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rlservice.exe

Relevant-Knowledge

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 rlservice.exe by TMRG has been detected as adware 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 “RelevantKnowledge”.
Publisher:
TMRG, Inc.  (signed by TMRG Inc.)

Product:
Relevant-Knowledge

Version:
1.1.22.120 (Build 22.120)

MD5:
bf31a528afc59b921369a5a175f9b94f

SHA-1:
8040eea4e04a11fe3eac8cf496eb22aefe27707b

SHA-256:
3d0fa1c068dc738ec1a2f402177cd0fd23a6f415b2d971b3d9b808b82f7c042b

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:
4/23/2024 12:02:09 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TMRG (M)
17.3.11.18

File size:
258.2 KB (264,415 bytes)

Product version:
1.1.22.120 (Build 22.120)

Copyright:
Copyright © 2001-2004

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\relevantknowledge\rlservice.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
TMRG Inc.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/22/2011 6:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/22/2013 5:59:59 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:
5DF4DBF0974A7733E43AAA5A09FCB55C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/17/2013 3:47:13 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0xF48A

Entry point:
E9, 7D, B7, 00, 00, E9, A5, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 60, 96, 42, 00, E8, 30, 03, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, F0, EE, 42, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, D2, 28, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, D9, 30, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 09, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, E4, E8, 3C, 03, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 04, E8, CD, 27, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 83, FE, E0, 0F, 87, A1, 00, 00, 00, 53, 57, 8B, 3D, C4, 20, 42, 00, 83, 3D, 48, D2, 42, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, 0B, 82, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.1138

Packer / compiler:
Xtreme-Protector v1.05

Code size:
130.5 KB (133,632 bytes)

Service
Display name:
RelevantKnowledge

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


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