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PrivDog

Adtrustmedia, LLC

The application privdog.exe, “PrivDog Control Panel” by Adtrustmedia has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 7 anti-malware scanners.
Publisher:
AdTrustMedia  (signed by Adtrustmedia, LLC)

Product:
PrivDog

Description:
PrivDog Control Panel

Version:
3.0.108.0

MD5:
2d06019ccfd0e506d7752676a6062b71

SHA-1:
dcac3986eb4cdc11c56d668bf7121ee8a7b6489b

SHA-256:
1b84a49f12cee933f6e1fa08a5f56feb34593eb6f721a9cb6e9ebc2200102824

Scanner detections:
7 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Displays advertising 'Trusted Advertisements' in the user's web browser in pages that normally would not show ads. Ads from AdTrustMedia are indicated by "AT-M Ad" displayed on the bottom right of the advertisement.

Analysis date:
4/22/2025 1:15:22 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/Adware.PrivDog
9.11279

G Data
Win32.Application.Agent.O7XBRG
15.3.25

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.200.15179

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adtrustmedia
15.3.16.4

Sophos
PrivDog
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0227
7.2.75

VIPRE Antivirus
AdTrustMedia
38170

File size:
915.6 KB (937,600 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.108.0

Copyright:
Copyright © AdTrustMedia 2012-2014. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
PrivDog

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\adtrustmedia\privdog\3.0.108.0\privdog.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Adtrustmedia, LLC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
11/21/2014 4:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/22/2015 3:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="Adtrustmedia, LLC", O="Adtrustmedia, LLC", STREET="41 Watchung Plaza \#330", L=Montclair, S=New Jersey, PostalCode=07042, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
131790B1A4D73A5143B0A32A894B1AEC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/26/2015 1:01:29 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:ELFyKL5oohZKCTfWIqnLSr+pbeZIE/WR6puLxzLLVYU3xwro4SMB6/9:/n0TfWA+pbA26puNzWU3xKo4SMg/9

Entry address:
0x3C49B

Entry point:
E8, B0, 66, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, B0, 68, 49, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 32, 67, 00, 00, 8B, C1, 83, 60, 04, 00, 83, 60, 08, 00, C7, 00, 7C, BC, 47, 00, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 53, 8B, 5D, 08, 56, 57, 8B, F9, C7, 07, 7C, BC, 47, 00, 8B, 03, 85, C0, 74, 26, 50, E8, 7C, 68, 00, 00, 8B, F0, 46, 56, E8, 22, 04, 00, 00, 59, 59, 89, 47, 04, 85, C0, 74, 12, FF, 33, 56, 50, E8, ED, 67, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, EB, 04, 83, 67, 04, 00, C7, 47, 08, 01, 00, 00, 00, 8B, C7, 5F, 5E, 5B, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B, FF, 55...
 
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Entropy:
6.3843

Code size:
476 KB (487,424 bytes)

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