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pmc.dll

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 file is installed with the program Digital Advertising Alliance Protect My Choices (Beta).

File name:

pmc.dll

Publisher:

Digital Advertising Alliance (signed and verified)

Product:

Protect My Choices

Version:

1.4.0.0

MD5:

1fbc3165b48c1e09fe46b27b9758e86a

SHA-1:

e27ae730491724bfecf589c90d01a94df9034d00

SHA-256:

23266ca7a929919b7e70aaf93fff10e2d21206e18cc143b04174d9767bab13da

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Clean (1 probable false positive detection)

Explanation:

This is mosty likely a false positive detection, the file is probably clean.

Analysis date:

4/24/2024 9:10:06 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Win32.Almanahe

8.14.08.05.10

File size:

326.4 KB (334,208 bytes)

Product version:

1.4.0.0

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:

1/28/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:

1/30/2014 7:00:00 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:

0D8894A678C80D60BFAD67E5EC20F6DB

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

10/29/2013 4:33:42 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

3072:LEXnUmIIvvw3cIPXw3vlEw3zYgEBWg/d07cjqimWQhS54zA/IbxNRtRUlHmA0Seu:L4vXQB92UQFzAktUmAdaO

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... 
[+]

Entropy:

5.4433

Code size:

182.5 KB (186,880 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

About 6% of users remove it

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