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Protect My Choices

Digital Advertising Alliance

It is installed within the context of Internet Explore as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name ‘Protect My Choices (Beta)’. This is installed with Digital Advertising Alliance Protect My Choices (Beta).
Publisher:
Digital Advertising Alliance  (signed and verified)

Product:
Protect My Choices

Version:
1.2.0.0

MD5:
98140fa546b46dfb80774dde4fcdd33a

SHA-1:
45fec666e623cb1977caf4531903c6ee1a484e3e

SHA-256:
161b41bf22e5f2a7bf4f07f601208ab3503af191e74a895c28b5e5ce80d66273

Scanner detections:
0 / 68

Status:
Clean (as of last analysis)

Analysis date:
4/16/2024 9:01:39 AM UTC  (today)

File size:
320.4 KB (328,072 bytes)

Product version:
1.2.0.0

Original file name:
pmc.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\digitaladvertisingalliance\protect my choices\pmc.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Advertising Alliance

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
1/17/2012 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/22/2013 4:00:00 AM

Subject:
CN=Digital Advertising Alliance, O=Digital Advertising Alliance, L=Washington, S=District of Columbia, C=US

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
05C2D5C9901EAB631A3F03025A8A95C7

Registration
CLSID:
{3DFCDCA1-AEAC-4302-A690-BFB683568BAA}

ProgID:
pmc.ProtectMyChoicesBHO.1

COM registered:
Yes

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/15/2013 12:27:55 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:UEXXxmIIvvw3XB4nw3vtww3N9BoDupgQwcxZq8IJyZ6CIYgd2m9h3JEJLGPa2CuC:U4LFoHX0Z8YIwL/uMiNa

Entry address:
0xDD99

Entry point:
8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 0C, 01, 75, 05, E8, BC, 38, 00, 00, FF, 75, 08, 8B, 4D, 10, 8B, 55, 0C, E8, EC, FE, FF, FF, 59, 5D, C2, 0C, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 14, 56, 85, C0, 74, 41, 83, 7D, 08, 00, 75, 13, E8, 44, 0A, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, E8, 6B, 0D, 00, 00, 8B, C6, EB, 2A, 83, 7D, 10, 00, 74, E7, 39, 45, 0C, 73, 0E, E8, 26, 0A, 00, 00, 6A, 22, 59, 89, 08, 8B, F1, EB, DE, 50, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 08, E8, 79, F7, FF, FF, 83, C4, 0C, 33, C0, 5E, 5D, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 08, 00, 74...
 
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Entropy:
5.4559

Code size:
181 KB (185,344 bytes)

Internet Explorer BHO
Display name:
Protect My Choices (Beta)

CLSID:
{3DFCDCA1-AEAC-4302-A690-BFB683568BAA}


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

Digital Advertising Alliance Protect My Choices (Beta)  by Digital Advertising Alliance
Publisher's description - “The Chrome, Firefox, and Internet Explorer versions of Protect My Choices are extensions that help preserve the opt-out preferences you set for interest-based advertising from participating companies.”
www.aboutads.info/help/IEPMC
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