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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 35 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:
1.3.337.354 (Build 337.354)

MD5:
8dd92cc8857bcde2f9064d992f813289

SHA-1:
8e443e4e3243a8647c95bb24e591abdc6b164620

SHA-256:
0a7a66d61d746764f1049bf03992a951bfa980c284a57caf9a8e9f6efc2ebce8

Scanner detections:
35 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 5:07:12 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.172424
543

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
8.3.1.6

Arcabit
Trojan.Adware.Graftor.D2A188
1.0.0.425

avast!
Win32:Relevant-AG [PUP]
2014.9-150810

AVG
RelevantKnowledge
2016.0.3021

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.RK
4.0.3.15810

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.172424
1.0.20.1110

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.7062

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-40167
0.98/21511

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
22947

Dr.Web
Adware.Relevant.114
9.0.1.0222

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.172424
8.15.08.10.06

ESET NOD32
Win32/Adware.RK.AE (variant)
9.12070

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/Agent
8/10/2015

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

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor
11.2015-10-08_2

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.172424
15.8.25

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.RK
t3scan.1.9.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.207.16835

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.1601

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.RelevantKnowledge
v2015.08.10.06

McAfee
Artemis!41814F6BD839
5600.6677

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.172424
16.0.0.666

nProtect
Adware.RelevantKnowledge.B
14.10.02.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.08.10.06

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM10.1.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
AdWare.Agent.g4 (Not a Virus)
8.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TMRG (M)
15.8.10.18

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.18E6CDE9!417779177
23.00.65.15808

Sophos
Generic Proxy-OSS Application (PUA)
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Trojan.Agent/Gen-Nullo[Short]
9699

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0919
7.2.222

VIPRE Antivirus
Marketscore.RelevantKnowledge
42764

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.68192
2.0.0.2343

File size:
3.4 MB (3,536,664 bytes)

Product version:
1.3.337.354 (Build 337.354)

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:
12/1/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/31/2016 6:59:59 PM

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:
7/21/2015 12:08:23 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:1mAeY70jkxcK6jflxmeRZhPUpRjxhfdc8WTXsy81qQrryUDWoC1u0x:JjxcK6jflxmeRHhzGhDvmx

Entry address:
0x2385FB

Entry point:
E8, 8D, 54, 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, 77, 86, 63, 00, 6A, 00, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, F8, FF, 75, 08, E8, 61, DF, 03, 00, 8B, 45, 0C, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
6.5537

Code size:
2.6 MB (2,750,464 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
RelevantKnowledge

Display publisher:
TMRG, Inc.

Display version:
1.3.337.354

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


The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to wwwc.ia1.securestudies.com  (165.193.73.40:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to unknown.prolexic.com  (72.52.4.90:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com  (54.231.34.4:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-86-84-196.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.86.84.196:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to 194-100.colo.sta.blacknight.ie  (78.153.194.100:80)

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