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rlvknlg.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 rlvknlg.exe by TMRG has been detected as adware by 24 anti-malware scanners. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program RelevantKnowledge by TMRG, Inc.. Part of RelevantKnowledge, a program typically installed via a software bundle (with the user's knowledge should they read the EULA) and will run in the background collecting and monitoring information about the user's behavior in order to build an extensive profile.
Publisher:
TMRG, Inc.  (signed by TMRG Inc.)

Product:
Relevant-Knowledge

Version:
1.3.336.320 (Build 336.320)

MD5:
03d675d44b97037c05ecda4e355ad2f5

SHA-1:
8614f5a76516ab199c8239e6bf47880867ba9edd

SHA-256:
0e7c87f85678621aacc8334f586c3b3885a9ecad5aba71a5a221abf339f2d2dd

Scanner detections:
24 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundled via 3rd-party installers and monitors the user's behavior.

Analysis date:
4/18/2024 7:08:05 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.143208
359

AhnLab V3 Security
Trojan/Win32.ADH
2015.06.06

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.179.192

avast!
Win32:Relevant-W [PUP]
2014.9-160210

AVG
MalSign.Relevant Knowledge
2017.0.2837

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.143208
1.0.20.205

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
19854

Dr.Web
Trojan.Siggen5.51138
9.0.1.041

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.143208
8.16.02.10.07

ESET NOD32
Win32/Adware.RK.AE (variant)
10.10589

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/RK
2/10/2016

F-Prot
W32/Relevant.A.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.143208
11.2016-10-02_4

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.143208
16.2.24

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.184.13727

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.RelevantKnowledge
v2016.02.10.07

McAfee
Artemis!426D77CBDB94
5600.6493

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.143208
17.0.0.123

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Siggen5.czcgby
0.28.2.62671

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TMRG (M)
16.2.10.19

Sophos
Generic Proxy-OSS Application
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0826
7.2.41

VIPRE Antivirus
Marketscore.RelevantKnowledge
34094

File size:
3.3 MB (3,502,360 bytes)

Product version:
1.3.336.320 (Build 336.320)

Copyright:
Copyright © 2001-2004

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
TMRG Inc.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/22/2011 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/22/2013 1:59:59 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:
8/16/2013 11:41:00 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:Eq01HgCXaPOKvaQ3qW9n8AeC5f4l1vvAzOQsAVzxuIirqKf3bbbA/grdj1fNyvmC:nPOKvaQ3qW9n8nADVKBPvbA/grdj1fN+

Entry address:
0x2334B2

Entry point:
E8, B1, 47, 01, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 53, 8B, 45, 0C, 83, C0, 0C, 89, 45, FC, 64, 8B, 1D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 03, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, 08, 8B, 5D, 0C, 8B, 6D, FC, 8B, 63, FC, FF, E0, 5B, C9, C2, 08, 00, 58, 59, 87, 04, 24, FF, E0, 58, 59, 87, 04, 24, FF, E0, 58, 59, 87, 04, 24, FF, E0, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 51, 53, 56, 57, 64, 8B, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 89, 75, FC, C7, 45, F8, 2E, 35, 63, 00, 6A, 00, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, F8, FF, 75, 08, E8, 9A, D0, 03, 00, 8B, 45, 0C, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
6.5597

Code size:
2.6 MB (2,723,840 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
RelevantKnowledge

Display publisher:
TMRG, Inc.

Display version:
1.3.336.320

Uninstall string:
C:\Program Files (x86)\RelevantKnowledge\rlvknlg.exe -bootremove -uninst:RelevantKnowledge


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