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PrivDogServicePS.dll

PrivDog

Adtrustmedia, LLC

The module PrivDogServicePS.dll, “Privacy Content Firewall Stub” 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:
Privacy Content Firewall Stub

Version:
4.0.26.0

MD5:
24ea886c7c688e80e69894a1a46e3bed

SHA-1:
4d6ffe22dd309904229a04c598376c3fa916eb9f

SHA-256:
93ea0259c1501f90661d503ca109a898d18d34ebbc4145d2161add21d2ec762f

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:
7/21/2025 1:03:11 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adtrustmedia (M)
16.2.6.15

File size:
49.6 KB (50,816 bytes)

Product version:
4.0.26.0

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

Original file name:
PrivDogServicePS.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win64 DLL)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\adtrustmedia\privdog\4.0.26.0\privdogserviceps.dll

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

Registration
CLSID:
{963B7693-6E7B-4AAF-81BB-DF928CEA7CC6}

COM registered:
Yes

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/28/2015 8:31:10 AM

OS version:
5.2

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
768:EAr60ZtxjLAQTElCdzxzPn/BTmPmxqL4pzLuVef8mrnrlcmxhQco:ECXtEoJP/1mPmxqLM/8RarC+hlo

Entry address:
0x14AC

Entry point:
48, 89, 5C, 24, 08, 48, 89, 74, 24, 10, 57, 48, 83, EC, 20, 49, 8B, F8, 8B, DA, 48, 8B, F1, 83, FA, 01, 75, 05, E8, BF, 16, 00, 00, 4C, 8B, C7, 8B, D3, 48, 8B, CE, 48, 8B, 5C, 24, 30, 48, 8B, 74, 24, 38, 48, 83, C4, 20, 5F, E9, AB, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, 48, FF, 25, 9D, 6B, 00, 00, CC, 33, C9, 48, FF, 25, 93, 6B, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, 48, FF, 25, 91, 6B, 00, 00, CC, 33, C0, C3, CC, 48, 83, EC, 28, 8B, 0D, BA, 9B, 00, 00, 83, F9, FF, 74, 0D, FF, 15, 87, 6B, 00, 00, 83, 0D, A8, 9B, 00, 00, FF, 48, 83, C4, 28...
 
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Entropy:
6.0271

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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