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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 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. 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.
Publisher:
VoiceFive, Inc.  (signed by VoiceFive Networks, Inc.)

Product:
PremierOpinion

Version:
1.1.23.188 (Build 23.188)

MD5:
bcddea16b5d3f3d3a0abba3c69aa822b

SHA-1:
c7a9e00feb39bddcd471e630323798a5f3ee420b

SHA-256:
385b099b646fb6761b8a9cf618a29f6794480392d58f243ea08741e8886bc27f

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:
5/8/2024 12:55:45 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TMRG (M)
17.3.11.17

File size:
200.9 KB (205,760 bytes)

Product version:
1.1.23.188 (Build 23.188)

Copyright:
Copyright © 2001-2004

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\premieropinion\pmservice.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
VoiceFive Networks, Inc.

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
10/5/2015 9:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/4/2018 8:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="VoiceFive Networks, Inc.", O="VoiceFive Networks, Inc.", L=Reston, S=Virginia, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
3B4D69BCB4E43BCC60770FDD4CF2C36F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/24/2016 5:44:02 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x133A5

Entry point:
E8, 33, 90, 00, 00, E9, A5, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 10, E1, 42, 00, E8, 35, 03, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, 90, 3F, 43, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, 47, 28, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, 4E, 30, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 09, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, E4, E8, 41, 03, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 04, E8, 42, 27, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 83, FE, E0, 0F, 87, A1, 00, 00, 00, 53, 57, 8B, 3D, E8, 60, 42, 00, 83, 3D, FC, 22, 43, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, 6E, 81, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.5133

Code size:
146.5 KB (150,016 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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