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PrivDogService.exe

PrivDog

Adtrustmedia, LLC

The application PrivDogService.exe, “Privacy Content Firewall” 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. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “Privacy Content Firewall”.
Publisher:
Adtrust-Media  (signed by Adtrustmedia, LLC)

Product:
PrivDog

Description:
Privacy Content Firewall

Version:
4.0.26.0

MD5:
cb4712bfe6f4ef38447d864089800b8c

SHA-1:
2b15c9bab44b9730963d1b403e77ba984c2e234a

SHA-256:
6563384d5c905fc38dbf43b6119d7234086c76fbe6d45b2a194a3b49cf977e5a

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:
5/13/2025 9:43:36 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adtrustmedia (M)
16.2.6.15

File size:
2 MB (2,069,120 bytes)

Product version:
4.0.26.0

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

Original file name:
PrivDogService.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win64 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\adtrustmedia\privdog\4.0.26.0\privdogservice.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Adtrustmedia, LLC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/18/2015 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/31/2015 4:59:59 PM

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:
4/28/2015 8:31:06 AM

OS version:
5.2

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:Q5AJtDjydceYGBhJ2unQXkf33SUmY5X0iJ1TjN3wEaQOy8dp8zA:J3aQU1m+Dk13

Entry address:
0x203EC

Entry point:
48, 83, EC, 28, E8, 47, 41, 00, 00, 48, 83, C4, 28, E9, 1A, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, E9, A7, 02, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, 48, 83, 61, 08, 00, 83, 61, 10, 00, 48, 8D, 05, 38, 57, 13, 00, 48, 89, 01, 48, 8B, C1, C3, CC, 48, 89, 5C, 24, 08, 48, 89, 74, 24, 10, 57, 48, 83, EC, 20, 48, 8D, 05, 1A, 57, 13, 00, 48, 8B, D9, 48, 8B, FA, 48, 89, 01, 48, 8B, 0A, 48, 85, C9, 74, 2B, E8, B4, 2B, 00, 00, 48, 8B, F0, 48, 8D, 48, 01, E8, 9C, 01, 00, 00, 48, 89, 43, 08, 48, 85, C0, 74, 16, 4C, 8B, 07, 48, 8D, 56, 01, 48, 8B, C8, E8...
 
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Entropy:
6.4162

Code size:
1.3 MB (1,376,256 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Privacy Content Firewall

Description:
Protects your privacy from unwanted connections to remote tracking computers and services.

Type:
Win32OwnProcess

Depends on:
TermService


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