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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 self-extracting archive and installer 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:
a90ff287e67988083d3c52e70958408c

SHA-1:
6fd6f77d57932eb518e795f92f0bb0c8adfa797a

SHA-256:
68fe0247d1f708a7c50eafce03eba327cf2d549b4075cee80c4899b8e49b6e9c

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 5:39:43 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TMRG.Installer (M)
16.7.8.9

File size:
3.1 MB (3,295,200 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:qsRhqzOVIYlnOqbJMobhwOihODKwFV2O4rCSdMVLfybBm/5PtKfHAvAx:LhGOVIYFOqbFVtilxXd0L6w/5PtUf

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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