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PrivDog.exe

PrivDog

Adtrustmedia, LLC

The application PrivDog.exe, “PrivDog Control Panel” by Adtrustmedia has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Adtrust-Media  (signed by Adtrustmedia, LLC)

Product:
PrivDog

Description:
PrivDog Control Panel

Version:
4.0.27.0

MD5:
cca93412e3ce5270f60f8c38ad04d488

SHA-1:
e3ebc058841b7111ac1f06940d12044d42a4f693

SHA-256:
aa4b7013fba74d6407fd246eb6f8d88be15ab75eb1d74c9fecacee8681acef1e

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Displays advertising 'Trusted Advertisements' in the user's web browser in pages that normally would not show ads. Ads from AdTrustMedia are indicated by "AT-M Ad" displayed on the bottom right of the advertisement.

Analysis date:
5/14/2025 8:36:02 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adtrustmedia (M)
16.2.5.0

File size:
923.6 KB (945,792 bytes)

Product version:
4.0.27.0

Copyright:
Copyright © Adtrust-Media, LLC. 2012-2015. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
PrivDog.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\adtrustmedia\privdog\4.0.27.0\privdog.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Adtrustmedia, LLC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/19/2015 5:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/1/2016 4:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="Adtrustmedia, LLC", O="Adtrustmedia, LLC", STREET="41 Watchung Plaza \#330", L=Montclair, S=New Jersey, PostalCode=07042, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
55A8A637287BFE69A0D09B9FA473C126

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/13/2015 6:22:36 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:o9yBypbeyRIXMXmpbpEUCudD9V97+618x2rzYWWzud7UnhWJZbRFIv:GyBW7GcKCuh+618ypWqpUnh4ZbRFIv

Entry address:
0x3CFB7

Entry point:
E8, B4, 66, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, B0, 78, 49, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 36, 67, 00, 00, 8B, C1, 83, 60, 04, 00, 83, 60, 08, 00, C7, 00, 7C, CC, 47, 00, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 53, 8B, 5D, 08, 56, 57, 8B, F9, C7, 07, 7C, CC, 47, 00, 8B, 03, 85, C0, 74, 26, 50, E8, 80, 68, 00, 00, 8B, F0, 46, 56, E8, 22, 04, 00, 00, 59, 59, 89, 47, 04, 85, C0, 74, 12, FF, 33, 56, 50, E8, F1, 67, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, EB, 04, 83, 67, 04, 00, C7, 47, 08, 01, 00, 00, 00, 8B, C7, 5F, 5E, 5B, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B, FF, 55...
 
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Entropy:
6.3891

Code size:
479 KB (490,496 bytes)

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