ossetup.exe

OpinionSquare Setup Launcher

TMRG Inc.

The component is part of the TMRG platform which will track various behaviors of web browsing habits including tracking sites and domains visited as well as ads clicked. The application ossetup.exe, “OpinionSquare Setup Launcher Setup ” by TMRG has been detected as adware by 6 anti-malware scanners. This is a self-extracting archive and installer and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. Part of RelevantKnowledge, a program typically installed via a software bundle (with the user's knowledge should they read the EULA) and will run in the background collecting and monitoring information about the user's behavior in order to build an extensive profile.
Publisher:
TMRG, Inc.   (signed by TMRG Inc.)

Product:
OpinionSquare Setup Launcher

Description:
OpinionSquare Setup Launcher Setup

MD5:
61dfe335b162a14f966ac3a8004d8c63

SHA-1:
149df15f377df38a7e0e4468877ab2d0f5de73d2

SHA-256:
57f6a49b3ac2c5eaaec2d9fda8a5657803aac77e51edda8ee1d87f1a6250d88b

Scanner detections:
6 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundled via 3rd-party installers and monitors the user's behavior.

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 3:18:16 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Relevant-P [PUP]
2014.9-160212

AVG
RelevantKnowledge
2017.0.2835

Dr.Web
Trojan.Siggen6.27126
9.0.1.043

ESET NOD32
multiple threats
10.7.0.302.0

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TMRG.Installer (M)
16.2.12.19

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.15129
37588

File size:
3.3 MB (3,425,984 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\ossetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/1/2013 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/31/2016 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=TMRG Inc., OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=TMRG Inc., L=Reston, S=Virginia, 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:
51FEA1E74EDC6FFFF4BD5F65BD540362

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/9/2014 12:58:13 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:aKv57LLwiZTI0HnxsHqfghZi4VbgSoKB3SouWpi3foXL:0iZTzHnx2qf6ZiSDB3SozMg7

Entry address:
0x113BC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, 2C, 00, 41, 00, E8, E8, 51, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 9E, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 5A, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 5B, 41, 00, E8, 16, D8, FF, FF, E8, 65, D3, FF, FF, 80, 3D, DC, 2A, 41, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 2B, D9, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 80, 32, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, E2, A3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 50, 86...
 
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Entropy:
7.9870

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
63.5 KB (65,024 bytes)

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