berta Dress Apps (Bright Circle Investments Ltd), STREET=Athinodorou 3, STREET=Dasoupoli Strovolos, L=Nicosia, S=Nicosia, PostalCode=2025, C=CY

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
009C113F566DE374D0EF1F22B0B717D3DC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/27/2014 8:42:58 AM

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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Entropy:
5.8778

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

Code size:
477 KB (488,448 bytes)

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