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mcmsg.dll

Awareness Technologies, Inc.

The module mcmsg.dll by Awareness Technologies has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Awareness Technologies, Inc.  (signed and verified)

Version:
8, 2, 11, 1099

MD5:
46b44168bf34836ecdd3d3c0dd2d0b34

SHA-1:
9fcc3f1d32d07bbb9d482b69859877087c49e50d

SHA-256:
47470da74bfa6c599fa87b64c416b145eff493bf7840c8e8f6afefc365dc7bdb

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:
1/2/2026 4:55:42 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
17.3.14.9

File size:
226.3 KB (231,752 bytes)

Product version:
8, 2, 11, 1099

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\webwatcherv8\mcmsg.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Awareness Technologies, Inc.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/9/2011 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/29/2014 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Awareness Technologies, Inc.", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Awareness Technologies, Inc.", L=Marina del Rey, 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:
26319750E85409F945694014A4ED265A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/26/2013 4:57:40 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

Entry address:
0x12D4A

Entry point:
83, 7C, 24, 08, 01, 75, 05, E8, B6, 6F, 00, 00, FF, 74, 24, 04, 8B, 4C, 24, 10, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, E8, ED, FE, FF, FF, 59, C2, 0C, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, FF, 75, 0C, 8D, 4D, F0, E8, 88, E4, FF, FF, 8B, 45, F0, 83, B8, AC, 00, 00, 00, 01, 7E, 13, 8D, 45, F0, 50, 6A, 04, FF, 75, 08, E8, 0A, 70, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, EB, 10, 8B, 80, C8, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 4D, 08, 0F, B6, 04, 48, 83, E0, 04, 80, 7D, FC, 00, 74, 07, 8B, 4D, F8, 83, 61, 70, FD, C9, C3, 83, 3D, 7C, BD, 02, 10, 00, 75, 12, 8B, 44, 24, 04, 8B, 0D, B8...
 
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Entropy:
6.2633

Code size:
132 KB (135,168 bytes)

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