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PrivDogService.exe

PrivDog

Adtrustmedia, LLC

The application PrivDogService.exe, “PrivDogService.exe” by Adtrustmedia has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 7 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “Privacy Content Firewall”.
Publisher:
AdTrustMedia  (signed by Adtrustmedia, LLC)

Product:
PrivDog

Description:
PrivDogService.exe

Version:
3.0.108.0

MD5:
0184b51c301847a0cb19fa266fdec912

SHA-1:
6a27123d37c6db075a258e36502a3ef919369cfb

SHA-256:
d1bdbf7412924cedffcfcff503d8adfc64c2ab4c02070de80be07a09d1c8a5f8

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:
4/19/2025 6:51:12 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/Adware.PrivDog
9.11324

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.200.15263

McAfee
Artemis!0184B51C3018
5600.6825

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Service.Adtrustmedia
15.3.16.4

Sophos
PrivDog
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0227
7.2.75

VIPRE Antivirus
AdTrustMedia
38452

File size:
1.7 MB (1,770,112 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.108.0

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

Original file name:
PrivDogService.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\adtrustmedia\privdog\3.0.108.0\privdogservice.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 1:00:39 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:23bVIaZEIw0BBgmi37yWcqiX7ZmUmIp/7TR4wjRPvs:zaZEIhIGTqk5I

Entry address:
0x57E26

Entry point:
E8, FE, 39, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, 8C, 02, 00, 00, 8B, C1, 83, 60, 04, 00, 83, 60, 08, 00, C7, 00, 68, 79, 53, 00, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 53, 8B, 5D, 08, 56, 57, 8B, F9, C7, 07, 68, 79, 53, 00, 8B, 03, 85, C0, 74, 26, 50, E8, 65, 25, 00, 00, 8B, F0, 46, 56, E8, 89, 01, 00, 00, 59, 59, 89, 47, 04, 85, C0, 74, 12, FF, 33, 56, 50, E8, 39, 3A, 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, 8B, EC, 8B, C1...
 
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Entropy:
6.6796

Code size:
1.2 MB (1,259,520 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Privacy Content Firewall

Description:
Protects your privacy from unwanted connections to remote tracking computers and services.

Type:
Win32OwnProcess

Depends on:
RPCSS


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