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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 37 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:
1.3.336.321 (Build 336.321)

MD5:
47b2af0fdb7baa874791c030757b5c73

SHA-1:
3e555cd6288657a9a39462be9c4cac85b7a363fe

SHA-256:
001a8f6a22224a4ef61634e8449eb4758ae00643b4569b5429060d4f30b2141e

Scanner detections:
37 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 5:06:33 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.172439
520

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
8.3.2.2

Arcabit
Trojan.Adware.Graftor.D2A197
1.0.0.425

avast!
Win32:Adware-CGF [PUP]
2014.9-150903

AVG
RelevantKnowledge
2016.0.2998

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.RK
4.0.3.1593

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.172439
1.0.20.1230

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

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

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
20174

Dr.Web
Trojan.Siggen6.4486
9.0.1.0246

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.172439
8.15.09.03.08

ESET NOD32
Win32/Adware.RK.AE (variant)
9.12189

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/Agent
9/3/2015

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

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor
11.2015-03-09_5

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.172439
15.9.25

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.RK
t3scan.1.9.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.2017082

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.1483

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.RelevantKnowledge
v2015.09.03.08

McAfee
Artemis!41814F6BD839
5600.6654

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.172439
16.0.0.738

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Relevant.dvjewx
0.30.24.3283

nProtect
Adware.RelevantKnowledge.B
14.10.02.01

Panda Antivirus
PUP/RelevantKnowledge
15.09.03.08

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
AdWare.Agent.g4 (Not a Virus)
9.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TMRG (M)
15.9.3.8

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.170D20A2!386736290
23.00.65.15901

Sophos
Generic Proxy-OSS Application (PUA)
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Trojan.Agent/Gen-Nullo[Short]
9652

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0919
7.2.246

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Agent
3.12.26.4

VIPRE Antivirus
Marketscore.RelevantKnowledge
43380

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.68994
2.0.0.2385

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

Product version:
1.3.336.321 (Build 336.321)

Copyright:
Copyright © 2001-2004

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
TMRG Inc.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/2/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/1/2016 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:
51FEA1E74EDC6FFFF4BD5F65BD540362

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/28/2015 8:58:08 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:Bq01edCXEPOKvaQ3qW9n5L8C0ToTwyenpSQ4bVT0+Hlbc9gybA/gIdj1fNyvmU+D:KPOKvaQ3qW9n5unNqjuWybA/gIdj1fNb

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:
6.5599

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

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
RelevantKnowledge

Display publisher:
TMRG, Inc.

Display version:
1.3.336.321

Uninstall string:
C:\Program Files\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 oss-ad-iad.securestudies.com  (165.193.78.187:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to wwwc.ri4.securestudies.com  (4.16.74.168:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to wwwc.ri6.securestudies.com  (4.16.74.232:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to wwwc.ia8.securestudies.com  (205.218.48.168:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to wwwc.ia3.securestudies.com  (66.119.33.138:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to wwwc.ia9.securestudies.com  (205.218.48.200:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to wwwc.ri9.securestudies.com  (4.16.75.72:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to wwwc.ri8.securestudies.com  (4.16.75.40:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to wwwc.ia2.securestudies.com  (66.119.34.42:80)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to hawk-iad.securestudies.com  (165.193.78.186:8080)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to wwwc.ri3.securestudies.com  (4.16.74.136:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to wwwc.ia4.securestudies.com  (66.119.33.170:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to wwwc.ri7.securestudies.com  (4.16.75.8:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to wwwc.ria.securestudies.com  (184.80.40.40:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to wwwc.ia5.securestudies.com  (165.193.93.104:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to wwwc.ri5.securestudies.com  (4.16.74.200:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to wwwc.ri1.securestudies.com  (4.16.74.72:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to wwwc.iaa.securestudies.com  (205.217.169.104:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to wwwc.ia7.securestudies.com  (205.217.176.8:80)

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