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pmservice.exe

PremierOpinion

VoiceFive Networks, 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 pmservice.exe by VoiceFive Networks has been detected as adware by 19 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “PremierOpinion”. This file is typically installed with the program PremierOpinion by VoiceFive, Inc. which is a potentially unwanted software program. 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.

File name:

pmservice.exe

Publisher:

VoiceFive, Inc. (signed by VoiceFive Networks, Inc.)

Product:

PremierOpinion

Version:

1.1.23.141 (Build 23.141)

MD5:

0e7c1640605e09523c5b40b35e4283f3

SHA-1:

50fc3ea46357d77af5429074ebf5f2a161ec76da

SHA-256:

462756fc04ca747e77f445b5bb39e61f0bf9782026de21fd18f7dc9688a3b420

Scanner detections:

19 / 68

Status:

Adware

Analysis date:

4/26/2024 8:45:34 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Avira AntiVirus

ADWARE/Agent.206104.4

8.3.1.6

avast!

Win32:Relevant-W [PUP]

2014.9-160215

Baidu Antivirus

Adware.Win32.RK

4.0.3.16215

Bkav FE

W32.HfsAdware

1.3.0.6979

Comodo Security

ApplicUnwnt

19711

Dr.Web

MULDROP.Trojan

9.0.1.046

ESET NOD32

Win32/Adware.RK (variant)

10.12005

Fortinet FortiGate

Adware/Agent

2/15/2016

F-Prot

W32/S-f1187512

v6.4.7.1.166

IKARUS anti.virus

AdWare.Win32.RK

t3scan.1.6.1.0

Kaspersky

not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent

14.0.0.656

Malwarebytes

Adware.PremierOpinion

v2016.02.15.07

McAfee

Artemis!F6BB129F48F6

5600.6488

Qihoo 360 Security

HEUR/Malware.QVM10.Gen

1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics

PUP.TMRG.VoiceFiveNetworks (M)

16.2.15.19

Sophos

Generic PUA LO (PUA)

4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware

PUP.RelevantKnowledge

9321

Trend Micro House Call

Suspicious_GEN.F47V0309

7.2.46

VIPRE Antivirus

Marketscore.RelevantKnowledge

33688

File size:

208.8 KB (213,816 bytes)

Product version:

1.1.23.141 (Build 23.141)

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\Program Files\premieropinion\pmservice.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

VoiceFive Networks, Inc.

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

9/12/2012 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:

10/9/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN="VoiceFive Networks, Inc.", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="VoiceFive Networks, 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:

7DF0080A576090E4868BAC6B0E459122

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

8/18/2014 9:45:19 PM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows Console

Linker version:

9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

3072:4xfeTcrvfEtxCDvB5XM7LOyRDN5eZWdU17LmIYvKi2uKemy+ElVNNaQr:4x2TcotxB7LZPqWdU17L1YCi4emE//r

Entry address:

0x14BB5

Entry point:

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Code size:

153 KB (156,672 bytes)

Service

Display name:

PremierOpinion

Type:

Win32OwnProcess

The file pmservice.exe has been discovered within the following program.

PremierOpinion by VoiceFive, Inc.

Publisher's description - “VoiceFive, a comScore, Inc. company, is a leading global market research company that studies and reports on Internet trends and behavior.”

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