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prsetup.exe

PermissionResearch Setup Launcher

TMRG 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 prsetup.exe, “PermissionResearch Setup Launcher Setup ” by TMRG has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.permissionresearch.com.
Publisher:
TMRG, Inc.   (signed by TMRG Inc.)

Product:
PermissionResearch Setup Launcher

Description:
PermissionResearch Setup Launcher Setup

MD5:
8c00117b700480da3f632e5c8acc9531

SHA-1:
5de627a95a81ce7859213e71d56e72ad94e23302

SHA-256:
5b8a504554dbb6db4e8d34ee27d62cd5eeeadefb45512bac72d00488284e8ff4

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:
5/9/2024 12:26:24 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TMRG.Installer (M)
16.7.7.21

File size:
3.1 MB (3,295,152 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\prsetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
TMRG Inc.

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
1/18/2016 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/17/2018 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=TMRG Inc., O=TMRG 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:
7E36C4BE2CEB69DF7BCEDB3B868E9EF9

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/16/2015 3:24:20 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:M4RhqzOVIYlnOqbJMobhwOihODKwFV2O4rCSdMVLfybBl/5PtKfHAvAI:xhGOVIYFOqbFVtilxXd0L6v/5PtUG

Entry address:
0x113BC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, 34, 00, 41, 00, E8, E8, 51, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 9E, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 5A, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 5B, 41, 00, E8, 1E, D8, FF, FF, E8, 6D, D3, FF, FF, 80, 3D, DC, 2A, 41, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 33, D9, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 80, 32, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, E2, A3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 54, 86...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
63.5 KB (65,024 bytes)

The file prsetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

https://www.permissionresearch.com/WindowsPackages/.../PRSetup.exe

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