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:
a2516df0aec00ec1d162f9cdde25a6fb

SHA-1:
f9ae93dfd05f16b88968374cd634bc82514a795f

SHA-256:
4cd9eb002f7330af04cfa2898f171666708f1d3f1dfa76bae493da950acd087c

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 6:05:45 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TMRG (M)
16.8.8.16

File size:
3.1 MB (3,295,432 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/2/2013 5:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/1/2016 4:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=TMRG Inc., OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=TMRG Inc., L=Reston, S=Virginia, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
51FEA1E74EDC6FFFF4BD5F65BD540362

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/16/2015 6:24:20 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:OARhqzOVIYlnOqbJMobhwOihODKwFV2O4rCSdMVLfybBi/5PtKfHAvA:jhGOVIYFOqbFVtilxXd0L6Y/5PtU

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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Entropy:
7.9861

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.

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